Posted in Feedback, Joobili Buzz, Site Features on Aug 9th, 2009
Just wanted to let everyone know we recently launched a new upgrade to Joobili’s Event Upload page.
Here are a few of the new features we added:
Search for Matches: This runs a quick search of the existing Joobili database to prevent uploading duplicate events. It was really frustrating for some of you who spent a lot [...]
Posted in Feedback, Joobili Buzz, Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2009
Wow…where to start. On Wednesday, Joobili was selected one of the winners of Seedcamp’s Warsaw competition. Each of the 20 finalists had 5 minutes to present their startup to a room full of investors and entrepreneurs. The rest of the day was filled with individual sessions where we received incredible feedback about Joobili from an [...]
Posted in Feedback, Joobili Buzz on Feb 13th, 2009
Aside from cruising the Travel Technology Show, I used my time in London to meet with Howzat Media and Index Ventures. Both companies have considerable experience investing in travel start-ups. Joobili is too early stage for these guys, so rather than begging for money I used my time with them to soak up some advice [...]
Posted in Feedback, Site Features on Oct 28th, 2008
On 1 May 1707 the Kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland were formally united. A century later the Kingdom of Ireland passed the Act of Union. The modern ”United Kingdom” was born and with it one of the most confusing country names of all time. Question: does your London friend live in England, Great Britain, or the [...]
Posted in Feedback, Travelosophy on Sep 29th, 2008
The funny thing is that for a time I was actually employed as a professional namer. And to answer your questions: 1) yes, that’s a real job 2) companies actually pay a lot of money for a good name. I’ve named cars, computer chips, sandwiches, lingerie, and even a professional baseball team. But nothing was more frustrating than [...]
