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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

He co-founded MobileSuites, an app that puts travel concierge services and hotel information at your fingertips, and which you can (and should) find and sign-up for here. I started at Yale in 2008. We talked to hotel managers and front office staff. Yeah, definitely. So, we did a little bit of digging.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

Airbnb Since its launch in San Francisco in 2008 between two friends renting their home out during a conference in the city, this online bed booking service offers over 250,000 rooms provided by private individuals in in over 30,000 cities in 192 countries. It's a win-win situation for both parties.

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Self-Driving "Fully Automated" Vehicles on German Autobahn; Supply Chain Math; Uber and Khan Academy

MishTalk

The ATRI study, “ Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking ,” has been tracking truckers’ costs annually since 2008. That’s clearly a threat to the hotel business, which is using whatever political and regulatory connections it can to put limits on the company, even as it grows larger. Hotels fight Airbnb. per mile in 2013.

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