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Ian
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About me

Hey everyone, I built this community to do something good for travel.

👉 How I started this. Before starting Travel Massive, I co-founded a software consulting firm — and worked on many projects (too many to list) including the first search engine for large-scale climate research data. On a trip to the US (way back in 2006) to visit some colleagues at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, my friend sent me on an adventure to the Green Tortoise hostel in San Francisco. That trip mostly changed my life, and I decided to build my own travel startup to help connect fellow travelers. I quit my job (blah blah) and continued traveling and after a few months of living cheap and working from internet-cafes in Thailand and Laos, I presented at CES Australia (2009) and met a travel insurance company who bought my startup. At a hostel in Sydney, me and a few friends started a meetup for travel startups and bloggers, that accidentally grew to a few cities around the world. After a few thousand meetups in a few hundred cities, this created Travel Massive :)

I've also invested in a few startups, including an accelerator in Sydney that funded Tinybeans.com (which floated on the ASX). I'm interested in programming, the open internet, and ways to help people connect and share ideas online and in-person.

I've spent time living in Sydney, Bangkok, Berlin, and Tasmania. Get in touch!

What is your favorite travel destination?

East Coast, Tasmania

Where do you dream of traveling to?

East Africa

What was your first travel job?

I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.

What do you want to learn more about?

The most remote places in the world

Three words that describe why we should travel?

Travel with purpose

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  • Hi Jan, Smart Guide mentioned here: https://www.travelmassive.com/posts/how-can-i-monetize-a-custom-travel-itinerary-on-my-blog-143792893

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    SmartGuide yesterday

  • Really… what you and the team achieved with such limited resources is amazing! Bravo! It’s one of my dreams to join the Global Convoy one day and be a part of your adventures. What was the most challenging part of the journey, and what did you wish yo... show more

  • We featured Smart Guide here on Travel Massive :) https://www.travelmassive.com/posts/smartguide-733034184

  • Hi Juanita, it looks like Trotteo has shut down? I cannot access the website.

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    Trotteo 9 days ago

  • Hey Jessalyn, it looks like ClickTrip has shut down?

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    ClickTrip 9 days ago

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