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Fun stuff I've been involved in:
🌎 Built the world's first search engine for ocean research datasets (2005)
✈️ Developed Airlines of Tasmania's first online reservation system (2006)
💬 Launched World Nomads' "Ask A Nomad" Q&A Community (2009-2011)
🤑 Launched Australia's first flight deals website "GetFlight" (2011-2012)
👶 Investor in TinyBeans.com family photo sharing app which floated on ASX (2014)
🇨🇳 Built Jambo — a crowdsourced interpreter network, trialed MVP in China (2014)
🔥 Investor in Firechat (mesh chat app) — until the CEO disappeared! 🙃 (2019)
📱 Investor in SkyHi — the world's first subscription flight service (2019-2021)
💡 Founding team of the Social Entrepreneurship in Tourism Competition (2019-now)
🥾 CTO of MappyHour.org — a community for outdoor enthusiasts in the US (current)
East Coast, Tasmania
East Africa
I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
The most remote places in the world
Travel with purpose
Hi Des, how did you get on with this project and call-out? And updates or news to share on this project?
Looking for co-founders for startup in Africa 2 hours ago
I gotta go back there! It's kinda where this all started!
Yes! Mut Mee Garden was the place. With a small bar on the river. My first travel startup was called "travellr" and was a question and answer service for people to ask travel questions and get answers from locals or people who have traveled there. It w... show more
Thanks Gili, this is a great resource and I agree that Thailand has so many places to explore. Having a look at the map, I've been to about 12 or so provinces (excluding those that I transited through on a train / bus). On one of my first visits to Th... show more
It's not very international if they don't speak English!
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