- Startups - Evan Schneyer, CEO and Co-Founder of Wanderfly
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TWiST #136: Evan Schneyer of Wanderfly
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All packed up with no place to go? CEO of Wanderfly Evan Schneyer was once in your shoes--and created a solution. His site offers a carefully curated stable of options tailored to your budget, dates and interests in seconds flat. On this episode of TWiST, Evan shares how the idea for Wanderfly was born and what he's learned in the years since.
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0:00-0:15 Introduction
2:30-3:00 Thank you to Squarespace contest participants.
3:00-4:30 GoToMeeting ad.
4:30-6:15 Reminder about the GoToMeeting contest. Send in your receipt to enter to win a GoToMeeting with Jason and Tyler.
6:15-7:30 Today we're welcoming Evan Schneyer of Wanderfly to the program.
7:30-8:15 So there is an actual business plan for Wanderfly?
8:15-9:30 What was the idea that Jason fell in love with--what was the core of it?
9:30-11:00 Did you find anyone who had tried to build a site like this? (Watch the clip.)
11:00-12:00 (Looking at the Wanderfly site) Tell the audience what we're looking at.
12:00-13:00 Jason searches for a trip that costs $2k per person in early June for 4 days and can be to anywhere.
13:00-13:45 Did you need to do that (searching) graphic or is it just for fun?
13:45-15:30 Jason reviews the results of his search: Miami.
15:30-16:15 Why are the search result cards with images going away?
16:15-17:00 Are you pulling data from Foursquare and Yelp?
17:00-18:15 Jason reviews the next search result: Cancun, Las Vegas, Chicago.
18:15-18:45 If a user searches for 14 days you'd get different results?
18:45-20:30 What did the business plan lead you to believe? How did you determine if it would be successful?
20:30-22:30 If you're the place that they start and you're not the place they finish, is that a problem?
22:30-24:00 Like all startups that build a good product, you're faced with multiple choices: You can be a consumer brand or you can become a service provider. How do you make the decision?
24:00-25:00 Affiliate revenue is popular. With hotels you could make $10 a night, is that correct?
25:00-27:00 Any thought on having a concierge type negotiation platform where a user could pay a premium to have the site plan their vacation? (Watch the clip.)
27:00-27:45 Tyler discusses the Let's Go Europe travel series and how that could be digitized.
27:45-28:00 Why don't you have Airbnb pulled in as a provider?
28:00-29:45 Tell us about your raise--what was the goal, when did it start, who invested and how much?
29:45-30:15 You used AngelList so does that mean you met Naval? How did you get on his radar?
30:15-31:30 Jason shows the Wanderfly AngelList page and Evan discusses his investors.
31:30-33:15 Jason thinks Wanderfly is the prime example of a beautiful product that functions well, which makes it easy for an angel to make a decision (about investing).
33:15-36:00 Ad for Squarespace.
36:00-37:00 How did you get started with writing the business plan? Do you think they have value?
37:00-37:30 How much time did you put into writing the business plan?
37:30-38:30 How much time did it take to build the 1.0 version of the site?
38:30-39:30 What's the goal? Do you want to get bought or do you want this to last?
39:30-41:30 How do you manage your people in general and with regards to the possibility of a sale?
41:30-41:45 What percentage of your time, as a CEO, is spent building versus managing?
41:45-43:00 What's your philosophy on when it isn't working out with someone? (Watch the clip.)
43:00-44:45 Compare and contrast: Minimum viable product versus the slow product movement. What's your take?
44:45-47:00 How are you building the core community? Are there any best practices you can share?
47:00-47:15 What if a product existed that let you send a message to the establishment of a business to open a dialogue about the service or products?
47:15-48:00 Jason introduces Skweal to the TWiST audience. (Watch the clip.)
48:00-49:30 Thank you for joining us today, Evan. Wishing you continued success!
49:30-51:00 Jason discusses what he thinks is essential when building a product.
51:00-52:00 Tyler explains how Skweal works and why you can't game the system.
53:00-53:30 Reminder to enter the GoToMeeting contest. End of show.
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Jason: @jason
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