Where it all began – Gathering the initial investment (4)
This post follows a previous one that you can read there. You can ask most entrepreneurs (well, at least those who start with no financial means): looking for financing is not an easy job, even when you have a great idea! How did we manage to gather the initial investment for HouseTrip? First of allContinue reading
Where it all began – Entrepreneurship prizes (3)
This post follows a previous one which you can read there. VentureKick January 2009, a huge milestone for HouseTrip: VentureKick, the most prestigious entrepreneurship contest in Switzerland in the domain of technologies. The competition works in 3 stages: 4 projects win the first stage (and it gives them the right to participate to the secondContinue reading
Where it all began – The team (2)
This post follows a previous one, which you can read there. Back at home in Lausanne, I literally spent 6 months speaking about the HouseTrip idea to everyone I met. I wanted to check that it wasn’t something I was getting excited about on my own, that it was actually something people needed. It wasContinue reading
Where it all began – The birth of the idea (1)
Welcome to the HouseTrip blog! We thought it would be interesting to launch the blog with a series of posts about our short history: “where it all began” starts at the very beginning, the birth of the HouseTrip idea! I remember exactly when and why I got the idea for HouseTrip: Junjun and I wereContinue reading