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Mako Mark Left His Heart in San Francisco

By Becca Schwartz | Wednesday July 25, 2012 | Comments

Since returning from our trip to San Francisco last week, I’ve noticed that Mako Mark’s been a little blue (he’s a Great White, so this was slightly alarming).

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• Look out San Francisco, Here Comes TravelShark

  By Becca Schwartz | Tuesday July 17, 2012 | Comments

  
  Less than an hour after getting into San Francisco on Sunday night, Katie O’Block, Mako Mark, and I were trudging uphill with all of our luggage. The three of us were in town to make a series of in-depth TravelShark videos about the ins-and-outs of San Francisco, just as we had done in New York and Chicago. Read more

• Featuring Prizes from Companies We Love for Trip in a Tweet

  By Sue Heilbronner | Tuesday June 19, 2012 | Comments

  
  One thing we love about having our TravelShark U.S. headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, is being smack in the middle of one of the most exciting startup communities in the world. Speaking of the world, the startup community in our company HQ city, Singapore, is pretty exciting as well. [more] This week we... Read more

• TravelShark's Quest for Chicago's Sharky Under-Crust Continues with Some Deep-Dish

  By Becca Schwartz | Thursday June 14, 2012 | Comments

  
  By the third day of TravelShark’s sharky Chicago adventure, Mako Mark’s investigation was in full swing. Katie O’Block, Mako, and I had arrived in Chicago to film a series of in-depth TravelShark videos about the city at the beginning of the week, and at the request of Mako Mark, to find out why... Read more

• Smile! TravelShark Shares their Sharky Smiles with Chicago

  By Becca Schwartz | Wednesday June 13, 2012 | Comments

  
  Day Two on TravelShark’s sharky Chicago adventure was just as jam-packed—if not more—than the first day. Katie O’Block, Mako Mark, and I had started working on a series of hyper-local TravelShark videos about the true travel-finds of the Windy City at the beginning of the week, and so far, we... Read more

• TravelShark Heads to Chicago and Brings Mako Mark Along

  By Becca Schwartz | Tuesday June 12, 2012 | Comments

  
  Yesterday was the first day of TravelShark's sharky Chicago adventure. Katie O’Block and I had been planning this most recent trip, where we’d be making a series of in-depth TravelShark videos about the ins-and-outs of the Windy City, for weeks. The catch: Mako Mark was coming with us.... Read more

• Trip in a Tweet Week 1 Recap: Finding the Silver Lining in Travel Disasters

  By Becca Schwartz | Wednesday June 6, 2012 | Comments

  
  Last week, TravelShark launched Trip in a Tweet, a social media contest that asks users to share their best travel stories in 140 characters or fewer. Each week, we’ll announce a new theme, a new prize, and eventually, a new winner. [more] Last week’s theme was “A Travel Disaster Turned... Read more

• TravelShark's Trip in a Tweet Contest: Tell Your Travel Stories with Punch

  By | Tuesday May 29, 2012 | Comments

  
  You just got back from a big trip. You’re jet-lagged, exhausted, and ready for 12 hours of uninterrupted, black-out-curtain sleep. And yet, you’re also full of astounding travel stories that you can’t keep to yourself. [more] Whom can you tell? Family? Co-workers?... Read more

• TravelShark's Company Voice: Building a Brand Using a Fake Word

  By | Wednesday May 23, 2012 | Comments

  
  Just under a year ago, our company changed its name to TravelShark. We boldly cast off our inscrutable shell of a name and embraced the reliable "Industry + Animal" technique of branding. (Observe: MailChimp, BlogFrog, RateTiger, TicketHorse, and now…us).  With nearly 12 months of... Read more

• Women in Tech: SheSays Boulder and Where I Fit in

  By | Monday May 14, 2012 | Comments

  
  As Madeline Albright once said, “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” This is especially true in the startup tech community, because there are so few women working in digital, and without strong networks, this space can seem intimidating and... Read more