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	<title>Trip Essentials &#187; Start-up competitions</title>
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		<title>#2 at the EMERCE Start-Up Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ginogoossens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[11 December we entered the start-up competition for Travel Start-Ups at the EMERCE Start-Up competition 2008. We had 4 minutes to tell the audience and judges about Trip Essentials. To bad there was no Internet connection to give a demonstration how the service works. There were 7 start-ups competing for the #1 position. After the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>11 December we entered the start-up competition for Travel Start-Ups at the <a title="Link to: Emerce Travel &amp; Tourism start-up competition" href="http://www.emerce.nl/insight.jsp?rubriek=1902637&amp;id=2718919" target="_blank">EMERCE Start-Up competition</a> 2008. We had 4 minutes to tell the audience and judges about Trip Essentials. To bad there was no Internet connection to give a demonstration how the service works. There were 7 start-ups competing for the #1 position. After the extraordinary feedback we received at <a title="Link to: LeWeb Paris" href="http://www.lewebparis.com/" target="_blank">LeWeb&#8217;08</a> from companies like Google, British Telecom, Result and Microsoft we started the 4-minute pitch with full confidence and enthusiasm. Luckily we prepared some slides with screens shots and showed the unique design and functionalities.</p>
<p>The feedback from the judges as well from the audience was great! We scored the highest points on Innovation and Usability/ Design. We ‘lost’ on marketing, but there was not enough time to explain what our marketing plan is. We have a marketing roadmap that defines our strategy.</p>
<p>Most important for us are the users and how they use our service and that want to contribute to change the world and make it a better place through our service.</p>
<p>Listen to our <a title="Link to: Radio interview Trip Essentials" href="http://insight.angrybytes.com/page/insight" target="_blank">radio interview</a> (Dutch) Select: Gino Goossens, Trip Essentials to listen to the Interview<br />
Visit the <a title="Link to: Emerce Travel &amp; Tourism start-up competition" href="http://www.emerce.nl/insight.jsp?rubriek=1902637&amp;id=2718919" target="_blank">EMERCE Insight Travel &amp; Tourism</a> website</p>
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