Podcast appearances and mentions of gillian morris

Gillian shares her experience financing a community house in Puerto Rico, helping Rich think about his next steps in setting up a house in Spain. Gillian writes at SuperNuclear: https://supernuclear.substack.com/ See Rich's blog about his “3-month coliving experiment” here: https://richdecibels.substack.com/p/what-we-learned-from-a-3-month-co

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Hitlist went from being an idea to help friends find air tickets when visiting its CEO in Turkey to a favorite in the app stores.Gillian Morris and her team managed to achieve the growth of the product with little money on the marketing front and almost next to no investment funds coming in.The story behind Hitlist is testament to what hard work, some luck along the way and an ability to retain an acute sense of what the product should be at all times (a way of alerting users via an app to cheap fares based on their personal preferences).Her pathway to 2020 has not been without its pitfalls, including countless unsuccessful investor meetings along the way.Morris has also been at sharp end of seeing the bias that exists in the industry and investment community when startups are, unlike Hitlist, fronted my men.She joins us as the latest guest on the How I Got Here podcast.HIGH is a weekly show produced by PhocusWire and Mozio, aimed at getting the inside stories behind startups and innovation in travel and transportation.Other episodes: on PhocusWire and Mozio.

We chat with Gillian Morris, founder of Hitlist about the new space defined by their app (flexible flight search), travel technology, and the realities of raising a funding round as a female founder.  This was recorded live at the World Youth and Student Travel Conference WYSTC in Lisbon in October 2019.  Learn more about this event on our blog at travelmassive.com Check https://www.hitlistapp.com to learn more about Hitlist and how to download the app. Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host in this episode is Kevin O'Shaughnessy, co-founder of CityHook.com and a chapter leader of Dublin Travel Massive. If you enjoyed this episode or you would like to submit feedback, please email podcast@travelmassive.com

Part II of our interview with Gillian Morris starts with a cautionary tale about taking people for their word, and why a potential investment is never real until you have the money in the bank. As with every obstacle in her entrepreneurial path, Gillian quickly learned the complicated and sometimes cryptic landscape of dealing with investors to raise more than half a million dollars in her first round. In the second part of our interview Gillian talks about how she dealt with a co-founder leaving, and how her team ended up monetizing Hitlist to turn it into a profitable company. We also dig into how her job changed when the company had to adjust its focus on sales, and why she made the decision early on to have a distributed team with no central office. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lots of people love to travel, but how do you turn a hobby into a real business? Gillian Morris had a full time job in Istanbul and she figured out that she could get her friends to visit her there if she found cheap flights for them for specific dates. Soon, she was getting weekly requests from dozens of people to send them cheap flight deals, taking up nearly all of her free time.In part one of our two part interview with Gillian we learn how she was able to turn her idea into a real business after deciding to attend a conference in Europe that would lead to a press release that grew her user base to 25,000. Gillian talks about how as a first time founder she had to learn everything, from how to build a product and understand user data, to marketing and learning how to talk to investors.In part two you will hear how she ended up getting her first investor, what she did to monetize the app, and why she decided to build a distributed team at Hitlist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nikki and Mark break down the latest intel on who, when, and how much to tip when you’re on the road. Then the conversation shifts to whiz-bang travel planning apps and packing hacks courtesy of Gillian Morris, who founded the innovative airfare search tool Hitlist.

Nikki and Mark break down the latest intel on who, when, and how much to tip when you're on the road. Then the conversation shifts to whiz-bang travel planning apps and packing hacks courtesy of Gillian Morris, who founded the innovative airfare search tool Hitlist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gillian Morris is the founder and CEO of Hitlist, an app that alerts you when there are cheap flights for your dream trips. Fast Company named Hitlist one of the Best Apps of 2017 and the app has been featured as a 'Best New App' by the app store in 83 countries.   We begin this episode with a discussion of Gillian’s time as a journalist in Turkey and the time she spent in war zones in Syria and Afghanistan.   We talk about Gillian’s experience swimming across Guantanamo, why Tinder is the world’s best travel app, and how to make travel meaningful. Finally, we end the podcast with a discussion of community living and alternative parenting strategies.    ------- Guest: Gillian Morris Twitter:@gillianim Medium:  https://medium.com/@gillianim -------   Show Topics 1:24 Gillian opens with her passion for travel and how journalism opened the doors to all kinds of adventures and experiences traveling.   5:45 How living in different places and cultures opens and shapes ones perspectives and worldview.   9:00 Gillian shares the misconceptions of the western world regarding some of the Middle Eastern countries she has visited.   12:30 The differences of living in a peace prone vs conflict zone and how it affects the overall quality of life and standard of living.   19:55 Gillian shares her vision for being a catalyst in getting more people to travel as a way to broaden their perspective. How more traveling for the average American could have a profound impact on their sense of the world and themselves. 23:30 Misconceptions about travel and myth that it is extremely expensive.   32:01 David and Gillian discuss communication barriers and opportunities when dealing with new cultures or in new places.   39:35 Gillian on how flights and travelling rules are constantly changing and evolving. Flying and traveling can’t be generalized, but there a processes one can do to make it easier and more accessible.   42:05 David and Gillian discuss the trend of countries relaxing the barriers of entry for tourism and the ensuing results.   50:48 How Hitlist uses intelligence to profile a personalized experience on the app that would be most appealing and tailored to each person.    51:50 David opens of the dilemma of the two sides of privacy and freedom when it comes to subscribers privacy.     52:38 Gillian on how privacy is handled within Hitlist.   57:40 Gillian on learning an instrument and some of the key factors that make it more understandable when learning.   1:04:06 The power of small group environments and the effect of an environment on the development of its individuals.   1:08:40 Looking historically at the issues within society and the traditional family structures vs modern communities.   1:11:40 Parenting and accessibility; creating additional accessibility and affordability when it comes to child rearing for those who are interested, but maybe unequipped or afraid.   1:14:25 Gillian shares a story of her time swimming across Guantanamo.

The state of travel, the explosion of travel technology, venture capital, and the future of the industry from the perspective of investors in the travel space… Thomas Sparico, Founder/Managing Partner of Brand New Matter and Gillian Morris, Founder of HitList [Episode 33] join John Matson, Bess Chapman, and guest host Brandon McKenzie for a MouthMedia Network Live event recorded in front of a live audience at Experience by Knotel, an interactive space located in the heart of Noho in New York City (666 Broadway) designed to showcase the experience of working in a flexible, adaptable, always energized environment. Sponsored by Knotel – Your agile business deserves an agile space. Knotel will find, customize, and operate your ideal office while you focus on your business. Discover more at www.knotel.com In this episode: The fundraising landscape in travel, how it feels like someone else is getting all the money A lot of investors have been burned in the travel industry Location matters such as NY vs. SF Knowing where to look, right people to talk to B-to-B, B-to-C , and is B-to-C is the graveyard? Liking people, liking business, taking data drven justifiable approach Developing strategic and meaningful relationships What Brand New Matter looks for in a company and founders Strategic vs. nonstrategic money Taking dumb money and how it affects a cap table Q and A Thomas Sparico is the Founder & Managing Partner of Brand New Matter (BNM) Ventures. BNM Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies. His current investments include Leaflink, Bizly, VenueBook, Seatboost, AirportSherpa, LYNQ, Beachy and Buster. He is an advisor to several travel industry companies including Rocketrip and Curacity. Tom is a career entrepreneur, inventor, operator and investor with 22 years of experience. He was part of the founding team at priceline.com and a named inventor on over 100 patents at Walker Digital Corp. He was the founder and CEO of Internet Travel Enterprises, led the acquisition and turnaround of Hickory Travel and the turnaround and subsequent sale of ECS to Onyx Centersource. Gillian Morris is the founder and CEO of Hitlist, named one of the 50 Best Apps of 2016 by TIME. Before entering the start-up world, Gillian worked as a consultant, journalist, and educator in Turkey, China, the Gulf states, and Syria. Her work has appeared in/on the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Buzzfeed, CNN, CNBC, TechCrunch, The Next Web, and LifeHacker. She is a proud mentor with the School of Leadership Afghanistan and Gaza Sky Geeks and serves on the board of Data4America, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to bringing data and conversations to advance the understanding of policy.    

Gillian Morris is the founder of Hitlist, an app that sends travel listings based on your time, destination and budget preferences. Have you always wanted to go somewhere but wanted to wait for the best time for your budget? The app will even alert you to travel deals on the destination of your dreams.   The idea for Hitlist came to Gillian while she was living in Istanbul. Frustrated that her friends weren't visiting, she started sending them airline deals, and made the observation that if she sent them airline deals, they were more likely to travel more. Those same friends then started asking Gillian to provide discount fare alerts to other cities. After another travel-related search engine business idea didn't take off, Gillian taught herself to code through Code Academy. And then, with the help from the developer community, she wrote a first script for Hitlist.   In today's episode of I Want Her Job: The Podcast, Gillian shares how she iterated her idea, what her day-to-day life is like running Hitlist, and we also discuss why she considers travel one of the best "side hacks for peace building." We also talk about a meaningful way to drive social impact while gaining priceless perspective and learn more about her experience volunteering for Gaza Sky Geeks, the first tech hub in Gaza.   If you enjoy this show, please share with a friend and leave us a review on itunes.  If you have ideas for future shows, you can reach us at podcast@iwantherjob.com. 

As part of our Dreamforce 2017 thought leadership series, Amanda Thurston, Marketing Services Leader at IBM iX, sits with Gillian Morris, Founder & CEO of travel app Hitlist, who shares insights on the importance of travel, the ups and downs of startup life, and her role as a founder. Theme music by Andrew Atkin & Michael Simonelli, of Full Stop Art

Welcome to the Girls in Podcast Series. Presented by Polly Dhaliwal. Today's guest is Gillian Morris, Founder & CEO of the exciting Travel app- HitList. Polly and Gillian discuss the story behind Hitlist and the exciting new features being released in 2017. Gillian talks about the changing dynamics of the tech industry and the influence of female CEO's in the startup world. Also download the new WanderTab on your google chrome desktop! Website: http://www.hitlistapp.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillianim/

Travel app with intelligent filters help you find trips that suit your time, destination preferences and budget… Gillian Morris, Co-founder and CEO of Hitlist (a mobile app which sends users personalized, proactive alerts when there are cheap flights – profile), joins John Matson, Peter Crysdale and Marc Raco in the MouthMedia Network Studios in New York, powered by Sennheiser.Optimal timing, a price graph, and an organic rate of growth Morris discusses how the app alerts you, and how Hitlist monitors 50 million flights of data a day, and helps to save time and money and get you traveling more. How other flight search engines are about if you want to book right now and know what you want and where to go, but how booking at optimal times can save a lot of money. Driving the purchase so customers know the right moment, the price graph, how Hitlist has a use case, the way the organic growth rate is going up, being at a million users, and pride that they didn’t have to raise a lot of money. Deals and value, targeted inspiration, and a wide open space for innovation The genesis of the company from a spreadsheet solving Morris’ own problem, like Tinder for cities, how people will pay a premium for convenience, and that deals mean good value, not the cheapest. How Hitlist has moved into idea of lists and collections and specific trips, narrowing down to date or destination ideas (such as specific holidays) for targeted inspiration. The revenue from affiliate booking, deals to places like Iceland that has subsidized airlines or travel to bring people into the destination, jetBlue’s innovation, people who get into travel startups for loving travel instead of solving a problem – how the right businesses are not getting built. And there is a wide-open space for things not getting addressed right now.Last minute Turkey, an Iranian Secret Service, and good grammar Off the Beaten Path covers least planned, last-minute trip from Istanbul to the coast of Turkey, going from terror to legitimacy, good grammar, going places that are changing, being followed by an Iranian secret service person, and Gaza Sky Geeks.

Stefanie talks with TuneCore's VP of Music Publishing, Gillian Morris, and TuneCore artist and songwriter Starcadian about music publishing - the importance of registering songs, making sure you're paid for your work, and how internet virality can become more complicated if you're not registered with PROs. Check out TuneCore at http://bit.ly/2iSNJNP

Planning your next vacation, #bizoba ballers? If not, by the end of this episode, we think you will be. In this summer special, we talk to CEO and Founder Gillian Morris about her remarkable journey toward building Hitlist, a travel company focused on helping you turn the trip of your dreams into an affordable reality by filtering cheap flights on flexible dates to droolworthy destinations. If the saying is true, that "traveling is the only thing you spend money on that makes you richer,” Hitlist is on track to make everyone a millionaire. Tune in to hear Gillian share about the high school choir trip that sparked her wanderlust, the post-college journalism gig that led to an odyssey around East and Central Asia, and the hackathon that took her from Istanbul back to the United States and onto her biggest trip: into entrepreneurship. Riding out the turbulence of startup life and flying higher every day toward making Hitlist the next travel-tech success story, Gillian Morris is very much in the business of being awesome. Ready for your next adventure? Download Hitlist on your iPhone, check out Wandertab on Chrome, or search hitlistapp.com/flights on your web browser to put the trip of your dreams at your fingertips. Until next episode, happy end of summer, keep calm, and travel on! #bizobabullets of wisdom from this episode: 1. Everyone experiences turbulence on the journey to finding and doing meaningful work. 2. “Seize the opportunity to travel” because it’ll make you a healthier, happier, more creative person 3. This one isn’t original, but J.R.R. Tolkien had it right: “Not all who wander are lost" Love what you hear on the podcast? Search and subscribe “Business of Being Awesome” on Soundcloud or iTunes and get connected with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @bizobapodcast. Love notes, ideas for future episodes, and suggestions for improving #bizoba can be sent to us atbizobapodcast@gmail.com.

Gillian Morris is the co-founder and CEO of TripCommon and Hitlist, building technology to bring online travel search and booking into the 21st century. TripCommon was born out of cofounders Gillian and Timo de Winter’s years of struggling with outdated, buggy travel search and booking tools. The company’s first product, Hitlist, helps users travel more read more

Gillian Morris is the founder of Hitlist, a mobile app that help users track trips they'd like to take and book when cheapest. As my personal gift for listening to the podcast, you can enroll to our 10-day Free Growth Hacking Course here: 10-Day Free Growth Hacking Course. If you want to access all the tools and resources we talk about in the interview, please visit our website: The Growth Hacking Podcast