Podcast Series: We talk to founders of Questo, Guruwalk, and Efectio Sleep

In the first instalment of this new series, we interview three travel startups who took to the stage and pitched at Phocuswright Battleground: Europe.

We handed our podcast microphone to Kevin O’Shaughnessy who took the series to the Phocuswright Europe Conference (15-16 May) in Amsterdam earlier this month.

Kevin O’Shaughnessy is the co-leader of Dublin Travel Massive and co-founder of ground-transport app CityHook. In a previous career he worked on some of the first messaging apps for mobile devices. He’s also a fantastic radio host, as you’ll find out.

Before we begin, a few quick shout outs —

A big thanks to Phocuswright for inviting us to their European Conference so we could record these new episodes. Phocuswright Battleground: The Americas lands in NYC on July 11, and The Phocuswright Conference takes place in Florida on November 18-21.

A special thanks to Holly Galbraith from Sydney, who started our podcast series.

Thanks to the startup founders who shared their stories with the Travel Massive community — we wish you the best of success with your travel ventures.

Here’s the first three episodes from this new series – #11, #12, and #13.

🎧 Listen to the podcasts below, or on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher.

Episode #11 – Alex Govoreanu of Questo

We chat with Alex Govoreanu, Founder of Questo, a role-playing game which sets to disrupt traditional walking tours.

Episode #12 – Juan Castillo of Guruwalk

We chat with Juan Castillo, Founder of GuruWalk, who are capturing a growing trend in “Free Walking Tours”.

Episode #13 – Arturs Bernovskis of Effectio Sleep

We chat with Arturs Bernovskis, Founder of Efectio Sleep, a suite of tools based on “Biohacking” which makes it easy for hotels and others to create “Deep sleep” products.

Startup Pitch Videos

If you’ve enjoyed Kevin’s interviews and want a closer look, check out the pitches which were recorded at the Phocuswright Europe: Battleground.

Photos from Phocuswright Europe: Battleground pitch competition.

Here’s a few photos Kevin took, when he wasn’t busy behind the microphone…

Pitch your startup — Phocuswright Battleground: The Americas lands in NYC on July 11, and The Phocuswright Conference takes place in Florida on November 18-21.

Are you in Dublin? Get yourself to a Dublin Travel Massive event and have a pint or two of Guinness with the community 🍺

— Thanks again Kevin for the podcasts!

Catch more interviews in this series and listen to episodes #14, #15 and #16.