Sam Shank (HotelTonight) at Startup Grind 2013

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Channel: Startup Grind · 2013 · Science & Technology

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A travel-obsessed serial entrepreneur, Sam previously founded and was CEO of DealBase.com, a travel deals search engine, and was CEO of TravelPost.com, a hotel reviews site. SideStep acquired TravelPost.com and Sam stayed on as VP of business development until its fortunate acquisition by Kayak. Today he is CEO of HotelTonight, an app that lets you get the best room and at the cheapest price on last minute reservations. With this late night parties and layovers are no longer a problem. Learn more about Sam and how he was able to finally able to fix such a common problem.

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