Travel for the Creator Economy

Ben Gilbert (0:00)

Hello, Acquired LPs.

Welcome to another great installment of the LP Show. This is a first for David and I here today. We had a company on, it's a PSL Ventures portfolio company called TrovaTrip. Nick and Lauren, the founders there, and I am on the board. And so it was a very fun conversation that is extremely close to home for me.

David Rosenthal (0:19)

What did I say? I asked them how it's going, and I was like, well, clearly you and Ben don't hate each other at this point.

I meant that as a joke.

Ben Gilbert (0:26)

And it landed like a lead balloon, David.

David Rosenthal (0:28)

He's the best.

Ben Gilbert (0:29)

Yeah, I was like, ooh.

David Rosenthal (0:30)

No, it was great.

Ben Gilbert (0:32)

It was great. No, the conversation was fun because the company bootstrapped for a couple of years before raising capital. And we talked a lot about lessons learned from bootstrapping that force you to build a business with a lot of super positive characteristics when you're sort of, you must have that discipline or you will die and you don't have the luxury of venture dollars. And we talk a lot about how that has sort of transitioned now that they have product market fit.

David Rosenthal (0:55)

This is a really great story. I mean, for me, hearing about it from you secondhand over the past year, but it's a great story. They built a great business.

Ben Gilbert (1:03)

Totally. And of course we talk a lot of Creator Economy stuff since this is sort of at the merger of travel and the Creator Economy.

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Lauren and Nick, welcome to the Acquired LP Show.

Nick Poggi (3:35)

Thank you so much for having us.

Lauren Schneider (3:37)

Yeah, good to be here.

Ben Gilbert (3:38)

Well, this is a very close one to home for me listeners to wave my arms around real big upfront.

I am on the board with Lauren and Nick of TrovaTrip and get to work with them super closely on behalf of PSL Ventures. And I was just loving some of the conversations we were having the last couple of weeks and they have a super interesting founding journey and business on their hands. And so I suppose the first thing I'll ask just to set the table a little bit for listeners is Lauren and Nick, what is TrovaTrip?