How I Got Here, episode 30 - Adam Goldstein of HipmunkInterview / OnlineBy PhocusWire | June 25, 2020Share Adam Goldstein, Co-founder and CEOHow I Got Here is a weekly podcast from PhocusWire and Mozio, getting the inside stories behind innovation and startups in travel and transportation. The co-founder and CEO of travel search platform Hipmunk, Adam Goldstein, joins Mozio's David Litwak and Kevin May from PhocusWire to talk about its creation, challenges and eventual sale to SAP Concur. The Hipmunk story is one of idea versus reality, Silicon Valley versus the status quo, big challenges and an eventual sale to an unlikely suitor.The company's co-founder, Adam Goldstein, is now candid about what happened to the company from its creation in 2010 until the SAP Concur acquisition in 2016. From the original vision and how it evolved under the glare of an adoring West Coast tech press and curious travel media, to appearing at The Phocuswright Conference for the first time and facing the snark of a vocal rival CEO - Hipmunk had quite a ride.Goldstein 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.It's hosted by our editor in chief, Kevin May, and Mozio co-founder and CEO David Litwak.Here is the video version via PhocusWire's YouTube channel:How I Got Here, episode 30 - Adam Goldstein of Hipmunk How I Got HereThis is a weekly podcast from PhocusWire and Mozio, getting the inside stories behind innovation and startups in travel and transportation. click here for the full archive ConcurHow I Got HereAirlineHotelMetasearchOnline Travel Agency