Location: United States, Florida, West Palm Beach
Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.04.2016 | Beacon, the all-you-can-fly travel startup, closes shop | Another tech startup seeking to transform aviation has closed its doors. Beacon sought to bring an all-you-can-fly option to business and leisure travelers starting on the East coast. The company’s approach was to charge membership fees, ha... |
| 01.04.2016 | OpenJet launches in Europe with €3 million in funding, aims to make booking a private jet as easy as a hotel room | Make way for another ‘Uber for private jets’, this time from and in Europe. OpenJet is launching today its real-time booking platform for private air travel, fuelled by €3 million in seed funding from SGH Capital and (unnamed) European busi... |
| 15.10.2015 | The 5-Step Uber Playbook That Will Disrupt The On-Demand Economy | Dan Storbaek Contributor Dan Storbaek is the founder and CEO of Skarpline. Most people are familiar with Uber as the ridesharing king; it has taken the world by storm, and with much fanfare. Less has been written about its new family member... |
| 14.07.2015 | Victor Raises $5M To Bring Easy Booking And Price Transparency To Private Jets | The dream of private jets becoming more accessible to the rest of us (well, ok, SOME of the rest of us) has long been the goal of startups in the space which have tried to gnaw away at the old-fashioned business models. BlackJet has famousl... |
| 02.04.2014 | AirPooler Is Lyft For Private Planes | Pilots want to fly, but it’s expensive. People want to travel but it’s a hassle. AirPooler brings them together on its site where pilots can sell empty seats on private plane flights. This bootstrapped startup is launching today with availa... |
| 30.07.2013 | Was Promised Flying Cars, But Would Settle For Something Practical | After your laundry has been pressed and folded for you. After you’ve been driven to and fro in black cars, and flown in black jets. After you shopped online for weekends on end. After you’ve had your house cleaned, and dog walked, and food ... |
| 06.07.2013 | Top Apps For The 1% | There’s been an interesting phenomenon occurring lately, thanks to the increasing ability of companies to reach and serve ultra-niche audiences — the rise of the app for the 1 percent. Now more than ever, you can download apps that you can’... |
| 02.05.2013 | Garrett Camp Distills His Uber And StumbleUpon Expertise Into New Holding Company Expa | The rise of the company builders is right. As Leena wrote in her spot-on post, “Operators are foregoing the traditional path of joining a traditional VC to instead create a studio-like holding operation.” The latest in a series of accomplis... |
| 24.04.2013 | BlackJet, The Uber Of Private Jets, Releases Its iPhone App | Want to book a private jet but are away from your keyboard? No worries! BlackJet‘s got you covered! The startup, which hopes to make non-commercial flights more efficient and less expensive for the high-powered jet set, launched an iPhone a... |
| 19.02.2013 | Look Out, BlackJet: Arrow Is Preparing To Launch A Cheaper Private Jet Service In Seattle And The Bay Area | It was just last week that BlackJet — the so-called “Uber for private jets” — threw a big launch event and announced plans to add San Francisco and Las Vegas as destinations. But BlackJet is no longer alone: There’s a new entrant in that ma... |
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