Comments on: Kango Announces $4 Million Round From Shasta Ventures http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kango Blog » Blog Archive » The Blogosphere Speaks Out About Kango-A Wrap Up http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-2050339 Kango Blog » Blog Archive » The Blogosphere Speaks Out About Kango-A Wrap Up Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:47:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-2050339 [...] Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch [...] [...] Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch [...]

]]> By: Elliott Ng’s inspiration for CN Reviews http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1874111 Elliott Ng’s inspiration for CN Reviews Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:59:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1874111 [...] in the company. We just launched our private beta, and was recently covered in VentureBeat, TechCrunch, GigaOm, WebWare, Jupiter’s Diane Clarkson, Jens Thraenhart, and HotelMarketing (and many [...] [...] in the company. We just launched our private beta, and was recently covered in VentureBeat, TechCrunch, GigaOm, WebWare, Jupiter’s Diane Clarkson, Jens Thraenhart, and HotelMarketing (and many [...]

]]> By: Kango Blog » Blog Archive » Private Beta for Family Vacations and Romantic Trips http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1869060 Kango Blog » Blog Archive » Private Beta for Family Vacations and Romantic Trips Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:42:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1869060 [...] Schonfeld at TechCrunch highlights that Kango “looks at travel reviews and other information across the Web and [...] [...] Schonfeld at TechCrunch highlights that Kango “looks at travel reviews and other information across the Web and [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1854314 Kevin Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:00:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1854314 not bad for an "almost beta" site - I have seen much worse public launches. This concept has legs - and I am anxious to see the next version. Since I am a family guy (not THE Family Guy) I really liked the idea of being able to search for family-friendly vacations. It is soooo hard to find really good places to stay and go where my 3 children will actually like stuff the brochure-ware online says are "great for kids". And the little things like showing me maps and reviews together - simple but exactly what you want to see right up front. Hope this goes public before I have to plan our summer getaways... not bad for an “almost beta” site - I have seen much worse public launches. This concept has legs - and I am anxious to see the next version. Since I am a family guy (not THE Family Guy) I really liked the idea of being able to search for family-friendly vacations. It is soooo hard to find really good places to stay and go where my 3 children will actually like stuff the brochure-ware online says are “great for kids”. And the little things like showing me maps and reviews together - simple but exactly what you want to see right up front. Hope this goes public before I have to plan our summer getaways…

]]> By: KR http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1854241 KR Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:51:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1854241 I enjoyed Tim Ferriss' "4 Hour Workweek", but have not been able to reduce my work load to this level... yet. When my family travels, we are looking to get some good bang for the buck in terms of fun activities/time. Kango provides an excellent way to find popular destinations and tips for managing the crowds and expenses for these places, but perhaps more importantly provides the hidden gems off the beaten path. Google is busy trying to organize the world's information, and doing an excellent job. However, there is room for vertical search. In many respects FaceBook, MySpace and LinkedIn have become the new people search engine. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia search engine. Travel is a complex, ever-changing, and popular sector that should garner significant pageviews and traffic. No reason that Kango with its financial backing and seasoned executive staff can't emerge to be a major force in this space. I enjoyed Tim Ferriss’ “4 Hour Workweek”, but have not been able to reduce my work load to this level… yet.

When my family travels, we are looking to get some good bang for the buck in terms of fun activities/time. Kango provides an excellent way to find popular destinations and tips for managing the crowds and expenses for these places, but perhaps more importantly provides the hidden gems off the beaten path.

Google is busy trying to organize the world’s information, and doing an excellent job. However, there is room for vertical search. In many respects FaceBook, MySpace and LinkedIn have become the new people search engine. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia search engine.

Travel is a complex, ever-changing, and popular sector that should garner significant pageviews and traffic. No reason that Kango with its financial backing and seasoned executive staff can’t emerge to be a major force in this space.

]]> By: Chin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853729 Chin Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:26:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853729 For our two recent trips, my wife and I have tried to use kango. Even in its pre-beta stage, it's quite impressive. I also have had the pleasures of talking to a couple of insiders of kango lately. I think what they do indeed refects what will be done by most in this space in the future, but by then all of them will be playing catch up with kango. The kango people I have spoken with are not only knowledgable and open, but also very progressive. This is a travel site that I am confident will get better and better quickly as time goes by. I encourage you to try it out too, and send in your feedbacks. The kango people do listen! For our two recent trips, my wife and I have tried to use kango. Even in its pre-beta stage, it’s quite impressive.

I also have had the pleasures of talking to a couple of insiders of kango lately. I think what they do indeed refects what will be done by most in this space in the future, but by then all of them will be playing catch up with kango.

The kango people I have spoken with are not only knowledgable and open, but also very progressive. This is a travel site that I am confident will get better and better quickly as time goes by. I encourage you to try it out too, and send in your feedbacks. The kango people do listen!

]]> By: Alexa http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853643 Alexa Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:22:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853643 Hope they have information on visiting me in Brazil! Good luck with the venture! Hope they have information on visiting me in Brazil! Good luck with the venture!

]]> By: Eliza http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853554 Eliza Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:29:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853554 The concept behind Kango has HUGE potential - v. v. cool. I checked out their "almost beta" site and it left me wanting more - in a good way. I can't wait till all the search methods are available and the site is fully up and running. (thought: it would be nice to be able combine search themes for cross search results) The design is clean and user friendly and it looks like a huge amount of work has been put into the info architecture. Smart site, exciting capabilities. My only complaint: I'm not crazy about the font they've used - oh, and the blue used for the search results links doesn't jive with the purple of the tabs above... Nitpick much? The concept behind Kango has HUGE potential - v. v. cool.
I checked out their “almost beta” site and it left me wanting more - in a good way. I can’t wait till all the search methods are available and the site is fully up and running. (thought: it would be nice to be able combine search themes for cross search results)

The design is clean and user friendly and it looks like a huge amount of work has been put into the info architecture. Smart site, exciting capabilities.

My only complaint: I’m not crazy about the font they’ve used - oh, and the blue used for the search results links doesn’t jive with the purple of the tabs above… Nitpick much?

]]> By: 2001-2008 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853281 2001-2008 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:44:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853281 when is this going in deadpool! no wait... scatch that... when is AOL buying this for 360 mills! when is this going in deadpool!
no wait… scatch that… when is AOL buying this for 360 mills!

]]> By: Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853241 Ballmer Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:27:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1853241 Shasta! I do like their cherry sodas! fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com Shasta! I do like their cherry sodas!
fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

]]> By: Brian http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852656 Brian Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:31:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852656 Live Crunch: http://www.kango.com/hawaii Kango will indeed help you find things to do in Hawaii; Maby even some new ideas that you have not tried out yet. There are 342 things to do in Honolulu alone listed in the Kango database http://www.kango.com/things_to_do/honolulu_hi_family_vacations_499960948.html That should keep you busy ;) Live Crunch:

http://www.kango.com/hawaii

Kango will indeed help you find things to do in Hawaii; Maby even some new ideas that you have not tried out yet.

There are 342 things to do in Honolulu alone listed in the Kango database
http://www.kango.com/things_to.....60948.html

That should keep you busy ;)

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852580 Jeremy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:02:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852580 I know Yen Lee from Yahoo, he's an incredible leader and knows the travel space like no other. Given the success of other Yahoo's I worked with that have since left the mothership, I'm expecting huge things from Kango. It's a very nice site, and the concept is original, which is a challenge in the travel space because it is very saturated. I know Yen Lee from Yahoo, he’s an incredible leader and knows the travel space like no other.

Given the success of other Yahoo’s I worked with that have since left the mothership, I’m expecting huge things from Kango. It’s a very nice site, and the concept is original, which is a challenge in the travel space because it is very saturated.

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852341 micfo.com Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:21:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852341 Seems best tour planner, nice idea! Seems best tour planner, nice idea!

]]> By: Tom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852330 Tom Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:15:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852330 I love the idea of "themed" travel. Anything that gets away from stars as a stand-in for meaningful ratings for travelers... Not everyone travels the same way... I love the idea of “themed” travel. Anything that gets away from stars as a stand-in for meaningful ratings for travelers… Not everyone travels the same way…

]]> By: Live Crunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852102 Live Crunch Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:26:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852102 I like that, hope that site could help me find new spot in Hawaii. I like that, hope that site could help me find new spot in Hawaii.

]]> By: startupwatch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852069 startupwatch Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:15:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/kango-announces-4-million-round-from-shasta-ventures/#comment-1852069 nice concept and a well designed site. seems to have loads of information already. quite a few startups being launched everyday. another new interesting idea being executed in mobile heavy asia is tagg.in check it out for yoruself http://tagg.in nice concept and a well designed site. seems to have loads of information already.

quite a few startups being launched everyday. another new interesting idea being executed in mobile heavy asia is tagg.in

check it out for yoruself http://tagg.in

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