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What is GeckoGo?

GeckoGo is the go-to source for independent travellers. We are the fastest growing source of unique travel content. Using this wealth of traveller-knowledge, and our flexible way of searching for information, our goal is to ensure that when you travel, you know you are getting the most out of your trip.

This site is not about the Eiffel towers of the world. It's about finding the activities, places to go and things to do uniquely interesting to you. It's also not about just finding information, but giving back as well - whether it's through community projects, or sharing your travel insights with the next traveller.

Unique points

Fastest growing source of unique travel content on the web
2nd largest source of travel tips on the internet
Travel Answers puts your travel questions directly in front of travellers who have been to the places you want to know about
Only travel site to do a travel personality analysis telling you what you're like based on where you've been
Find out where you rank against travellers worldwide
Get travel recommendations pushed to you based on your interests, where you've been, and where you want to go
We go where you are - the most fully integrated travel source present on the web, on Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Bebo and Friendster. Get your travel profile and have your travel questions answered whereever you are.

Team Bios

	Eric MacKinnon holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business and a BMus in musical composition. Prior to GeckoGo, he consulted small businesses on intellectual property issues and worked at L’Oréal Canada where he managed all men’s, hair care, hydration, mature skin segments at Biotherm and at Vichy. Eric is the quintessential backpacker who has traveled extensively through 17 countries and has summited 6000m mountains. He is fluent in French and English.
	Pokin Yeung holds an Honors BBA in Marketing & MIS from Simon Fraser University. She has worked at a Research in Motion on voice and SMS features where she has received a patent. Pokin has also worked at Campbell Soup Ltd and L’Oréal Canada. During her tenure, Pokin’s brands experienced double digit growth,achieving and maintaining the #1 ranking in drugstores. Pokin has also received the Outstanding Student Marketer Award by the BC American Marketing Association. Pokin is an avid hiker, summited Mount Kilimanjaro in December 2005. She has been to 15 countries, is fluent in English and conversant in Cantonese and French.
	Aaron Chow holds a BBA in Marketing, MIS and Finance from Simon Fraser University. He has experience at Research in Motion and TELUS, where he was responsible for revenue forecasting and pricing strategies for the $180 MM ADSL product line, as well as new markets analysis for a $20 MM capital expenditure plan. Other experience includes consumption analysis, sales reporting management, and management of trade spend for a $60 MM company. His extracurricular activities include representing SFU as the official coach & advisor for business case competitions. Aaron has been to 20 countries, has backpacked through Europe, and understands a sprinkling of French.

Logos

Web logos

GeckoGo: JPG (small), JPG (large)

GeckoGo: PNG (small), PNG (large)

High res logos

GeckoGo: CMYK TIFF (small), CMYK TIFF (large)

Timeline

Pre May 2007	Eric & Pokin quit their jobs to work on GeckoGo full time, Learns to like coffee. Moves to Silicon Valley Starts the ramen diet - NOT! Loves food too much, but actually, Ramen is pretty good too...
May 2007	GeckoGo gets underway with full founding team! (eric, aaron, indra & pokin) Skeleton of GeckoGo site goes up in a week. Team feels warm and fuzzy
Aug 2007	GeckoGo incorporates! Wow are we really a company now? First developer joins GeckoGo
Dec 2007	GeckoGo team goes travelling - have to stay relevant to the concept, after all!
Jan 2008	Travel Brain (Mes Voyages en Français) - our travel app in the social media space is released. Team has no idea what it's doing. Hopes things work.
Feb 2008	Travel Brain - starts growing in earnest. Decide to start working on viral channels
Mar 2008	Travel Brain is released on Bebo Travel Brain reaches 10,000 users. For a utility app that doesn't poke, we're ecstatic
May 2008	Travel Brain reaches 100,000 users.
Jul 2008	GeckoGo opens its doors to the public. We don't tell a soul. Still, people find us. Travel Brain launches on MySpace Travel Brain launches on Hi5 Travel Answers launches. Becomes about as popular as Yahoo Answers' travel category. Team celebrates for 5 seconds. Gets back to work.
Aug 2008	Travel Brain reaches 300,000 users on Facebook Travel Brain becomes fastest growing travel app on MySpace that doesn't advertise Travel Brain launches on Friendster
Oct 2008	GeckoGo officially launches, and Travel Brain and GeckoGo become fully integrated. Now you can store your travel profile and see it wherever you go!
Dec 2008	GeckoGo and Travel Brain reach 550,000 users GeckoGo voted runner up for both People's Choice and Blogger's Choice in the Mashable Open Web Awards in the Travel Category
Jan 2009	GeckoGo offers FB Connect support for users
Jun 2009	GeckoGo wins fbFund 2009 award and enters the fbFund REV 2009 Incubator program

Who's talked about us?

	LA Times, "Timing is everything at GeckoGo.Com"
	Budget Travel Magazine, Feb 2009, "The Next MySpace"
	Have Laptop, Will Travel, "GeckoGo.com Review"
	Travel’n On Radio Show
	Daily Finance, "Growth Matters: GeckoGo takes you places you've never been"
	Alex Bainbridge – Musings on Travel E-commerce, "GeckoGo site review - nice badges, answers and UGC"
	BudgetGlobeTrotting.com, "GeckoGo.com Review: Brand New Social Travel Planning Community"
	Mashable, December 2008 “OPEN WEB AWARDS: Blogger's Choice Winners”
	Mashable, December 2008 “OPEN WEB AWARDS: People's Choice Winners”
	Terracurve, May 2009 “Volunteer travel is on the rise”
	VentureBeat, May 2009 “This year's fbFund finalists span Facebook's platform, the web and the iPhone”
	TechCrunch, May 2009 “Facebook Names First Class Of fbFund REV, Its New Incubator”