Travel Startups Incubator® Program

Starts January 8, 2024

4-week Accelerator Program

Below is the program schedule for the accelerator program. In addition to accessing the program content we have (8) live Zoom coaching sessions. Coaching sessions are 1-hour sessions, 2x a week on Tuesday's & Thursday's. The Zoom sessions will be recorded so if you miss any they will be available for replay to watch.

Travel Startups Incubator®

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1. Welcome Video: Matt Zito Travel CEO Coach, Advisor, M&A Broker ~Secrets and Insights about the travel business
2. How the Travel Startups Incubator® 4-Week Acceleration Program Works
3. Questions and Answers About the Program
4. Travel Startups Incubator Network
1. Travel Startup Tools for Week 1
2. Learn How the Travel Industry Works, How New Technologies and Innovations Get Adapted
3. The #1 Major Trend and Movement in the Travel Industry
4. The #1 Business Model Reshaping the Travel Distribution Landscape
5. 2 Technologies That Will Impact the Travel Industry the Most in the Next 5-Years
6. This Technology is Replacing Text Based Search
7. The Big 3 Innovations & Technologies in Travel
8. This Movement is Creating New Monetization Models in the Travel Industry
9. The Biggest Travel Industry Myths
10. If You Don't Know What These Mean, You're Going to Get Lost
11. Pro’s & Con’s of Building B2C vs. B2B Travel Businesses
12. The 2 main reasons why companies won't license or buy your B2B travel tech software
13. Leisure Travel vs. Business Travel, What's the Best Category
14. The Gatekeepers in Business Travel and How to Sell to Them
15. Buyers of Business Travel Services and the Secrets You Need to Know to Sell to Them
16. What You Don't Know About Business Travel
17. CEO & founder of one of the largest travel companies in the world shares the #1 secret about the travel business.
1. The Most Important Founder Trait for Building a Sellable Travel Company
2. Developing this One Belief System will Help You Build a Profitable Travel Company
3. Your Travel Startup Needs to Create This to Succeed
4. Why Travel Startups Fail to Gain Traction
5. 2 of the Most Successful Travel Companies in the World Used These 2 Product Development Techniques
6. How to Create New Travel Products & Services with These 3 Iteration Techniques
7. How to Get Paid Upfront While Building a Travel Startup
8. Build vs. Buy vs. License
9. #1 Secret to being a More Productive CEO
10. The Power of 100 Startup Strategy
11. Why & When You Should Do This One Change If Things Aren't Going Well
12. Travel CEO sold his company for $500M, shares his insights and tips into what it takes to succeed in travel.
1. Learn the Different Ways Travel Businesses Make Money
2. #1 Way of Making Money
3. #2 Way of Making Money
4. #3 Way of Making Money
5. #4 Way of Making Money
6. 11 Pricing Schemes and Models to Make Money in Travel
7. Share a Testimonial About the 4-Week Acceleration Program
8. Insights into Travel Industry Revenue Models
9. NET Rates vs. Commission Rates and Why One Makes You More Money
10. Secrets to Hotel Contracting
11. The Maximum Amount of Cash to Keep in a Bank Account
12. A Special Income That Just Shows Up Each Month and Makes Your Company More Profitable
13. A Dirty Little Secret that No One Talks About and is Unique to the Travel Industry
14. Direct Contracting vs. Aggregation
15. How Best To Pay Your Suppliers
16. Travel CEO shares how he bootstrapped successfully, building a subscription based revenue model
17. CEO of a large travel company shares the 3 criteria a new travel service or travel technology must meet to get his attention
1. Travel Startup Partners & Tools for Week 2
2. How to Pilot Travel Technology
3. The One Person You Need to Know to Successfully Pilot Your Technology with a Corporate Enterprise
4. These Target Customers Are a Gold Mine for Piloting New Technology
5. Know This Core Objective From Your Prospective Customer to Successfully Pilot
6. Don't Try to Pilot New Technology Until You Have This Completed
7. Share a Testimonial About the 4-Week Acceleration Program
8. How You Monetize Must Align With This Key Customer Component or Your Doomed
9. If You Offer This Type of Deal You'll Have a Great Chance of Getting a Pilot
10. If This One Thing is Off it Doesn't Matter How Great Your Pilot Product or Service is
11. Grease the Wheels
12. Publish This Document to Gain Attention for Your Technology
13. What a Successful Sales Process Looks Like to Acquire a Pilot or Commercialize a Technology
14. If You Want to Create the Next Uber or Airbnb Try This Technique
15. Travel CTO, speaks about the importance of APIs in travel, how creating an API enables you to get additional distribution for your products and services.
16. Corporate Travel Manager at a Fortune 500 company shares 2 use cases in how they work with travel startups
17. Head of Innovation & New Product at the 5th largest travel company in the world shares their 4-step process to running a pilot with a travel startup
1. This Document is a Must in Raising Capital from Travel Investors
2. The Deck That Raises Capital From Travel Investors
3. What to place on the 1st page
4. What to place on the 2nd page
5. What to place on the 3rd & 4th page
6. What to place on the 5th page
7. What to place on the 6th page
8. What to place on the 7th page
9. What to place on the 8th page
10. What to place on the 9th page
11. What to place on the 10th page
12. What to place on the 11th page
13. Optional Slides: #1
14. Optional Slides: #2
15. Optional Slides: #3
16. Optional Slides: #4
17. This Travel Startup Raised $600K with This Pitch Deck
18. Tips for Live Pitching at Events and In-Person
19. How to Get Judges to Vote For You at Travel Startup Pitch Competitions
20. Best Formats for Your Pitch Presentations
21. How a Travel Startups Incubator® Program Company Won Startup of the Year at the Phocuswright Conference
22. CEO, founder of a Travel Startups Incubator program company shares how he successfully raised capital from travel investors.
1. A Small Ask from Matt Zito
2. Share a Testimonial About the 4-Week Accelerator Program
3. Understanding the Three Funding Stages of Early Stage Travel Startups
4. The Money is Much Closer Than You Think
5. These Are The Real Travel Investors
6. This Travel Investor is Hard to Find but You Only Need < 5 and Boom Jackpot
7. Trust Me, Just Stay Away From These Investors
8. If You Take This Money, It Could Blow Up in Your Face Real Quick
9. To Play in This Game You Need to Jump on Planes
10. An Untapped Goldmine Just Waiting for Your Travel Startup Idea
11. Push a Button and Get Money
12. New Regulations Make It Easier To Raise Capital
13. The Smart Money but Sneaky Little Devils
14. Who Travel Startups Incubator® has Taken Money From, Great Investors You Want as Well
15. Step #1: To Successfully Acquire Capital From Travel Investors
16. Step #2: To Successfully Acquire Capital From Travel Investors
17. Your Told Not to Do This When Raising Capital but Do It
18. Step #3: To Successfully Acquire Capital From Travel Investors
19. Write It, Repeat It, Repeat It, Repeat It and the Money Will Come
20. Step #4: To Successfully Acquire Capital From Travel Investors
21. Sell This Security When Raising <$3M
22. Sell This Security When Raising >$3M
23. Automate Your Fundraising Process
24. Investment Documents, Network, Resources
25. Strategic travel technology investor shares what travel startups should look at when receiving investment from a strategic investor
1. Share a Testimonial About the Travel Acceleration Program
2. Profitability vs. Growth, It All Depends on What Your Goal Is
3. Talk About These Financial Metrics in Your Travel Business
4. What Travel Companies Really Sell For in the Market
5. Travel Acquisition Deal Structures & Payment Considerations
6. The Disconnect Between Investment Value and Market Value
7. Sell When Your Company is on Top
8. Always Sell the Value of Your Company on this Financial Metric
9. How to Successfully Angel Invest in Travel Startups
10. CEO, founder of a Travel Startups Incubator program company shares how they executed a pilot with Amadeus & LINE Messenger the super-app
11. CEO of a TMC shares use cases in how their company consumes 3rd party APIs and pilots new technology
1. Share a Testimonial About the 4-Week Accelerator Program
2. Travel Industry Conferences Are Not All The Same
3. Questions to Ask Before Paying for a Conference
4. How to Calculate the Value of Attending a Travel Conference
5. Networking is the Lifeblood of a Travel Startup
6. Conferences We Recommend
7. Startup Research & Innovation Head at Phocuswright shares the top things travel startups need to include in their pitch
8. Senior travel executive at an airline shares how travel startups should pitch airlines
1. This Was One of Our Best Investments
2. Why You Raise or Sell When Your Are On Top
3. A Lesson in Perseverance and Dedication to Succeed
4. Great Technology, No Industry Support, Time to Sell
5. The Right Business Model, Wrong Direction in the Early Days
6. Huge Idea, Limited Industry Support, Pivot to Succeed
1. Digital Marketing - Optional to Participate, Gets Your Company in Front of Travel Industry Executives and Investors
2. Travel Startups Incubator® Acceleration Program Certificate & Logos
3. Join "Build To Sell," my Travel CEO Coaching Program
1. Web-based tool TSI companies use for tracking metrics and business growth
2. Business Canvas gives a Visual of Your Company
3. Spreadsheet for Financial Projections
4. API Provider Commercial Agreement Checklist
5. List of Incubators/Accelerators/Innovation Hubs to Join Catering to Travel Startups
6. SAFE Agreements & User Guide
7. Travel Marketing Guides
1. Travel Suppliers Providing API Inventory, Content for Travel Startups
2. Travel Technology Providers - White Labels, Booking Engines, Platforms, Marketplaces to Sell Travel
3. Investor Access - A Travel Investor Network + Investor Databases
4. Data & Charts for Travel Startup Investment Decks

Program highlights

8 Live coaching sessions. 1-hour sessions, 2x a week on Tuesday's & Thursday's. Recorded for replay access 24-7.
30+ Secrets of the travel business learned over a lifetime. 100+ Tips and insights for building a sellable company.
Executive speaker series, (12) interviews with leading CEOs, founders and senior travel executives. Partners to help you build a travel tech company. Digital marketing demo day.

Program price

Capital raise includes (4) private 1:1 calls with Matt Zito in addition to the (8) group coaching calls and introduction of your investment to (20) vetted travel tech investors.

$1,250.00

Bootstrap

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$2,250.00

Capital Raise

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Need a Payment Plan?

2 Payments of $425

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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

After Going Through Week 1 Part 1 If You Feel The Program Isn't For You, You Can Cancel and Receive Your Money Back

FAQ

How long is the program?

The program is 4-weeks. Each week you'll access the program material online. In addition to what you'll be learning online we will have (2) 1-hour Zoom coaching calls each week on Tuesday's and Thursdays. If you miss one of the Zoom calls you can watch the replay the next day. We will record each coaching session.
Is the program for me? Is there a refund policy?

The program is for startups that are bootstrapped and raising capital. Both Leisure travel and business travel. Both B2C and B2B. We offer a Money Back Guarantee. After 2-days if you are not pleased you can request a refund. In the first 2-days you will have access to all the Week 1 Part 1 content and be able to attend the first Zoom call. To receive a refund you must tell us in writing by the first Wednesday of the first week of the start of the program. There are NO refunds after this date.
What will I be learning?

Each week we will cover multiple topics. For example in Week 1: Travel Industry Secrets, Insights, Trends & Movements, (14) different topics ranging from "How the travel industry works" to "New innovations and technology in travel" to breaking down the "Pro's & Con's of B2C vs. B2B will be covered. Each topics is packed with insights, tips and secrets that you'll learn from our lifetime experience in the travel industry.
How much time do I need to allocate to the program?

If you're planning on being active in the program, you should allocated between 2-3 hours per week to participate on the Zoom calls and to read through the program content. *Note you'll have online access to all the content and all the recorded Zoom calls after the 4-week program so if you need to you can review the information after the program ends.
What's the difference between the Bootstrap & Capital Raise?

Capital raise is everything in the Bootstrap program. Plus (4) private 1:1 calls with Matt Zito and introduction of your investment opportunity to (20) investors in the TSI global investor network. The Capital raise program is for startups that are looking to raise capital, want private coaching and introductions to investors.
What do I need to access the program?

You only need a computer or iPad and access to the Internet.
How will my company benefit from the program?

Our main goal is to accelerate your travel startup 6-24 months forward from where you are now in the startup lifecycle. In addition to this advancement if you participate in our digital demo day (optional) at the end of the program we will share your company's info with our global travel network. All companies that complete the program will receive a digital program certificate and logos for social media and your website. This can be shared with prospective businesses and investors that show you graduated from the program. Finally, the last benefit and the most important is that we believe we will help you build a more sellable business.
Will Travel Startups Incubator® invest in my company?

Although our history is acting as a travel startup investor, this program does not guarantee an investment in your company. If your company participates in the digital demo day at the conclusion of the program we will share your company info with investors in our global investor network. If investors show an interest, we may look at launching a SPV to invest in your company with other investors in our investment network.
Can more than 1 person from my company join?

Yes, you can have up to 3 people in the program. All 3 must be founders or employees from your company.

Starts January 8, 2024