Airport car rentals are a $10 billion business. But until recently, most travelers were stuck with poor customer service and high rates from the incumbent rental car agencies. Y Combinator-backed startup FlightCar wants to offer a much cheaper alternative to those companies in airports around the country, and it’s starting in San Francisco.
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Get Free Airport Valet Parking — If You’re Willing to Rent Your Car With FlightCar
Airport-based car-sharing is a win-win, because: 1) people don’t particularly like paying to park their cars when they leave for other places; and 2) people like to rent cars when they arrive in new places.
FlightCar offers wheels at SFO
When he drove to San Francisco International Airport for a recent flight to Los Angeles, Garry Tan could have shelled out $18 per day to park his car. Instead, he let someone else rent it.
Upcoming Classes and Events
Join us for one of our upcoming events and classes!
Wednesday, March 20, 4:00 to 6:00 PM at LPK: "Agency Pitch Event" hosted by the Brandery! Cincinnati’s world-class startup accelerator, The Brandery, has organized a special Agency Edition of their Demo Day. You’ll hear 7-minute presentations from 6 start-ups, and have an opportunity to speak with them in more detail. Each offers a digital solution that will help give you the edge to knock your next client presentation out of the park! Agencies, startups, and marketers are welcome to join us.
Wednesday, March 20, 5:30 to 7:00 PM: “Startup Financials, Part 1: Business Models” presented by Keith Johnson, CEO and Founder, Petbrosia. All are welcome, even those who are “allergic” to Excel!
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Thursday, March 21, 7:00 to 8:00 PM: “Brandery Yoga” hosted by Moksha Yoga. Learn how to handle and diffuse all of the stress caused by the startup world.
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Friday, March 22, 4:00 to 6:00 PM: “Brandery Office Hours!” Come talk to Brandery staff, graduates and mentors about the application process and how you can get more involved. You bring your ideas, we’ll bring the beer!
Monday, March 25, 5:30 to 7:00 PM: “Compelling Content Marketing” with Melyssa St. Michael, VP of Search and Emerging Media at Rockfish Interactive. Learn how to build content that that your consumers care about from the ground up.
Wednesday, March 27, 5:30 to 7:00 PM: “Startup Financials, Part 2: Analogs & Research” presented by Keith Johnson, CEO and Founder, Petbrosia. All are welcome, even those who are “allergic” to Excel!
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Thursday, March 28, 5:30 to 7:00 PM: “Communicating for a Change” with Dave Dorr from Epipheo Studios. Learn how to tell a story that compels people to take action!
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Get startup Savvy!
Monday, February 18th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: A PR Primer: How public relations can help your startup sell (and how it can’t) with Carolyn Pione Micheli
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Wednesday, February 20th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: How to Teach Yourself to Code (General Assembly Screening), followed by a Q&A with Erin Kidwell, Girl Develop It
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Monday, February 25th, 5:30pm-6:30pm: Getting Started with Facebook Advertising (General Assembly Screening)
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Thursday, February 28th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: Intro to Web Design (General Assembly Screening), followed by Q&A with panel of AIGA Designers
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Monday, March 4th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: Intro to SEO with Tim Warren, The Warren Company and SEOExposed
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Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn something NEW!
February Classes at The Brandery
We have a bunch of great classes happening in February. Join us to learn new things, build businesses and grow Cincinnati. Below are all of the Brandery sponsored classes, but if you want to see EVERYTHING going on at The Brandery, check out our complete schedule!
Thursday, February 7th, 6-9pm: Startup Grind Cincinnati featuring Tony Alexander, Founder TravelersJoy and SimpleRegistry
Monday, February 18th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: A PR Primer: How public relations can help your startup sell (and how it can’t) with Carolyn Pione Micheli
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Wednesday, February 20th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: How to Teach Yourself to Code (General Assembly Screening), followed by a Q&A with Erin Kidwell, Girl Develop It
Register now!
Monday, February 25th, 5:30pm-6:30pm: Getting Started with Facebook Advertising (General Assembly Screening)
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Thursday, February 28th, 5:30pm-7:00pm: Intro to Web Design (General Assembly Screening), followed by Q&A with panel of AIGA Designers
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Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn something NEW!
Got Married?
SimpleRegistry and TravelersJoy can help you enjoy your wedding AND reduce stress.
Tony Alexander, founder of the websites, is a successful entrepreneur and investor who knows how to bring the fun. He is witty and charismatic, loves to travel and has a knack for technology. He founded TravelersJoy in 2005, grew the company quickly, and founded SimpleRegistry in 2011 based off inspiration from his first venture.
A bit about the businesses…
TravelersJoy is a honeymoon registry started in 2005. It allows couples to register for different elements of their honeymoon, like a nice dinner, horseback ride to a vineyard, or a night’s stay at a hotel. Their friends and family can purchase their gift through the registry and help fund the couple’s upcoming honeymoon. TravelersJoy takes a 7.5% transaction fee with every purchase.
SimpleRegistry makes it easy to create, manage, share and receive any type of gift for any occasion by incorporating items that are traditionally found on registries with non-traditional gifts that are hard to curate through a unified Web application. For each transaction, SimpleRegistry charges a 3.5 percent service fee that can be waived with a one-time $35 membership purchase. All names and addresses for the gift-givers are saved and compiled into one database so you can be sure to thank everyone after your wedding.
Want to meet Tony? You can hear him speak at Cincinnati Startup Grind on this upcoming Thursday, February 7th from 7-8pm at The Brandery. Reserve your ticket now!
