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Jen O'Neal
Co-Founder & CEO, Tripping
https://www.tripping.comhttp://www.twitter.com/jenoneal
San Francisco, California, United States
Business owner
Member since October 09, 2010
VEQ: TM-NS-MM
'Do what you love. The rest comes.'
I am a(n):
Entrepreneur
Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Tripping
Startups I worked for:
StubHub, Viagogo, Tripping
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to make the world a better place.
My favorite startups:
Tripping, Viagogo, StubHub, Kiva, Dropbox, Vator
What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Most frustrating: never having enough hours in the day
Most rewarding: building something of value from the ground up
What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Not having a clear vision
What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
1. Surround yourself with the best, brightest and most talented people
2. Listen to what your users want, then deliver early and often
3. Aim high - anything is possible!
When do you do your best work?
My co-founder and I are night owls, so we typically start at 10am and work through the night. Although I average about 5 hours sleep (and even less during release weeks), I always wake up feeling excited to get back to my laptop and Tripping.
What do you do in your free time?
Free time? What's that?
Just kidding. I try to keep my life balanced by spending time with friends and family, going to places with beautiful natural scenery and traveling for fun whenever possible.
Where was your Vator profile photo taken?
On top of a glacier in Alaska
Full bio
Jen O’Neal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tripping.
Having grown up near Silicon Valley, working in technology always seemed like a given for Jen. She joined StubHub as employee #5 the summer before her senior year at Cal, kicking off a fast-paced career that has since brought her to startups in Costa Rica, New Zealand and London.
While living abroad, Jen hosted well over a hundred travelers through various hospitality sites. Seeing some unmet needs in the market, she started thinking about ways that she could use her experience to create a better, safer site for travelers. That site became Tripping, a network that gives travelers an easy way to connect with local people.
Jen graduated cum laude from UC Berkeley and - when not working crazy hours - can be found cooking dinner with friends, reading good books and backpacking to new places.
