The Birth of TripLingo (Part of 1 of 3)
Welcome to the TripLingo blog! This is our place to share behind-the-scenes glimpses into what we do, who we are, and what we’re about. To kick it off, we wanted to talk about the story behind...
View ArticleTripLingo Launch Contest
While we are hard at work building the app and preparing for Startup Riot, we have published our landing page with a nice little contest. We will be giving away $1,000 towards a round trip flight to...
View ArticleThe Birth of TripLingo: Persistence, Luck, & StartAtlanta (Part 2 of 3)
In Part 1 of this series, I described how I came up with the idea for TripLingo. In Part 2, I cover my struggles with trying to get funding and finding a team. At the end of Part 2, I explain how I was...
View ArticleThe Birth of TripLingo: The StartAtlanta Marathon (Part 3 of 3)
In Part 1 of this series, I described how I came up with the idea for TripLingo. In Part 2, I covered my struggles trying to get funding and find a team. At the end of Part 2, I explained how I was...
View ArticleWarp Speed Ahead!
I’m Ross Rankin and I’m sort of the grey hair here at TripLingo. I’ve been in technology for twenty years and startups for twelve of them. I started a company in the dot com heyday and had a...
View ArticleThe Guardian: Current Language Apps Sucks
Yesterday’s Guardian had an article that certainly caught our eye here at TripLingo. The basic premise of the article in 5 words was: current language learning apps suck. Don’t we know it. I’ve been...
View ArticleTeam TripLingo: 11 Ways We’re Lean & 1 Way We Aren’t
[This post is our entry to the Lean Startup Challenge. Like us? Want to help us out? We’d love your vote in the form of a tweet! ] Share This on Twitter! Introduction These days, being “lean” is all...
View ArticleThe Apps
“Maintaining a second configuration of the app incurs direct, significant costs in development and support” - Marco Arment [ HUGE understatement.. & we’ll have an app per language. ay dios mio ]...
View ArticleDesigning our mobile experience
Application development is no small task. To do it well, companies typically start with a long and meticulous planning process for its development. Even using an “agile & lean” approach, a...
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