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Ep: 027 - Doug Morgan - Lola Travel - What it's Like to be Acquired

Ep: 027 - Doug Morgan - Lola Travel - What it's Like to be Acquired

Update: 2016-12-06
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Doug Morgan is the Director of Engineering at Lola Travel. Doug joined the company when Lola acquired HopOn, the company he co-founded. Lola connects travelers with in-house personal travel consultants who help customers plan, book, and manage their travel in an effort to make trips more personal and rewarding.

 

In this episode, Doug talks about:

 

The process of being acquired

 

The transition from founder to employee

 

The key to building a successful engineering team

 

Lessons from SurveyMonkey and HopOn that he applies at Lola

 

Links from today’s episode:

 

Doug Morgan

 

SurveyMonkey

 

HopOn

 

Lola Travel

 

Lola Travel (App)

 

Trillium Brewing

 

Harpoon Brewery

 

Jack’s Abby

 

Drafted

 

Drizly

 

Fitbit

 

Slack

 

First Round Review

 

Both Sides of the Table

 

The Atlantis Gene (Book 1)

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Music by: Broke For Free

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Ep: 027 - Doug Morgan - Lola Travel - What it's Like to be Acquired

Ep: 027 - Doug Morgan - Lola Travel - What it's Like to be Acquired