Devon Tivona's guest appearances

Devon Tivona

Kruze Consulting's Founders and Friends Podcast for Startups

Real Leaders

My Biggest Lesson

Nicole Glaros

Michael Joseph

David Blumberg

Aman Mann

Rob Sadow

Immad Akhund

David Barrett

Chris White

Brian Balfour

Michael Tannenbaum

Rod Drury

Jim Dethmer

Parker Conrad

Scott Phoenix

Charles Hudson

OwlTail

Adam and Chris speak with Devin Tivona, a Colorado native and CO graduate who now is the Head of Travel at Coupa Software. Devon was the founder and CEO of Pana, a travel software company that went through Techstars Boulder in 2015 and subsequently raised over $15 million on its way to being successfully acquired by Coupa earlier this year. On this episode Devon shares tips for founders on how radical candor can build this type of "safe" environment and why company work culture has been so important to him, which you'll hear about in his biggest lesson.Find out more about what we're up to at range.vc and connect with Adam and Chris and the Range Ventures team on LinkedIn.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

<a href="https://www.range.vc/#chris-erickson" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Adam</a> and <a href="https://www.range.vc/#chris-erickson" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Chris</a> speak with Devin Tivona, a Colorado native and CO graduate who now is the Head of Travel at <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coupa" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Coupa Software</a>. Devon was the founder and CEO of Pana, a travel software company that went through <a href="https://www.techstars.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Techstars</a> Boulder in 2015 and subsequently raised over $15 million on its way to being <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/coupa-acquires-pana--48768ba6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">successfully acquired</a> by Coupa earlier this year. On this episode Devon shares tips for founders on how radical candor can build this type of "safe" environment and why company work culture has been so important to him, which you'll hear about in his biggest lesson. Find out more about what we're up to at <a href="https://www.range.vc/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">range.vc</a> and connect with Adam and Chris and the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/range-ventures/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Range Ventures team on LinkedIn</a>.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Devon Tivona: Build A Safe Environment

Devon Tivona of Pana (https://pana.com) discusses how Pana combines mobile app technology and virtual travel assistants to make travel easy. Although Pana is for business travel, I used it on a recent vacation and loved it. Recently Pana added features for corporate recruiters to make coordinating candidate travel simple.

Devon Tivona of Pana (<a href="https://pana.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pana.com</a>) discusses how Pana combines mobile app technology and virtual travel assistants to make travel easy. Although Pana is for business travel, I used it on a recent vacation and loved it. Recently Pana added features for corporate recruiters to make coordinating candidate travel simple.

Devon Tivona of Pana - Combining a Travel App & In-App Virtual Assistant to Solve Travel Problems

Twenty-four year old Devon Tivona is the Co-founder and CEO of Pana, an on-demand travel agent software service that blends technology and real humans for ultimate ease in traveling.  Devon is a rare mix of tech and EQ, getting energy from making human connections as well solving complex technical problems. These qualities have not only helped him launch a successful, well-designed and highly engaging app, but he has also garnered real loyalty his investors and advisors. He recognizes the value of this circle: "In order for a concept to be successful, you have to have this inner circle of people who are obsessed with your product." Growing up Devon dreamed of attending Stanford. Although he was accepted there, he chose to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he was offered a full merit scholarship. It was outside the classroom, however, where Devon found cohorts of like-minded people in the startup community. He founded Pana with classmates, won the University’s prestigious New Venture Challenge, and the company was accepted to Techstars Boulder upon his graduation. When talking about his experience in creating and maintaining a tight team, he believes that candor and transparency are the two greatest lessons he and his co-founders have learned. When it comes to vetting new ideas, the Pana team keeps its process open. "We have an idea, and we have a gut about it and we give the freedom to say 'Great. Build a hypothesis and go test it.'"Find out how this young entrepreneur won his company the backing of Techstars Ventures, The Foundry Group, Galvanize, Flight VC and a host of angel investors through his raw talent, obsession with learning, excitement and authenticity.

Twenty-four year old Devon Tivona is the Co-founder and CEO of Pana, an on-demand travel agent software service that blends technology and real humans for ultimate ease in traveling. Devon is a rare mix of tech and EQ, getting energy from making human connections as well solving complex technical problems. These qualities have not only helped him launch a successful, well-designed and highly engaging app, but he has also garnered real loyalty his investors and advisors. He recognizes the value of this circle: "In order for a concept to be successful, you have to have this inner circle of people who are obsessed with your product."  Growing up Devon dreamed of attending Stanford. Although he was accepted there, he chose to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he was offered a full merit scholarship. It was outside the classroom, however, where Devon found cohorts of like-minded people in the startup community. He founded Pana with classmates, won the University’s prestigious New Venture Challenge, and the company was accepted to Techstars Boulder upon his graduation. When talking about his experience in creating and maintaining a tight team, he believes that candor and transparency are the two greatest lessons he and his co-founders have learned. When it comes to vetting new ideas, the Pana team keeps its process open. "We have an idea, and we have a gut about it and we give the freedom to say 'Great. Build a hypothesis and go test it.'" Find out how this young entrepreneur won his company the backing of Techstars Ventures, The Foundry Group, Galvanize, Flight VC and a host of angel investors through his raw talent, obsession with learning, excitement and authenticity.

#11 -- Devon Tivona, Collegiate Co-founder to Venture-backed CEO, Making Travel Fun Again at Pana