Article written by Ron Schneidermann (Co-Founder and COO)
Mountain Collective: Aspirational Skiing
Every skier and rider has their bucket list of resorts they have to ski before they die. For me growing up, it was Whistler. There was something that seemed so foreign and exotic about skiing up there and I always aspired to make it there one day. I finally got the opportunity a few winters… Read the rest of the post!
Welcome Aspen/Snowmass!
At Liftopia we work really, really hard on getting good things up for sale on our website that people (hopefully) want to buy. In fact, inventory acquisition is probably the single most important thing we do as a company. Everything here has always stemmed from our inventory situation – marketing, product development, customer support, even… Read the rest of the post!
Closing the Gap Between Ski Seasons
When we started Liftopia six years ago, our original idea was around providing a mechanism for ski resorts to post last minute deals in a centralized marketplace driven by things that keep people from heading up to the slopes – bad weather, crummy snow, high gas prices, etc. There were so many times when we… Read the rest of the post!
Moving on Up! Liftopia’s New Offices
Earlier this summer we moved the Liftopia offices from the SOMA (South of Market) neighborhood of San Francisco to the Financial District. This was a huge step for us as a company and we’re totally pumped about our new, larger digs. Evan and I started Liftopia out of our homes in 2005 and our first… Read the rest of the post!
