Friday Q&A: Steve Barsh, CEO of Packlate.com
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As reported in this week’s Venture Capital Roundup, Steve Barsh has had a busy week.
The DreamIt Ventures managing partner got his tons of national press for his latest startup, Packlate.com, from TechCrunch, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. The company, based in University City (though with plans to move to West Conshohocken) aims to be a last-minute vacation booking service and has received funding from ETF Ventures and First Round Capital.
“It’s not a rocket ship yet, but it is kind of jiggling on the launchpad,” says Barsh.
Barsh says the idea has been brewing for years as he mentored young entrepreneurs at DreamIt while maintaining vacation properties in Utah.
“You know the saying ‘Those who do, do. And those who don’t, teach? I like to do both,” he says.
Currently he says he is still dedicating ten percent of his time to DreamIt but says he wants to focus most of his efforts on his new startup. We spoke with Barsh about Packlate’s future, how DreamIt can survive with preoccupied management and when we’ll be able to book a Jersey Shore vacation with Packlate.
