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Amazing pictures! Urban escapes rocks! I can't wait for my next adventure with you!!
What a great idea.... everyone needs an escape from the city (and some green in their life). Good Luck!
What a fantastic idea for a company! As someone who lives in a large, expensive city I can really appreciate the value of this travel group. Good luck!
You are clearly on to something big. The community of "Escapers" you are creating have lot's in common and you've demostrated that you can reach them, identify their needs and deliver a product that caters to them. Lot's of good things can develop from such a strong foundation!
Truly a fantastic story! I have had amazing escapes and met awesome fellow escapers and am looking forward to my next escape! I highly recommend Urban Escapes to anyone interested in getting out into the Great Outdoors and meeting some really cool people.
Such an amazing company truly inspirational.. Good luck to Urban escapes you deserve to win!!!
Awesome . It was a wonderful video and much adventures .I hope u win .
U guys rock
Urban Escapes seems super cool.
Big fan of these guys - well run company - spectacular trips. Cannot say enough.
nice useful and interesting idea. Gives a way to breath , and also feel lots of energy .Go for it.
Hits the nail right on the head....you have to "do" to make your dreams come true! The name URBAN ESCAPES and tagline GET OUT OF THE BUBBLE are perfect for this company. It speaks to anyone who lives in a concrete jungle for months or years on end. Good Luck!!
This is exactly what the entrepreneurial spirit is all about - creating products/services/opportunities that people want and need. Urban Escapes has been a great story from concept to execution - here's to hoping that the current business climate doesn't impede its growth. Here, here!
How can you argue with those pictures??? The stuff sells itself...I'm just glad someone finally led us there!
Looking forward to my next trip ! Great idea ...
Looking forward to my next trip :)
I wish you all the best and hope to someday take an adventure trip too! Keep dreaming big and take advantage of all life has to offer!
I entered your web site and found it fun,inspiring and above all it makes you go out and hike!!
wonderfull idea!
Good luck
Great video that captures just a slice of the Urban Escapes adventure spirit!
Love your company concept. Bringing people back to nature and a place of play has such a positive affect culturally.
sounds like a dream job to me. I would love to start or work for a similar company in teh bay area.
great company, great idea!
Amazing pictures!! Great idea "to get out of the bubble".
I love urban escapes trips. They are a 10!!!
I really like the idea of your company, good work.
awesome!
What a great idea. Theses are fantastic locations, where are they??? I'll be checking out your website for sure. "We should all be getting out of the bubble more."
the pictures are beautiful and it looks like so much fun just to escape from everything for awhile.
Do it up!
Great idea, great trips, looks like great fun!
I will definitely take advantage of this in the next 4 months!!!
AWESOME!
Amazing video! Can speak from experience on how fun the trips out of the city can be with Urban Escapes!!
Yes!!!! Awesome!!! Go Urban Escapes!
Go Urban Escapes!!!
There is nothing like getting out of the big city and this looks like the way to do it.
literally the PERFECT thing for new yorkers to maintain our sanity as well as our connection to the outdoors in the easy, convenient way that we are so accustomed to.
Come down and start one in DC!
I am going on a trip this summer and I cannot wait!
go team!
Go Team!
Go Team!
Awesome, I'm looking forward to my next Urban Escape :) You Rock!
Awesome. I can't wait for my next trip.
Once an escaper, always an escaper
cool idea! lived in ny for years and would have LOVED something like this.
great video... Kudos to those who conceived and created this great adventure co.l... Can't wait to learn more about it
Great Video! Can't wait to go on an adventure with this group.
what a great idea - it looks like some costa rica zip lines might have been on a past escape!
Forget stepping in someone else's shoes.... keep yours and get out of the bubble!
*definitely* inspiring. in so many ways.
This is great! Good luck!
wonderful company and story - makes me want to get out right now :)
makes me wish i lived in NYC...or Maia would start a program in VA!
Awesome trips. Awesome company. This thing is going to be huge!
Congrats Maia!
Maia, you rock! Bring the troops to VT sometime to jump with us. I miss seeing you. Ellen
such a terrific idea...good luck and thanks for bringing this to life!
Maia what an incredible job and business...you're an inspiration!
what a cool idea... sign me up!
Looks like alot of fun. Maybe a good place to meet people.
Great idea-I am looking forward to an escape
Awesome, awesome idea! Love it!
awesome job guys!!
sweetness! makes me want to come to NYC, just so I can get out of the city on those awesome adventures! great job, maia and company!
This is awesome!
funny!
I love lamp
Awesome video! Quite imaginative way to combine the values of the company in a very visual way!
Looks like fun! Yay nature!
Look at all those happy faces :) Great video Maia!
Wow. My goofy little friend is doing something amazing! I'm proud of you.
Good Luck =)
Love the story and the product! Keep running hard!
Great concept, i'd recommend it to all of my friends
Looks great, Maia! I send all my east coast friends/family your way ;)
Good luck!
awesome!
great idea, great promotional video
yeah sweet, but when the overseas (perhaps NZ??) trips?
Looks awsome, could do with something like this in London!
Inspiring story and video! I would love to do an escape with you all. Good luck!
I cant wait to go on a trip!
urban escapes is the bomb. check it out!
Awesome! Big fan of Urban Escapes. This's just what I needed. Good luck!
Great idea! Very smart, definitely filling a need.
Hello from another finalist! :) Your video is great, and I love what you are doing. As a nature-lover living in an urban environment, I completely get it! Maybe after the contest ends we can talk about partnering up on something. Eco-friendly clothing for your escapers perhaps? Best of luck and congrats!
Bram-a-ding-a-ling-don!
Seems like you've done a great job in starting a business that you enjoy.
Very cool idea and I think there is a huge market for this in NYC and other big cities.
Had a great time on my Urban Escapes adventure. It was way out of the box for me, but Maia and the rest of the group made my experience wonderful. I look forward to another memorable adventure. ANYONE looking for a great time should sign up immediately. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!!!
Had a great time on my Urban Escapes adventure. It was way out of the box for me, but Maia and the rest of the group made my experience wonderful. I look forward to another memorable adventure. ANYONE looking for a great time should sign up immediately. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!!!
If I wasnt moving out of NY I would have LOVED to join these great sounding adventures!
Maia you are amazing!
Good job Maia. Glad to see everything is going well.
Bigtop -- fellow jumper
Good job Maia. Glad to see everything is going well.
Bigtop -- fellow jumper
Extremely effective photography. Nicely documented.
Great outdoor into nature escapes. I also felt the vibe, as if i were on the vacation.
Finalist story from UrbanEscapes:
I started Urban Escapes a year ago. I had this silly notion that New Yorkers actually wanted to leave the city and go sleep in a tent . And who better to lead them there than me, right? I mean, I’m an outdoors fanatic, I can rig up a bear bag in any situation, and I love meeting new people. With my finance background and passion for all extreme sports, I figured I was fully prepared to take on the task of starting a company.
Wrong.
I didn’t realize that even crunchy camping companies needed marketing gurus, top-ranked liability attorneys, insurance experts, and seasoned accountants. And so began my journey into entrepreneurship. I spent the first few weeks slaving away in front of my computer researching different types of liability insurances for adventure travel. Needless to say, brokers weren’t exactly jumping out of their seats to sell me insurance for skydiving trips. After many a conference call with my lawyer friends and the insurance broker, I finally found a company who was willing to take Urban Escapes as a client.
Once I got the insurance sorted it was time to spread the word--but I knew nothing about marketing. So I took out my little black book, affectionately known as my iPhone, and started calling everyone I knew in marketing. There were lots of late nights in Starbucks and more Photoshop sessions than I’d like to recall, but we finally had a finished product. A nice logo, a stellar facebook page, and great business cards.
The story continued like this for many months. Next came the phone calls to my IT friends in search of the perfect (and cheapest) web developer. Then there was that little hiccup with the insurance company. Now it’s tax season and I’ve never even looked at Quickbooks before, which means my next two weeks are going to consist of me, a glass of wine (or three), and my laptop.
But it’s paid off--we now have multiple sold-out trips every weekend and have led four successful international excursions. And me? I can now tell you the difference between franchises and corporations, I can explain what an umbrella policy is and what limits you need for it, and I’m even starting to understand the innerworkings of Search Engine Optimization theories. I spent four years studying Engineering at Dartmouth College, two years trading derivatives on the American Stock Exchange, one year backpacking around the world through 20 countries (I’m now up to 42), and I have never learned more than I have in the past year with Urban Escapes.
Be a "do-er". I still can't believe how much Urban Escapes has grown in just one year, and I think it's because instead of coming up with ideas, I *do* them. If someone suggests a possible company for a partnership, I email them then and there. If I think of a cool trip idea, I'll go scout it that week. When you're starting your own company, things will only get done when you do them, so you'd better start doing.
Wow what a great story - and what an inspiring company too! Hope you guys make it all the way!