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Why is it Called Hipmunk?

August 23, 2014 by Adam Lang 1 Comment

They literately had no idea what they were doing…

Hipmunk (not chipmunk) is a privately held company that was co-founded by Adam Goldstein and Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman in 2010. Three days prior to launch, Alexis Ohanian, the other co-founder of Reddit, joined the team. Hipmunk is a travel company that aggregates travel sites to make it easy for consumers to compare and book flights.

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Filed Under: How Tech Brands Got Their Names Tagged With: Adam Goldstein, hipmunk, Hipmunk story, Steve Huffman

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