Talia Trails

Maybe you're team Talia, or maybe not.  Either way, there are millions of young-ins that have definitely felt the hardship of moving to a new city or town.  So, I've decided today's post will be a fictitious startup idea that I had this evening while washing some dishes, sipping on some "Blueberry Cobbler" flavored New England Coffee  and making dinner after work.  If any entrepreneurs/venture capitalists out there want to take the idea and run with it... Be my guest!  Just make sure to mention me in the credits.  And maybe throw a few shares my way if things really take off.

Maybe someone at Y Combinator can make this a thing... Just remember to register the corporation in Delaware.  Why Delaware?  Listen to "How To Start A Startup" from Stanford University on iTunes U.  They explain it to you.  I believe it's Lecture 11: Legal and Accounting Basics.  All you really need to know is.... Just register your business in Delaware and worry about everything else later.

Ok so, this idea was partially first hatched last night just before I fell asleep as I read the latest in the letter to the letter to the letter saga that is Talia's Yelp letter to her CEO (https://medium.com/@taliajane/an-open-letter-to-my-ceo-fb73df021e7a#.xre9dc6hv) followed by Stefanie Williams' letter to Talia (https://medium.com/@StefWilliams25/an-open-letter-to-millenials-like-talia-52e9597943aa#.8fnoitzdd) followed by Sara Lynn Michener's letter (https://medium.com/listen-to-my-story/36-year-old-destroys-29-year-old-millennial-who-ripped-25-year-old-yelp-employee-who-got-fired-aa91972dedff#.baw0on5nb).

Then... Suddenly, an idea was born...

We're all just following in the footsteps of someone else that has been there, and done that, before us.  So...

Ladies and Gents, I present...

Talia Trails

{Taliatrails.com}

Tagline/Slogan: Moving to a new city can be scary... It doesn't have to be!

Mission: Lets help others help others help others help others... Or, a little less open letter conversation a little more action.  To help and be helped in return.... HALP!  Moving is a cray cray stressful experience, I'm feeling no bueno about this new job/city... Something like that.  (Obviously this is a work in progress)

Moving to a new city can be very scary, but Taliatrails.com (not a real website... yet) can help.

Maybe you have a job lined up but no apartment, or maybe you've found the perfect place in that little trendy part of town and will be making the big move with savings you've stashed away because you don't have the perfect job yet.  Maybe you have neither, but you just needed a change and a fresh start.  Or perhaps you have both but just no support network to greet you when you arrive in your new city.  No friends or family to hang out with on your first Friday night in a new town.  No big bro or little sis to show you all of whats around and where to go in town... Or that best friend from college to link up with.

I mean, let's face it... Not all of us have those people in life to rely on when moving somewhere new.

That's why we created Talia Trails.  Taliatrails.com is here to help just the way a family member would, or a best friend.  Now everyone can experience familiarity and fellowship even if they are making a big leap into uncharted territory.  With Talia Trails you can find and follow the footsteps of those who have made the same move before you from exactly the same city you are moving from.

And after you've made your big move and become a transplanted local expert on your new digs... Sign up and share your story to help those who come after!  Recommend living spaces, or workplaces.  Share horror stories you've had when times were bad.  Or give a glimmer of hope when you finally made it.  Connect and share.

Tell about that one apartment complex from hell.  Or discuss the workplace that you regretted ever taking a job at.  Or maybe talk about the little part of town that had that one dive bar with the best karaoke around where you met your new best friend.  Share it all in a story for others to search for.  Or message back and forth to give realtime feedback to someone excited to live the life that once bedazzled you in your youthful days.

But with Talia Trails, you can be both a newbie and an oldie... Because you've become an expert in your new scene and new job and new apartment.  You've been in your new town for a few years now.  You know ALL there is to know about the place, but what's this in your email inbox?

You just got a job offer you can't refuse...

Suddenly it starts all over again.  You need a friend, a trail guide to show you the new world you're about to head off to... But once you move, you long for the last few years.  You long to assist some fresh whippersnapper still wet behind the ears from their last move.  You mentor the younger... While you rake in the wisdom from an elder of your new slick little city spot in the world.

From Talia Trails to you... Happy trails!