A Travel Again Advisory Series

Jumpseat Conversations

The conversation before the deal room.

The travel industry’s most important ideas rarely start on a main stage.

Jumpseat Conversations gives founders and innovators a direct line to one of the most connected advisors in the business — and puts their work in front of an audience built to receive it.

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The Right Idea Deserves the Right Audience

The Industry’s Next Move Starts Here

The Most Important Conversations Happen Before Bankers Arrive

Travel Again Advisory’s work begins early — before the deck, before the data room, before the LOI. Jumpseat operates in the same window. It surfaces the founders and operators worth knowing while there is still time to act on that knowledge.

The Industry Moves Faster Than Its Media Covers It

Trade publications cover what has already happened. Conference panels feature those who have already made it. Jumpseat is built for what is in motion — companies and ideas still developing, before the rest of the market catches up.

Access To The Right Audience Should Not Require A Conference Badge

Getting in front of sophisticated travel industry decision-makers used to mean buying a booth or knowing the right person. Jumpseat is a different path — a direct introduction to an audience with the experience to recognize what matters.

Clarity Is Sharpened In Conversation, Not In Decks

Slide presentations flatten ideas. A direct exchange with someone who has operated at the highest levels of the industry draws out what actually differentiates a company — and exposes what still needs work. That is valuable regardless of the outcome.
Meet The Host

Mike McCormick is not here to judge. He is here to sharpen the story.

Mike McCormick has spent decades operating at the intersection of travel, strategy, and high-stakes advisory. He knows the industry well enough to ask the questions that matter — the ones investors, partners, and potential acquirers are already forming in the back of their minds.

His role in Jumpseat is as facilitator, not evaluator. He draws out what is strongest in a pitch and surfaces what needs more development — without a scorecard, without a verdict, and without the theater of a competition format.

Mike’s Role

Strategic facilitator and series host
Asking the questions the audience needs answered
Drawing out differentiation and exposing assumptions
Connecting founders to a credible industry audience

What This Is Not

A competition with judges and scoring
An endorsement of featured companies
A platform for pressure or public critique

Mike McCormick

The Format

Each segment runs six to ten minutes — recorded via StreamYard, published weekly to YouTube and LinkedIn.

The format is consistent by design.

No decks, no scripts, no extended setup.

You explain what you have built and why it matters.

Mike asks the questions that sharpen the picture.

Runtime: 6–10 minutes
Format: Recorded conversation
Platform: YouTube + LinkedIn
Cost to apply: None

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Open: 15 sec

Branded introduction. Consistent framing that positions each segment as part of a larger, ongoing series.

Context: 30 sec

Mike introduces you and your company. The audience understands who you are before you say a word.

The Pitch: 3–5 min

Your company, your problem, your differentiation. No deck, no script. Clarity under a modest time constraint. 

Q&A: 2–4 min

Strategic, direct, and grounded in decades of industry operating experience. This is where the real story comes into focus.

Close: 30 sec

A clear call to action. Audience directed toward the application. The pipeline continues.

Applications are open

The conversation starts here.

Applications take five minutes. If your company is a fit, Mike reviews and approves your booking directly.

You will have a recording date within a week. No pitch decks required before the session.

No gatekeepers between you and the conversation.

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Each application is reviewed by Travel Again Advisory. Acceptance is selective.