Name of business: 1.800.Flights
Mission:Providing toll-free flight status, gate, and terminal information by phone for airlines and airports nationwide.
Began: 2007
Where: Houston, Texas
Founder: Seth Stolbun, Babson Ugrad; seth@1800flights.net, 1-866-447-9937
Employees: Four-member startup team
How the idea began:  1.800.Flights was the result of my two-week senior internship with my dad, Sam Stolbun.  My dad has owned the 1-800-Flights number since 1987 [...]