David Litman is a serial entrepreneur.  He has spent the last 25 years founding, building and growing 5 successful companies with his partner, Bob Diener.  Together they grew their best-known venture, HRN (later Hotels.com), from scratch to become the world’s largest hotel website.  From a $1200 investment they guided the company to be one of the Internet’s primary sources of discount accommodations and an industry innovator and leader.  They sold the company in 2003 at a business valuation of more than $5.5 billion. They have recently launched Getaroom.com, an innovative hotel booking site focused on handpicked hotel values in major cities.