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Raygorodskaya has had a busy year since her seven-year-old travel-booking startup, Wanderu, reached profitability in August 2017. Not only is her Boston-based company on pace to close 2018 with more than $200 million in revenue--double what it did last year--but it has also expanded its service internationally, now covering 130 million routes between 11,000 cities in 60 countries across North America and Europe. Wanderu lets customers book travel itineraries from point A to point B using different modes of transportation like buses and trains. By the end of the year, Raygorodskaya says, users will be able to book bus, train, ferry, and airplane tickets with a single Wanderu search--a service not yet offered by any other business. "Reaching profitability is one major feat, but it's really tough to maintain it," says the 32-year-old Russian immigrant.