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@Percival We’ve had pretty good response from Craigslist, so we’re definitely going to keep that up. We’ve also had really positive feedback from tech professionals, so we’re working hard on getting the word out at companies! Not just our friends, either - we’ve been meeting them mostly at the local dog parks. It’s nice that we know where lots of potential customers hang out. We’re also working on partnering up with local dog businesses such as daycares and grooming salons, and getting them to refer us when someone calls about getting a dog walker right away. We have a cute little business card that has a picture of Rolo, Chris’ bulldog, sitting in a little red wagon.

@Percival We made our first public post on Tuesday night, and had our first booking yesterday!

@Percival To add a bit more - our first customer requested for additional walks immediately after we dropped off their pup. However, instead of trying to synchronize/plan their schedule for next week with each other and us, they were able to leave for their Giants game worry-free knowing that we would be a phone-call away.

@Percival Aside from the standard mentorship that 500 provides, we’re actually excited about being part of a group of excited, enthusiastic founders. Both @kungfoox and myself were solo founders for a while, and it definitely gets tough to keep the energy level high. Working together is way better, and we think being together with other startup founders would make it even better. We want to keep the energy up!

@chug2k Yea, working alone sucks.

@chug2k Sounds good and yes we are fans of 2 founder teams. The journey is long and tough, you need a partner to get through it.

@Percival Well, we'd love to know what you're thinking so far. What do you like/not like about us? Also, people spend a lot of money on pets right now - $50B/yr. We've seen @500 fund PinMyPet and Holidog, but given the market size, why don't we see more pet startups? Also, this isn't really a question, but we'd love to talk more to you about our master plan. Pet medical records are a closely related problem. Having good records will definitely improve our on-demand experience. Once you go there, there are a lot of interesting directions you can go - one of which is pet insurance, a rapidly growing industry. @kungfoox is going to keep me from going too crazy here - we're focusing on building out awesome on-demand dog services first. But I just wanted to let you know we've put a lot of thought into a much larger eventual vision. (That's a good thing, right?)

@Percival sounds like you have a cat. are you also a dog person?