Aaron Hirschhorn

Aaron Hirschhorn

Co-founder and CEO of DogVacay
Nationality American
Alma mater Swarthmore College, UCLA
Occupation Co-founder, CEO
Employer DogVacay

Aaron Hirschhorn is co-founder and CEO of DogVacay, a Santa Monica-based startup that is often described as “Airbnb for dogs.”[1][2][3][4][5] Hirschhorn and the company have been featured on FOX Business,[6] CNBC,[7] Forbes,[8] Wall Street Journal,[9] The New York Times,[10] USA Today,[11] CNN,[12] Fast Company,[4] TechCrunch,[2] and other media outlets. As of November 2014, DogVacay had obtained $47 million in total funding from venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark.[11][13]

Hirschhorn is from Philadelphia; he is a graduate of Swarthmore College and earned an MBA from UCLA.[14] Before founding DogVacay in March 2012 with his wife, Karine Nissim Hirschhorn, he worked for Los Angeles-based venture capital firms GRP and Monitor Ventures.[10][15]

References

  1. ↑ Kaysen, Ronda (17 January 2014). "Time for Doggy Daycare". The New York Times (The New York Times). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 Roo, Leeno (13 November 2012). "The Airbnb For Pets, DogVacay, Raises $6M From Benchmark". TechCrunch (TechCrunch). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Gannes, Liz (20 June 2014). "Sourcing Petsitters with DogVacay: 500,000 Sleepovers and Counting". Re/Code (Re/Code). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 Truong, Alice (10 October 2013). "DOGVACAY LOOKS TO TAKE A BIGGER BITE OF THE $11 BILLION PET CARE INDUSTRY". Fast Company (Fast Company). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Teitell, Beth (16 September 2014). "Forget hotels and kennels — now there’s Airbnb for dogs". The Boston Globe (The Boston Globe). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Need a dogsitter? Send it on a doggy vacay". FOX Business. FOX Business. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Boorstin, Julia (27 September 2013). "Start-up DogVacay tackles $11 billion market". CNBC (CNBC). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Geron, Tomio (2 July 2012). "Dog Sitter Site DogVacay Expands Nationwide As Kennel Alternative". Forbes (Forbes). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "DogVacay: Crowd-Sourced Care for Your Pet – Digits". Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal Video. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  10. 1 2 Zimmerman, Eilene (19 March 2014). "Start-Ups Try for a Piece of the Lucrative Industry of Catering to Pets". The New York Times (The New York Times). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  11. 1 2 Graham, Jefferson (29 October 2014). "DogVacay offers network of sitters for dogs". USA Today (USA Today). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  12. ↑ Hetter, Katia (11 April 2012). "New sites cater to canine couch surfers". CNN (CNN). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  13. ↑ Crook, Jordan (10 November 2014). "DogVacay, Airbnb For Dogs, Nabs $25M In Funding". TechCrunch (TechCrunch). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  14. ↑ Gelles, Jeff (18 May 2012). "Tech Life: Sending your pooch on a DogVacay". Philly.com (Philly.com). Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  15. ↑ Kuo, Benjamin (5 March 2012). "Interview with Aaron Hirschhorn, DogVacay.com". SoCalTech.com (SoCalTech.com). Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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