PET ADVENTURE
Matt Marshall at VentureBeat has the story, on the new, exciting development in Dogster's short life. As he puts it:
"Dogster has raised a round of $1 million from a group of accomplished “angel” investors, to help it step on the gas."
It IS good to be part of this august group of investors. (Thanks, Jeff).
Let me try and convey SOME of the things that got me interested in being part of this journey:
- An accomplished, core team, led by the co-founders, Ted, John and Steven, who come at the venture with passion and pragmatism.
- A very large, mainstream market, which involves over a hundred million pet owners who view their pets as an integral part of their families. Not to mention that the love of pets is almost universal.
- An online model that efficiently leverages the whole ball of wax by bringing them all together.
Of course it'll all take a a fair bit of deft and sustained execution, as the team is well aware, especially as they expand the pet categories. As Om Malik makes it clear:
"...branching out is a whole different ballgame."
Jeff Clavier has a detailed run-down on the news, along with this Techmeme discussion thread.
Would appreciate any thoughts and/or suggestions you may have after you've visited Dogster and/or Catster.
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