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Aaron Hirschhorn

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We are joined on Leveling Up today by Aaron Hirschhorn, the founder and CEO of Gallant, a new company specializing in regenerative medicine for pets! They aim to help pets have a better and longer, high-quality life and they are providing this through stem cell banking and therapy. Aaron explains how this is an untapped section of the market and how he has applied the ongoing research into stem cells to help pets and their owners! He gives us some examples of how their service works, which begins with the procurement of stem cells during a regular vet visit at a young age. From there a veterinary professional can treat future age-related health issues using that sample as the means. Our guest does a great job of simplifying how stem cells relate to aging and the potential advancements we will likely see in the field in the near future. He breaks down some of the components of the new business and how they have approached marketing and customer acquisition. For all this and a whole lot more from an exciting company in a fresh space, listen in!   TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:  [00:21] Before we jump into today’s interview, please rate, review, and subscribe to the Leveling Up Podcast! [00:55] How to pronounce Gallant properly, what they do and some background on stem cells. [02:52] Examples of practical use cases for the company's service.  [05:30] The business model at Gallant and how they make money. [07:38] Partners, new customers, patents and more; looking at the young business. [08:17] How Gallant work with vets and the seamless alignment they offer. [11:00] Aaron's previous business, DogVacay, that he started in 2011.  [12:15] Lessons that Aaron has brought forward into his new business around simplification. [13:51] Building awareness through content creation and media appearances.  [14:32] Aaron's plans to live forever and what the future of aging might look like! [16:57] Aaron's commitment to the pet space and where he would invest $10 million.  [17:35] Moving to Florida and the tax benefits for startups. [18:13] Aaron's preference for novels over business books! [19:24] The set of tools that Aaron and Gallant use currently.    Resources From The Interview:    Gallant Aaron Hirschhorn Email  Shark Tank   DogVacay  Yelp Rover Wag! SoftBank  Chewy   Kindle  Slack      Must read book:  Children of Time      Leave Some Feedback:      What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below.   Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review  here    Subscribe to Leveling Up on  iTunes    Get the non-iTunes RSS Feed       Connect with Eric Siu:       Growth Everywhere   Single Grain   Eric Siu on Twitter 

We are joined on Leveling Up today by Aaron Hirschhorn, the founder and CEO of Gallant, a new company specializing in regenerative medicine for pets! They aim to help pets have a better and longer, high-quality life and they are providing this through stem cell banking and therapy. Aaron explains how this is an untapped section of the market and how he has applied the ongoing research into stem cells to help pets and their owners! He gives us some examples of how their service works, which begins with the procurement of stem cells during a regular vet visit at a young age. From there a veterinary professional can treat future age-related health issues using that sample as the means. Our guest does a great job of simplifying how stem cells relate to aging and the potential advancements we will likely see in the field in the near future. He breaks down some of the components of the new business and how they have approached marketing and customer acquisition. For all this and a whole lot more from an exciting company in a fresh space, listen in!   TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: <ul> <li>[00:21] Before we jump into today’s interview, please rate, review, and subscribe to the Leveling Up Podcast!</li> <li>[00:55] How to pronounce Gallant properly, what they do and some background on stem cells.</li> <li>[02:52] Examples of practical use cases for the company's service. </li> <li>[05:30] The business model at Gallant and how they make money.</li> <li>[07:38] Partners, new customers, patents and more; looking at the young business.</li> <li>[08:17] How Gallant work with vets and the seamless alignment they offer.</li> <li>[11:00] Aaron's previous business, DogVacay, that he started in 2011. </li> <li>[12:15] Lessons that Aaron has brought forward into his new business around simplification.</li> <li>[13:51] Building awareness through content creation and media appearances. </li> <li>[14:32] Aaron's plans to live forever and what the future of aging might look like!</li> <li>[16:57] Aaron's commitment to the pet space and where he would invest $10 million. </li> <li>[17:35] Moving to Florida and the tax benefits for startups.</li> <li>[18:13] Aaron's preference for novels over business books!</li> <li>[19:24] The set of tools that Aaron and Gallant use currently.</li> </ul> Resources From The Interview: <ul> <li><a href="https://gallant.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gallant</a></li> <li><a href="http://aaron@gallant.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aaron Hirschhorn Email</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442550/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shark Tank</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://dogvacay.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DogVacay</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.yelp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yelp</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rover.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rover</a></li> <li><a href="https://wagwalking.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wag!</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.softbank.jp/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoftBank</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.chewy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chewy</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=154606011" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Kindle</a></li> <li> <a href="https://slack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Must read book: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-time" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Children of Time</a></li> </ul> Leave Some Feedback: <ul> <li>What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on <a href="https://twitter.com/ericosiu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or in the comments below.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growth-everywhere/id741544976?ign-mpt=uo=4&amp;mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Subscribe to Leveling Up on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growth-everywhere/id741544976?ign-mpt=uo=4&amp;mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> iTunes</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Get the <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/growtheverywhere" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">non-iTunes RSS Feed</a> </li> </ul> Connect with Eric Siu:  <ul> <li><a href="https://growtheverywhere.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Growth Everywhere</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.singlegrain.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Single Grain</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ericosiu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Siu on Twitter</a></li> </ul>

Bringing Stem Cell Therapy to Pets with Aaron Hirschhorn, CEO of Gallant | Ep. #370

Bill Gurley

Aaron Hirschhorn is the founder, CEO and “Top Dog" of DogVacay, the leading online and mobile pet sitting company. DogVacay connects pet parents in need of services with more than 25,000 vetted and insured pet caregivers in 10,000 cities across the country. Founded in March 2012 and based in Santa Monica, CA, the company has over 80 employees and has raised $47M from investors including Omers, Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to DogVacay, Aaron spent several years in venture capital and technology, working at Monitor Group, Upfront Ventures, and Monitor Ventures. Previously, Aaron was an analyst at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.  In Today’s Episode You Will Learn:  1.) How did Aaron come to found one of the startup hits to come out of LA? In the beginning what was the harder element the demand or the supply side? 2.) How did Aaron know when he had achieved product market fit with DogVacay? What were the signs and how did he follow this up? How did Aaaron react to VCs laughing at his concept and how did he stay energised and positive? 3.) How was the fundraising process for Aaron with DogVacay and Benchmark, Andreesen and First Round? How can founders look to control the dialogue? How many investors should founders look to target? What makes Aaron want and not want a particular investor? 4.) What business fundamentally work in the on demand economy and what don't ? How should marketplace founders be approaching the issue of unit economics and should growth still be the priority? 5.) What is it like having Bill Gurley as a broad member ? What will be the enabler that will allow DogVacy to achieve that market penetration required?    Items Mentioned In Today's Show:    Aaron's Fave Blog Or Newsletter: Bill Gurley, Jason Calacanis: Inside   As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Aaron on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!   The Twenty Minute VC is brought to you by Leesa, the Warby Parker or TOMS shoes of the mattress industry. Lees have done away with the terrible mattress showroom buying experience by creating a luxury premium foam mattress that is order completely online and ships for free to your doorstep. The 10 inch mattress comes in all sizes and is engineered with 3 unique foam layers for a universal, adaptive feel, including 2 inches of memory foam and 2 inches of a really cool latex foam called Avena, design to keep you cool. All Leesa mattresses are 100% US or UK made and for every 10 mattresses they sell, they donate one to a shelter. Go to Leesa.com/VC and enter the promo code VC75 to get $75 off!

<a href="https://twitter.com/aaronwh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aaron Hirschhorn </a>is the founder, CEO and “Top Dog" of <a href="http://t.co/gjCTG89IFJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DogVacay</a>, the leading online and mobile pet sitting company. DogVacay connects pet parents in need of services with more than 25,000 vetted and insured pet caregivers in 10,000 cities across the country. Founded in March 2012 and based in Santa Monica, CA, the company has over 80 employees and has raised $47M from investors including Omers, Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to DogVacay, Aaron spent several years in venture capital and technology, working at Monitor Group, Upfront Ventures, and Monitor Ventures. Previously, Aaron was an analyst at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.<a href="https://www.producthunt.com/podcasts/the-twenty-minute-vc-chris-morton-founder-ceo-lyst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Aaron come to found one of the startup hits to come out of LA? In the beginning what was the harder element the demand or the supply side? 2.) How did Aaron know when he had achieved product market fit with DogVacay? What were the signs and how did he follow this up? How did Aaaron react to VCs laughing at his concept and how did he stay energised and positive? 3.) How was the fundraising process for Aaron with DogVacay and Benchmark, Andreesen and First Round? How can founders look to control the dialogue? How many investors should founders look to target? What makes Aaron want and not want a particular investor? 4.) What business fundamentally work in the on demand economy and what don't ? How should marketplace founders be approaching the issue of unit economics and should growth still be the priority? 5.) What is it like having Bill Gurley as a broad member ? What will be the enabler that will allow DogVacy to achieve that market penetration required?   Items Mentioned In Today's Show:    Aaron's Fave Blog Or Newsletter: <a href="http://abovethecrowd.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Gurley</a>, <a href="https://www.inside.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Calacanis: Inside</a>   As always you can follow <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=5&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiJvvSDkdnJAhXF1RoKHScDDbgQFgg2MAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ftwentyminutevc%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcygppyqTNaiuOUOohQIk-Qg-1jQ&amp;sig2=9e1TPlGzfvKeoqsDfS2u-Q&amp;bvm=bv.109910813,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a>, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7sYiRkdnJAhWDqxoKHdr_BfEQFggfMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fharrystebbings%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6KlmFwsIYJkOKRioQuLqGOR0U0w&amp;sig2=Vy0pyYGMg-z0QN61GR7Irw&amp;bvm=bv.109910813,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronwh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aaron</a> on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiK3-qVntnJAhUDhhoKHbAvDRsQFggfMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fhstebbings1996%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtFYDxBhu0dYWDcFHs06UosnBKzQ&amp;sig2=zn8Xi3s7obc7PQxYfGshNg&amp;bvm=bv.109910813,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">follow him on Instagram here!</a>   The Twenty Minute VC is brought to you by <a href="https://www.leesa.com/products/leesa-mattress?utm_source=the-twenty-minute-vc&amp;utm_medium=podcast-ad&amp;utm_campaign=the-twenty-minute-vc&amp;utm_content=all&amp;utm_term=general&amp;referrer=vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leesa</a>, the Warby Parker or TOMS shoes of the mattress industry. Lees have done away with the terrible mattress showroom buying experience by creating a luxury premium foam mattress that is order completely online and ships for free to your doorstep. The 10 inch mattress comes in all sizes and is engineered with 3 unique foam layers for a universal, adaptive feel, including 2 inches of memory foam and 2 inches of a really cool latex foam called Avena, design to keep you cool. All Leesa mattresses are 100% US or UK made and for every 10 mattresses they sell, they donate one to a shelter. Go to <a href="http://Leesa.com/VC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leesa.com/VC</a> and enter the promo code VC75 to get $75 off!

20VC: Creating A Competitive Process Between VCs & Having Bill Gurley As A Board Member with Aaron Hirschhorn, Founder & CEO @ DogVacay