A backstory that literally nobody asked for

Childhood

Alex and I first met in the 4th grade. Heckin handsome.

There were some awkward teenager years in there.

Shout-out to Alex’s date

Then college. Georgia Tech.

Alex studied Finance to have a successful career.

And I study Industrial Engineering because my sister told me to.

Careers before PupWalkr

After college, Alex and I got an apartment together in Buckhead. Two young guys with high paying jobs — where else were we supposed to live.

He worked as a Suntrust Investment Banker, and I started as a data analyst+business dev+operations+warehouse manual laborer combo.

Shout-out to bread

This was a busy time for us both. Get home at 2am. Pass out. Back in the office by 8. Those of you that work a salaried job know what I’m talking about.

Working for money to buy the stuff we didn’t need.

No time for anything outside of work.

…

So right around here is when we got the greyhounds who later became the inspirations for PupWalkr.

Why we got them:

[*Standing in the adoption house*]

Alex: “So should we get one?”

Me: “I’m thinking two.”

Alex: “Two??”

Me: “Yeah man. How much harder could taking care of a 2nd dog be?”

Turns out, way hard.

Quitting our jobs

I lasted 18 months at that company. And because it was my first real job, it’s hard for me to say how bad it really was there. But either way, I had quit and started working on PW.

3 months later, Alex joined. I only had to beg him a little.

We converted our fancy Buckhead apartment into an office, and were off.

May 2015.

What we’ve done so far

3 years of PW later, and the company still lives on.

32,000 walks done. 200 Walkrs hired. Still working non-stop.

(meaning mostly Alex)

In our time at PupWalkr…

We’ve pitched at startup events:

Read articles about us:

Spoke on the radio:

And took our dogs on TV:

They only peed twice in the studio.

Our lives now

Today, I manage the provider side. Finding them, training them, and posting their pictures online without permission.

Alex finds all you lovely people that want the service. Including the 24/7 email and phone support.

So this is who we are

Two friends from elementary school, a development team, 2 advisors, 1 marketing pro, Alyssa the Customer Success Manager to help us survive emails, and an incredible team of Walkrs that braves Atlanta’s traffic every day.