Dog-grooming services are getting clipped from Rover’s marketplace, at least for now. Citing the challenges of the labor market, the Seattle-based company confirmed Monday that it will no longer offer… Read More
Another day, another SPAC. Today, we’ve learned that Seattle online pet sitting marketplace Rover plans to join the public ranks via a merger with True Wind Capital’s SPAC that values… Read More
Rover’s new headquarters has already gone to the dogs — and about 375 people, as the pet-sitting startup has just taken over five floors of the 8th + Olive building… Read More
In business, some deals go well and others go badly. But that’s never the whole story. Microsoft bought Seattle-based advertising technology firm aQuantive for $6.3 billion in 2007 in what… Read More
When Seattle-based online dog-sitting marketplace Rover announced it was acquiring its biggest competitor, Santa Monica, Calif.-based DogVacay, in March 2017, the companies decided in advance that they would shutter DogVacay… Read More
Rover is going global. The Seattle-based pet-sitting marketplace company today announced the launch of its service in the United Kingdom starting this July. It’s the first expansion outside of North… Read More
Typically in today’s technology world, startup founders sit on one side of the room, pitch ideas to investors, and hope to land funding for their company. But when you’re growing… Read More
Seattle-based online pet-sitting marketplace Rover has introduced new features for its app that allow puppy parents to see exactly what their pooch is up to when they are away. Now pet sitters… Read More
Two weeks ago, DogVacay CEO Aaron Hirschhorn said that he thought his dog-sitting startup was an order of magnitude larger than its close competitor, Seattle-based Rover.com. It seems he may have spoken… Read More
Who is the top dog in canine boarding? That question is a contentious one among two pet-sitting startups. DogVacay CEO Aaron Hirschhorn told PandoDaily earlier this week that his company’s business is… Read More
Some of the guests we bring in to the GeekWire radio show and podcast have been known to cause a stir when they arrive at the studio. But nothing compares… Read More
Aaron Easterly loves dogs, and a four-pound Pomeranian by the name of Caramel controls a good chunk of his life. But the former general manager of advertising strategy and monetization… Read More