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[smart_track_player url=”https://cdn.voiceamerica.com/voice/011938/shore020420.mp3″ ] Share This Episode Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is happy to bring You a highly successful young venture capitalist turned entrepreneur who in addition to building a business is building a family. Aaron Hirschhorn was the Founder and CEO of DogVacay, a consumer marketplace app for dog sitting and dog walking. Since its founding in 2011, DogVacay raised $47m from investors including Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz and generated over $100m in revenue. DogVacay merged with Rover (rover.com) in April 2017 to create what is now a $1B pet services company. Currently Aaron is a Venture Partner at Bold Capital and is the Founder of a NewCo practicing regenerative medicine for pets. Prior to DogVacay, Aaron was a venture investor with Upfront Ventures and worked at Monitor Group and Kayne Anderson Capital. He is on several private company boards, a member of YPO, an active angel investor, and was a 2016 finalist for E&Y entrepreneur of the year. You will surely find this FUNN and beneficial. Featured Guest Aaron Hirschhorn Aaron Hirschhorn brings 20 years of experience operating, advising, and investing in technology companies. He is deeply passionate about company building and helping early stage founders through the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. Most recently Aaron was the Founder and CEO of DogVacay, a consumer marketplace app for dog sitting and walking. Since 2011, DogVacay raised $47m from investors including Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz and generated over $100m in revenue. The business merged with Rover (rover.com) in 2017 to create a $1B pet services company. Currently Aaron is a Venture Partner at Bold Capital and is the Founder of a venture practicing regenerative medicine for pets. Prior to DogVacay, Aaron was a venture investor. He is on several private company boards, a member of YPO, an active angel investor, and was a 2016 finalist for E&Y entrepreneur of the year. Aaron is excited to build his roots in the Miami tech scene with his beautiful wife and three kids. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.