BARK: Matt Meeker

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

When Matt Meeker started sharing a Brooklyn apartment with a Great Dane, he didn’t know it would inspire him to launch a multi-million dollar company. But, disappointed by what pet stores offered for big dogs like his, Matt co-founded BARK, a subscription service for dogs of all sizes. After launching in 2012, the brand expanded to include food, furnishings, and luxury charter flights, where dogs roam free about the cabin. Along the way, Matt applied critical lessons from his past startups, including a failed text-messaging company, and the social platform Meetup.

This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz with music composed by Ramtin Arablouei. This episode was edited by Neva Grant, with research by Olivia Rockeman. Our audio engineers were Patrick Murray and Maggie Luthar.

You can follow HIBT on Twitter & Instagram and sign up for Guy's free newsletter at guyraz.com.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to how I built this early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.6	What's better than finding quality candidates, finding them fast. For a powerful matching and hiring platform, you need indeed. The right candidate is doing everything they can to find you,
0:22.4	and if you use Indeed, you can be sure you're doing everything to find them too. And listeners
0:27.9	of this show will get a £100-sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at
0:34.0	Indeed.com slash Wondery Podcast. Indeed.com slash Wondery Podcast.
0:42.4	Indeed.com slash wandering podcast. Terms and conditions apply.
0:45.2	Need to hire, you need indeed.
0:50.0	I feel like I'm missing out because everyone is either starting a side hustle or becoming their own boss.
0:51.7	And you know what they're hearing a lot?
0:54.5	It's the sound of another sale on Shopify,
0:57.1	the all-in-one commerce platform to start, run and grow your business.
1:00.7	Shopify is the commerce platform revolutionising millions of businesses worldwide.
1:05.3	Whether you're selling flaky salt or fine art prints,
1:08.2	Shopify simplifies selling online and in person so you can successfully
1:12.2	grow your business, covering all your sales channels from a shopfront ready point of sales system
1:17.0	to its all-in-one e-commerce platform. Shopify even gets you selling across social media
1:21.7	marketplaces like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. And thanks to award-winning help and with an extensive
1:27.4	business course library,
1:28.8	Shopify is ready to support your success
1:30.7	every step of the way.
1:32.7	Sign up for a one pound per month trial period
1:34.7	at Shopify.com.uk slash build
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -101 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Guy Raz | Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Guy Raz | Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.