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@eiaine We say yes to most everything, especially if @pmarca's asking. We envision branching out into a lot of add-on services, like grooming and sitting. (We actually have some big ideas around pet medical records.) That being said, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by on-demand dog waste pickup. Like, a dog craps somewhere in the city and someone calls us? How big is this dog and what has she been eating?

@eiaine He didn't say the idea was crap?!?! :D I have joked with my wife that if there was a service that just did our litter boxes we might use it.

@Percival We made our first public post on Tuesday night, and had our first booking yesterday!

@Percival To add a bit more - our first customer requested for additional walks immediately after we dropped off their pup. However, instead of trying to synchronize/plan their schedule for next week with each other and us, they were able to leave for their Giants game worry-free knowing that we would be a phone-call away.

@utekkare Well, the standard answer is surge pricing, but we’re not fans of that. We think we should be able to forecast the most popular times pretty well. We’ve found there’s a sweet spot right around 7pm, for people who are running late at work and need someone to let their dog out. The other high time is in the early afternoon, to split the dog’s alone time right down the middle. We also plan on optimizing walkers’ routes to alleviate bottlenecks.

@Percival Well, we'd love to know what you're thinking so far. What do you like/not like about us? Also, people spend a lot of money on pets right now - $50B/yr. We've seen @500 fund PinMyPet and Holidog, but given the market size, why don't we see more pet startups? Also, this isn't really a question, but we'd love to talk more to you about our master plan. Pet medical records are a closely related problem. Having good records will definitely improve our on-demand experience. Once you go there, there are a lot of interesting directions you can go - one of which is pet insurance, a rapidly growing industry. @kungfoox is going to keep me from going too crazy here - we're focusing on building out awesome on-demand dog services first. But I just wanted to let you know we've put a lot of thought into a much larger eventual vision. (That's a good thing, right?)

@Percival sounds like you have a cat. are you also a dog person?