From Uber and BCG to building a telehealth for pets startup with Michael Fisher
Cooper Pet Care is an innovative service for pet parents that allows them to connect to certified veterinarians via video call instantly. No more waiting times, stress and unreasonably high bills. Fast advice and trusted care for your furry friends at the tap of the button.
In this conversation we discuss Michael's career journey, starting at Procter & Gamble, moving to Uber, and eventually launching Cooper Pet Care. Michael shares insights from his experiences at these companies, emphasizing the importance of consumer understanding, problem-solving, and courage in entrepreneurship.
Show Highlights:
- 0:16 - what was your first pet as a kid?
- 5:04 - what did you learn from working at Uber, BCG, and Proctor & Gamble?
- 8:55 - consulting experience at BCG and having Saudia Arabia as a client
- 11:58 - my experience working at Uber and Lime
- 13:06 - how hackers hacked a Lime fleet of scooters to mine bitcoins
- 19:10 - what joining an accelerator taught me
- 21:05 - how he got his first users
- 23:06 - veterinarians are 3x more likely to commit suicide
- 24:05 - business model of Cooper Pet Care
- 28:49 - a key hire you guys made early on?
- 30:55 - why the name Cooper?
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Past guests on Innovators Can Laugh include Yannik Veys, Ovi Negrean, Arnaud Belinga, Csaba Zajdó, Dagobert Renouf, Andrei Zinkevich, Viktorija Cijunskyte, Lukas Kaminskis, Pija Indriunaite, Monika Paule, PhD, Vytautas Zabulis, Leon van der Laan, Ieva Vaitkevičiūtė.
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