GuideHire

GuideHire is an online marketplace and content platform that connects users and outdoor guides.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Travel
  • Location Cornwall, VT, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded June 2014
  • Employees 4
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website guidehire.com

Company Summary

Consumers struggle to make informed buying choices for outdoor experiences due to a disjointed industry and an inefficient sale process. Guides prefer to be outside, and tend to underinvest in marketing. GuideHire offers a trusted destination for consumers to book outdoor activities. We operate via a simple model by which we charge guides a 10% transaction fee. Since its launch on 5/1/15, GuideHire has attracted ~300 guides and ~3,000 users.

Team

  • Co-Founder

    - Hiker, skier, cyclist, surfer, kiteboarder, mud runs
    - Investor @ Edgewood Holdings
    - Venture Consultant @ Estée Lauder
    - Associate @ Barclays Capital
    - HBS (MBA 2011); Harvard College (AB 2005)

  • Co-Founder

    - Backcountry skier, fisherman, hunter, conservationist
    - Business Development @ W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital
    - Field Marketing Representative @ Motive Pure
    - Outdoor concierge in Jackson, WY
    - College of Charleston (BA 2012)

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