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David Servodidio
Director of Marketing at ProviderTrust - Growth Marketer, Brand Storyteller, and Entrepreneur - Black Lives Matter. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
David Servodidio is a visionary marketer based in Nashville, leading a team at ProviderTrust in creating a safer and smarter healthcare system through data-driven strategies and a people-first approach.
With a background in Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Music Business from Belmont University, David has extensive experience in marketing, brand strategy, and content creation.
Currently serving as the Director of Marketing at ProviderTrust, David has previously held various positions at Red Bull North America, focusing on sales, distribution, and business development.
In addition to his role at ProviderTrust, David also works as a consultant, collaborating with executive teams and marketing leaders on brand strategy, healthcare marketing, and content creation.
David's diverse experience includes working with a Nashville-based apparel company on a mission-driven project, showcasing his versatility in the marketing and business development domains.
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We've been living, breathing, and building the world of companion animal vaccinations for 2.5 years+ now alongside our team. So much so, that I'm dreaming about Canine Influenza. 😅 And there are a few myths from our vetmed friends that we hear often, but simply don't really see much supporting evidence.
5 days, 5 myths. Going to host my own little masterclass right here from now until Sunday. Buckle up. 🤠
But first, here's our vantage point:
VetVerifi 🐾 lives in the intersection of pet services (boarding, grooming, daycare, training, etc.) and veterinary care, particularly required vaccinations. We've analyzed contributed data from 3,153 individual vet clinics (both corporate and independent and over 50,000+ pet services reservations (across all different service types, nationwide). And more recently, we've interacted with thousands of individual pet owners regarding their pet's vaccines and the related consumer behavior.
Myth 1: Reminders from a vet clinic drive a pet owner to update their pet's vaccinations timely as they expire. ❌
We've analyzed thousands and thousands of these pet service <> vet clinic connections. And the data continues to tell us this simple truth...
💡 When a pet's vaccines are expired or expiring, the consumer behavior trigger for that pet owner to visit a vet clinic has little do with when those vaccinations expire, and much to do with when that pet owner needs to prove their pup is vaccinated in order to go somewhere, mostly influenced by a non-veterinary company. 💡
Examples:
- an upcoming boarding reservation requires up-to-date vaccinations
- your new apartment complex requires proof of vaccination before you move in
- your dog-friendly office requires vaccinations on file to comply with its insurance requirements and many, many more like this.
As I'm writing this, both of my pups (Pickle and Bruce) have recently expired Bordetella vaccinations. And I co-own a pet vaccination company! 🤣
Irony aside, there's little motivation for me to go back to the vet for a Bordetella vaccine until it's time for Pickle's grooming appt or Bruce's next daycare drop-in (noting neither pup is commonly around other pups outside of each other). And yes, I get my VitusVet reminders and Cornerstone reminder letters from my clinic (their utilized tools) - but that's not the REASON to book this appt.
We don't see much evidence of pet owners motivated to action by the reminders we get from our vet. It leads to no urgency, no action, and no timely appointment. At best, it seems to be "I'll file that away until it's necessary" response.
We do see evidence of pet owners being highly motivated to act when they could potentially delay a family vacation because a Bordetella vaccination is expired.
The data shows a high correlation between a pet owner booking an appointment AFTER they schedule a service appointment. Meaning one drives the other. Meaning one is a leading indicator. A predictor.
Myth 2 tomorrow.
Following the last few weeks of VetVerifi 🐾 funding news from InvestTN and joining Leap, I'm proud to share that we've successfully (and now officially) closed our $1.5 million pre-seed fundraise, an enormous milestone for our young company. 🎉
Starting a company from zero ain't easy and certainly isn't for the faint of heart. And raising capital in these economic times kept us on our toes for sure.
But I couldn't imagine 2 better partners than Chris and Tim as my co-authors in this incredible story we're writing each day. And the next chapter will be one to remember.
The list of folks to show love to is long, but we simply would not be here without them. Couldn't imagine leaving them out of this post, so here goes...
Our early development partners at Acklen Avenue have been ride-or-die with us every step of the way. Juan Carlos, Hendry, Manuel, Colleen, Dan, Ruthie & co all feel like an extension of our team. We simply would not have gotten off the ground if it wasn't for their confidence in us as entrepreneurs and in our vision over 2 years ago when we were side-hustling with day jobs, building our v1 product.
Kristen - thanks for bringing the DRIVE every single day to team VV. You are the definition of hustle. 💪
Our round was led by Bitwerx, Inc. & co, and we couldn't have asked for better partners to help us shape our early data model for scale. To Jason, Chad, and team - thanks for the unwavering belief from day one. Cheers to (continuing to) building incredible things together.
To our new friends at Mars Petcare, Michelson Found Animals Foundation, and R/GA Ventures - cheers to reaching incredible new heights together. We're so impressed with the human beings that you are and the passion you bring to helping startups like us launch well. Thanks for being some of the most incredible people we get to work with.
And sometimes you meet the right people and know they are perfect for your cap table, but they haven't launched their fund yet. So you just wait, keep your round open a bit longer, and have faith until it works out. Brandon, John, and the team at Market Square Ventures in Knoxville, we're honored to be one of the first in your portfolio - you inspire us greatly.
And last, some of our earliest mentors, clients, partners, and coaches. The folks we called at night asking "are we crazy?", the friends who leaned in to offer advice, the clinics that agreed to be our earliest integration beta testers (even when we were so far off on delivering any value back), the superfans that have been consistently cheering us on, the early angel investors that bet on us as entrepreneurs and got behind the vision.
Hannah, Ben, Martin, Daniel, Sean, Jeremy, Julie, Jeremy, Stacee, Eller, Isaiah, LaunchTN, Killian, Sara, Jonathan, Chris, Jennifer & the Kennelwood team, Arch Grants, Nicholas, Alicia, Zac - thank you. 💜
Onward to the next chapter.
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