Mar 16, 2023 / 02:00PM GMT
Michael Lasser - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - MD and Equity Research Analyst of Consumer Hardlines
Good morning, everyone. I'm Michael Lasser, Hardline & Broadline and Food Retail Analyst from UBS. And we could not be more excited to have the team from BARK with us this morning. It is a super interesting story, and it's not every day that we get to hear from a founder of a business and walk through the story of how a business started from nothing to a really impressive operation today.
So with us is Matt Meeker, who is the founder and CEO, Zahir Ibrahim is recently the CFO within 6 months. And Mike Mougias is the company's Head of Investor Relations.
Questions and Answers:
Michael Lasser - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division - MD and Equity Research Analyst of Consumer HardlinesWhat I do want to start is because it's not every day that we get to hear from a founder of a business. We want to hear about the story of how BARK was established. Where did you see the market opportunity? You had 2 cofounders, walk us through from