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Hi 👋 We're Outerthere, an outdoor recreation discovery platform for local hosts and their outdoor groups that solves all of the pain points associated with turning their passion into a business that pays them.

Hold up. What's a host?

If guides are the 150,000 or so experts in the United States with certifications, licenses and training on specific activities and geographies, then hosts are like party planners, who are passionate about welcoming everyone in any space to participate in an outdoor activity.

And by our estimate, there are over 1,000,000 hosts like this (and growing!)

Wow. Why haven't I heard about this market?

Because only about 1% of them have successfully turned what they do as group leaders into a job that pays them. And they've only been able to do that using a combination of half-a-dozen SaaS tools like Meetup and email software (so they need to be a little techie and task-oriented, which many are not because they got into hosting because they love the outdoors and it's benefits, not sitting in front of a computer).

Got it. So, what makes Outerthere think they can grow this audience and get them on its app?

Because we built it to be easy to list a trip, easy to get the features, amenities and data that hosts need and easy to cash out. All from one place. So hosts can focus on what they love most - getting their communities outside and earning from their labor.

In fact, Outerthere was designed to make it just as easy for new entrants as for established entrants, including the 150,000 guides currently working for the 30,000 adventure tour operators in the U.S.

So, what makes us think we've cracked the code? Because it's working 🤯 Guests are currently starting their week on our site and new hosts are listing more of their trips monthly.

So how has everyone else missed this opportunity?

Because hosting hasn't traditionally been seen as a revenue generating business. It's been seen as a hobby.

And yet, hosting is as essential - if not moreso - to the $700 billion outdoor recreation industry as retailing. Our secret is in catering to the people who start communities, not individuals. Hosts who's all believe they can do it better, if there was an easier way to do it.

So why us?

We've got a head start and want to keep it. And with your help, we got this!

And who knows, maybe someday "outerthere" will become the verb for guests and hosts to do outdoorsy things together! (Lucky for us, we already trademarked the name 😄 ).