We are a team of seasoned entrepreneurs who also happen to be vacation rental owners and operators. Our vision for MyVR.com came out of our personal frustrations with marketing and managing our own rentals. We started this whole thing as a side project, building solutions for ourselves. However, after talking to some other frustrated vacation rental owners, we quickly realized that we're not alone, so we decided to roll out our solutions to help others, as well!

The Team

Jonathan Murray - CEO

Before starting MyVR, he co-founded Lift Media (acquired), a lead generation company that worked with clients like American Express, Netflix, and Fandango. He started MyVR after being frustrated with setting up his own Sonoma cottage as a vacation rental. He studied engineering at Bucknell University and received his MBA from Stanford University.

Favorite Vacation Spots: New Orleans, Hawaii, and Ireland

Mike Stachowiak - CTO

He’s a serial technology entrepreneur and owner of a Lake Tahoe vacation rental. Before MyVR, he co-founded two other companies, Lift Media (acquired) and 4INFO, a leading mobile ad network. His lead generation and technology experience has helped him find innovative ways to make vacation rental marketing easier.

Favorite Vacation Spots: Lake Tahoe, Munich, and Ibiza, Spain

Markus Nordvik - CPO

Formerly Markus was the Co-founder and VP of Engineering at 4INFO, one of the largest mobile ad companies. He received his BS degree in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. Markus is an avid traveler, having globetrotted to Mozambique, Barcelona, Norway, Istanbul, and Bermuda.

Favorite Vacation Spots: Barcelona, Chicago, and Istanbul, Turkey

Jesse Kasky - Sr Software Engineer

He wrote his first piece of software when he was 9, and has not stopped since. Previously, he was at Google and Microsoft.

Favorite Vacation Spots: Big Island HI, Costa Rica

Jason Gruhl - Sr Software Engineer

He’s no stranger to startups, previously an engineer at Zynga, Tuneup, and Adteractive.

Favorite Vacation Spots: Nantucket, St. Johns

Erin Colbert - Marketing

She earned her marketing stripes at HubSpot and Hearsay Social, specializing in inbound marketing and demand generation.

Favorite Vacation Spots: Makena Cove, Maui

Investors

MyVR is thankful to have some of the best and most helpful angel investors out there. We couldn't do it without them. The long list include awesome folks like YCombinator, SV Angel, Chris Dixon, Alex Rampell, Paul Buchheit, Clem Bason, and Ben Boyer. MyVR is a graduate of the Y Combinator program.