![]() ![]() With backing by the Chattanooga-based venture capital firm the Lamp Post Group, Doody and Vlahos brought their startup firm to Chattanooga seven years ago and have since expanded its service to 65 cities and added its own trucks. The founders' initial goal was to schedule 30 to 40 moves during freshman orientation weekend, but they ultimately completed 325 and decided to turn their idea into a bigger business. "It comes down to the combination of extreme confidence and burnout."ĭoody and Stephen Vlahos began Bellhops in the summer of 2011 at Auburn University in Alabama simply as a way to provide college students an easy way to move into and out of their dorms. "There no great time for a move like this one," Doody said in an email to employees. But after raising more than $56 million in equity capital and building Bellhops into a 240-employee company - with a platform of more than 3,000 Bellhops in 27 states - Doody said he wants to devote more time to his family and ultimately to work on helping other startups match his own success. Cameron Doody, who built the moving company Bellhops into one of Chattanooga's most successful startup businesses over the past nine years, told employees Thursday he is stepping down as company president next week "to focus on family and friends and to devote a bit more energy to giving back to Chattanooga."ĭoody, the 33-year-old co-founder of Bellhops, will remain the company's largest shareholder and a member of the board.
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