oceanside california founder mike glanz area served united states website http www.hireahelper.com hireahelper is a website that connects individuals looking to move with temporary workers vehicles and other aspects of moving . 1 contents 1 history 2 finances 3 references 4 external links history edit the founder and ceo of the oceanside california based company and website is mike glanz . 1 founded in 2007 the website initially only compared the costs of full service moving companies and then evolved to compare the individuated costs of each aspect of a move . within the first five years the site had about one hundred thousand users . 2 the company s website is free for users . the process involves inputting the moving date and zip codes involved and the site then provides reviews on and cost comparisons of different providers of moving trucks moving containers and moving labor . it was the first website to allow consumers to design their own moves in lieu of using moving companies to arrange them as a package . 3 finances edit the company has received funding from lighter capital . 1 4 as of 2014 the company had done 22 million in sales with 10 million coming over the last year . the company was sued by uhaul soon after its formation for trademark infringement however the suit was settled out of court . 5 the suit was considered by some in the technology press as vague and an attempt to quash a potential market disruptor . 6 references edit a b c revenue based financing . bloomberg news . moneysaver new online tool can help you save on a move . abc 11 . november 12 2014 . laura s likes hire a helper . fox dc 5 . lighter capital finds its flame awards cash to hireahelper . geek wire . december 1 2011 . what happens when your startup gets sued by uhaul . entrepreneur magazine . december 9 2014 . do morons in a hurry rent moving vans . tech dirt . september 23 2008 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hireahelper & oldid 670215022 categories 2007 establishments in californiamoving companies of the united statesinternet properties established in 2007 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 july 2015 at 15 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view