Why pay $1,000 for a hotel when you can stay with a friend and get paid for it?

In this episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Stephen Dooley, Founder & CEO of Roamer. Stephen shares how he raised $3M to disrupt the massive corporate travel industry by rewarding employees for staying within their personal networks.

We discuss:

• Customer-Led Fundraising: How Stephen got potential users to lead his $3M round.

• The Roamer Model: Splitting savings between the company, the traveler, and the host.

• B2B Growth Hacks: Why a “bottoms-up” approach works better for enterprise travel than selling to the CFO.

• GEO vs. SEO: Andrew’s tactical advice on optimizing for AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity.

• The Return of In-Person: Why 2026 is the year business travel makes a major comeback.

About Stephen Dooley: Stephen is a researcher-turned-founder who spent years studying the disruption of Uber and Airbnb before launching Roamer to bridge the gap between “work from anywhere” and “work from everywhere.”

Connect with us:

• Check out Roamer:⁠ roamer.com⁠

• Work with Andrew:⁠ growthexpertz.com⁠

• Follow Andrew:⁠ @andrewstartups⁠

Want in? 📩 marketing@growthexpertz.com 📅 Book a call:⁠ http://www.growthexpertz.com

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