516: Lynn Perkins, CEO & Co-Founder of UrbanSitter

01/02/17 • 32 min

Moms and dads: Imagine a world where you can find a qualified sitter for your child in 3 minutes. That's faster than when my Uber arrives most times. Thanks to the site UrbanSitter and its co-founder Lynn Perkins, this is actually the world we live in now.

Lynn is our guest on the show today. UrbanSitter is her third start-up to date and it is a venture-backed mobile and online service that connects parents and babysitters...kind of an OpenTable for babysitters. The company has raised $23M to date and growing fast. Lynn shares:The key to convincing a room full of Silicon Valley investors (mostly male) to give you money for your babysitting app?How staying busy has helped her save money.The going rate for babysitting nowadays. You might be inspired to make this a side gig. I did it in my 20s and it was a great source of extra income (not to mention parenting 101).For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

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