Welcome! Our featured broad for today’s show is Lynn Perkins, an internet startup veteran who is the CEO and co-founder of Urban Sitter. Urban Sitter is a mobile and online service that connects parents and babysitters. In this age of technology, Lynn’s business has met a need and found a niche—and it can be accessed directly from your phone! To date, the service employs 50,000 sitters in 60 cities across the US.
Lynn shares the following about her business journey:
The biggest risk, as she sees it, was to market the business via Facebook. The Urban Sitter process is easy, whether you are a sitter looking for work or a parent looking for reliable sitters. Parents enroll and purchase a subscription for a low monthly rate. The success stories are many, but Lynn wishes they could have expanded into additional markets faster than they did. Urban Sitter focuses on connections, affiliations, partnerships, and networking to match up sitters and families when expanding into a new market. Lynn and her co-founders launched with a business plan, which has helped them prioritize. One of her career highlights was reaching her 100,000th booking in the US. The song that keeps her going when the going gets tough? Walking on SunshineLynn talks about what lies ahead for Urban Sitter. She shares her personal goals and goals for the company. She also shares her career highlights, her sources of inspiration, and favorite tools and tips for staying organized. Join us to hear more from an amazing broad!
Links and Resources:
www.urbansitter.com (Lynn’s website)
