GoGoGrandparent helps older adults use on demand transportation services. We primarily handle two challenges:
1) Technological accessibility - they call to order a ride, no smartphone required.
2) Ride management - we screen drivers to make sure they're comfortable with seniors, monitor rides and communicate on behalf of the registered callers
This is so wonderful, really making it easier for grandkids to help their elderly fam out! Would love to see this expand even further into perhaps donating rides for the elderly in need. #gogograndparent #producthunt
When we started doing this GoGoGrandparent thing we knew we'd learn some code, would be forced to get strategic at marketing and advance at the mighty snail's pace towards becoming better team members, but those were not the surprises.
What I think has been truly unique to @davlung and my experience is bearing witness to the wisdom of thousands of grandparents:
To our customers, two decades feels like a minute, and a minute is how long it takes to "properly raise oneself from the seated position (Ms. Claire, 86 - Minneapolis, MN)."
"A dollar is a measure of how quickly you can get something done. But all the good things are done slowly (Mr. Georgie, 94 - Pacific Beach, CA)."
"I may not be pretty but I am wise. Speaking of, here is a piece of wisdom. Tell me I'm pretty (Ms. Elsie, 77 - West Palm Beach, FL)."
The best part of course is the ways in which we're the same. Their bodies hate them, and they can't multiply 23 * 17 very quickly, but the human part - the emotions - never change. It makes me really appreciate both what I have now, and what I'll never lose. It's pretty cool.
If you're interested in helping us reach more octogenarians, talk to your own parents and grandparents. I can't promise to be perfect, but I can promise we'll care about being perfect as if our life depends on it.
Because one day it will.
But for now we still have a whole lot more to learn.
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Killer idea. Love that you're bringing in an entirely new market segment that feels like it's getting left behind by not having a smartphone. More services like this need to sprout up for users like this!
@briancavanaugh Thank you, and wise forward thinking, I think the next couple years will have a lot more ideas like this as the millennials reach the point in their lives where they will start worrying about their grandparents.
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Interesting how you have created a service on top of uber / lyft service. Great business intelligence and above that solving a problem for elderly generation. All around awesome!
@brencansk Thanks! We do a lot on our end to tailor the experience to older adults and we hope to continue perfecting rides and begin experimenting with other services as well.
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Grandpa Sonny is going to be so excited to hear he can finally use Uber! Looking forward to seeing where else you expand.
@jonathanzwhite Thank you! And hopefully more services too. We definitely wanna perfect the ride experience, but this becomes epic when you think about everything else older adults need
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Great idea and game plan! It's important that all can benefit from the advances in the sharing economy.
@lgomess Thank you! If anything the needs of the elderly create new value in on demand. For you and me - on demand is a convenience - for someone who is afraid of falling, going grocery shopping is a femur breaking endeavor!
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Awesome, they are building "Magic for Voice". My parents are not alive anymore, but they'd prefer that (to a smartphone). Let me know when you launch in Brazil (Portuguese)!
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