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Wow, "all" is a big word. As I just found out, childcare is a massive and quickly growing market. There is a large spectrum from established startups with significant shares of the market alongside small, regional apps attempting to get footholds with specific niches. Below is a curated, extensive (50+) list with brief self-descriptions pulled from AngelList, CrunchBase, and other places -- far, far from exhaustive still, but an earnest attempt to answer this question in full.First, the big three. These are the names that repeatedly come up in the babysitting on demand tech space:UrbanSitter - A San Francisco-based service and app that allows parents to search for, book, pay, review, and recommend babysitters and nannies via connecting with Facebook for reviews from trusted local organizations and neighbors. UrbanSitter allows both parents and babysitters to create user accounts for free. Services start with scheduled interviews and then a pay-as-you-go fee or by subscribing to a monthly or annual membership. Of the top three, UrbanSitter has the cheapest subscription fee and plenty of nice features like finding sitters your friends are using. Babysitters can find and accept jobs for free or subscribe to a monthly or annual membership to receive a background check as well as other features. Notably, UrbanSitter has been prominently featured in publications including Wired, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Mashable, and the company raised ~$22.75M in funding and has 20+ employees.Sittercity (Chime) - Started in Chicago in 2001, Sittercity is an established national website connecting families, individuals and corporate employees with local in-home care which include babysitters, nanny, pet sitters, and tutors. Notably, the platform currently has over one million registered caregivers and lots of established tools like rates recommendations for your area, checklists, background checks, and other resources. Sittercity raised $43.6M in 4 rounds of funding to date with 60+ employees. In mid 2015, Sittercity launched its app Chime, so parents can schedule a sitter in advance or find one last minute and re-book favorites. Of the three, it seems best for finding sitters on the go with discounts and comes with free membership for military.Care.com - As a publicly traded corporation since early 2014, this platform doesn't quite qualify as a startup technically but still operates roughly at the same scale as middle-sized tech startups. Launched in 2007 outside Boston, Care was the fastest growing player of these three. It is a platform for child care, senior care, special needs care, tutoring, pet care, housekeeping, and other care-taking services for 9.7M users internationally, $111M in funding, $57M in annual revenue, and 540+ employees. Users can search, post jobs and look at caregiver profiles for free. Then they can pay a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription fee to contact caregivers and get background checks. The site also helps people find job opportunities in their area by posting a free profile and applying to openings, and expanded into enterprise offerings for companies like Google and Facebook.UrbanSitter, Sittercity, and Care take the lions' share of the market but the global market is massive yet locally fragmented. Many rising upstarts are quickly gaining traction and finding niches in novel ways of establishing trust, providing meaningful services, or cater to very specific regional markets. A small portion of these are solid startups with a growing track record. Another portion are just sincere ideas in app form, still very much finding their way and looking for funding or better product-market-fit. Some may even be deprecated startups, graduated into small local businesses or abandoned pages. But here's the complete list of relevant startups found online.Helpr - "delivers babysitters to your door, on demand"SeekingSitters - "easy, safe babysitting solutions"mom trusted - "social marketplace for early education and care, connects childcare and preschool providers to the 25M moms who use their services"CareGuide - "portfolio of focused marketplaces for everyday care services including Sitter.com, Housekeeper.com, PetSitter.com, ElderCare.com, and HouseSitter.com"myBestHelper - "just-in-time flexible mobile global solution to manage child, elder and illness care"CareZone - "simplifies the lives of those caring for children, partners and aging parents; provides a simple and entirely private environment where family and helpers can stay organized and coordinated"Sitter - "Uber meets LinkedIn for babysitters; simplifies the process of scheduling and paying your own sitters, saving you the hassles of overlapping texts, phone calls, and sitters flaking out"CareBooker - "platform for finding, booking, and paying for all types of family care services, such as babysitting, pet care, tutoring & lessons"SittingAround - "sitters post availability and book jobs online -- managing their babysitting work like a business"ZumiCare - "allows parents to find, screen, and manage the scheduling of university-affiliated babysitters"SafetySitters - "concierge, customized premium in-home care, 24 hours every day, to select families by forging a trusted relationship using prescreened caregivers"Sittr - "parents can search, book and pay for their sitters through web, iOS, and Android"Trusted - "childcare services on-demand"SEP Solutions - "helps parents easily care for their newborn without worrying about safety or well-being, and enabling them to share via smart tools"CARE-ON - "trusted marketplace for caring services where you can find, list and book with the best and closest caregivers in your area"QloudSitter - "real-times collaborative parenting with public and private caregivers"Kamunity - "mobile application that connects parents and pet owners to local sitters who have gone through a multi-step vetting process"Raised in the neighborhood - "a social network for parents to help babysitting/playdates swaps"Babysitting.today - "app for parents which helps them find a babysitter for their children quickly and effectively"Serving Mothers - "social media website for mothers to find quality service providers in their area for childcare and other services"PayMySitter - "simple way for families to book and pay trusted sitters"Carerfy - " on demand carer service which connects families with trusted care companions for people with disabilities, the elderly and childcare needs"CollegeCare/CityCare - "iOS app that allows parents to book childcare services from a local university, mostly made up of highly qualified nursing students"MommyMaiDD Services - "match-making services for parenting assistants, babysitters, nannies, domestic assistants, and disability caregivers who match the families needs"Now Nanny - "on-demand child care service that provides family with fully-vetted and experience sitters"Poppins - "mobile app for reliable, affordable, on-demand child care"Usitterz - "mobile app for childcare services"Invitekids - "share childcare with other parents"ChipperSitter - "On demand babysitting, review video profiles and click to book"Understudy Sitters - "concierge for babysitting"Neoporter - "access to a group of highly qualified, vetted and local undergraduate sitters"Personal Assistant Plus - "affordable home and concierge services"Additional ones focused more on other sides of childcare like childcare centers or ride-sharing. Many of these have variations in other local markets, so this is more of a sample:CareLuLu - "online marketplace allows parents to quickly find a daycare or preschool that fits their family's needs"PreUni - "sharing economy for pre-school child care from ages 0-4, creating classrooms for 6 month increments"CubbySpot - "help parents find the best daycare for their child and we enable daycares to fill available spots easily"Totkare - "simple solution to help parents find childcare centers and preschools for their kids"Cutie Patootie's Playcare - "flexible drop-in childcare for families during and beyond typical working hours"Shuddle - "safe rides for kids, easily scheduled and tracked rides with carefully vetted drivers"HopSkipDrive - "ride-sharing app for kids, service that allows parents to book rides through an app and track their children's trips in real-time"And some more regional specific ones:Le Cicogne - "leading European company to match demand and supply for baby-sitters"Nannuka - "international online platform that connects parents to numerous nannies, babysitters, tutors and housekeepers across Europe"BookMyBai - "aggregator of Indian maid bureaus to hire domestic help like maids, nanny, senior citizen care takers and cooks"Canadian Nanny - "Canada’s largest resource and online service for families to find a nanny."Hlídačky.cz - "online service where parents book babysitters, supported by social networks and user reviews; based in Czech Republic"kinderfee.de - "Germany's leading trusted market place for child care services"SA3ED.ME - "lets households hire on demand personal assistants with focus on university students and specializing in child care, elderly care, and tutoring; based in Jordan, West Bank, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt"VOSAVOS - "Bogotá based tech-startup focused on making it easier for people to recruit verified and recommended house cleaners, child care and adult care professionals"ADVENIO - "high-quality corporate childcare centers in Mexico and Latin America"AtHome - "connects families and individuals with home solutions for cleaning and housework, child care and pet care in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay"Find A Babysitter - " largest player in the Australian market for babysitters"Kidoro Health - "healthcare platform that simplifies the journey of pregnancy to child care for a mother by connecting them to healthcare providers currently operational in India"Hello Givers - "Caregivers marketplace based in Spain"BrightStar Care of Arlington - "high quality in-home care focused in northern Virginia, USA"Rocket City Sitters - "highly-qualified sitters in the North Alabama, USA area"Nannies on Demand - "high quality babysitters to families throughout New Zealand"Finally, honorable mentions should include platforms like craigslist and Nextdoor which, although not directly servicing childcare, are hubs for finding on demand childcare.This is a huge list so far and, to be honest, I may have only covered 10% or less of the amount of technical apps and services (particularly of the childcare center or local services variety). I could go on, digging up more obscure startups in this space but I hope I've captured how very fragmented the industry is. The challenge is to find and establish babysitters you can trust as well as addressing other needs that give parents a reason to move away from the established giants. Market specific services are especially competitive, but service specific ones like Shuddle tackle economies at scale far better. So hopefully, I covered most of the major startups in this space and captured the gist of what they're trying to do with some justice. Thanks for reading!

I am having my doubts. While I see the undoubted benefits of having 50 mbs in schools, libraries, business parks etc I cannot see any genuine benefit in providing 50 mbs to domestic homes. Do we really want to build an infrastructure around the downloading of high definition movies in private homes? What other benefits are there? I could only think of high speed real time gaming and gambling applications as being possible beneficiaries – and frankly, if you have seen the medical data, neither of these kinds of application should be allowed in private homes. Both high speed gaming and gambling are addictive activities which can give rise to a myriad of social and mental problems when they are let loose in uncontrolled environments. We don't need high capacity broadband for video telephony in the same way that we don't need high fidelity for telephone conversations and never have had such a need. I have yet to find a personal high capacity broadband requirement that was really time critical – if you took a high definition movie of your son's birthday party would it really matter if it took a few hours to upload it in background to your family's video archive so that others could view it?I now have some solid experience which would suggest that the high capacity needed for home use is a lot lower than 50 mbs. I now have Virgin Media fibre in my home. Measured this evening at what might well be a peak time for people watching other content my download speed is only 7 mbs. Say, therefore, that my normal download speed is 10 mbs. How much can I do with this? Well ten days ago I had a one hour video SKYPE call with San Francisco - no problems whatsoever. I have three wired PCs on the network and about eight mobile devices on WiFi plus printers and scanners which I can use via Google Cloud. I have a couple of 46 inch HDTVs - not 4K specification - and several 20 inch televisions. British homes have fairly small rooms so TV sets larger than 46 inches are excessive for people of my generation who were taught never to sit too close to a TV screen. I can download and watch HD movies with ease and I make serious use of tablets for day to day video viewing.What advantage would I enjoy by having more than say 20 mbs in my home? And alternatively what harm could arise if I had more than 20 mbs in my home. It seems to me that there are no positive benefits whatsoever and plenty of harmful ones. If I could not have more than 20 mbs in my home then I would not be able to use high speed gaming services and my ability to perform DDos attacks on innocent parties would be limited. If I needed more than 20 mbs to go about my work they I should be working not from home but from public or commercial services where I would be seen by fellow workers and could participate in teamwork. I would be visible and therefore if I wanted to do something bad to other people it would be far harder for me to do so.Let me give a specific example. Last Friday I had a total hip replacement operation. Yesterday a car picked me up from the hospital to bring me back home - the hip replacement operation was 100% successful. I was astounded at the quality of care I received in a hospital where everything was electronically stored. Everything involved looks at laptops, from giving out medicines, to following detailed checklists. No slips, no errors. Every query I posed was answered thoughtfully and carefully. The medical team of surgeons, registrars, nurses and auxiliaries worked seamlessly together toward the common goal of making me well again - there was no status positioning whatsoever.A hospital like the one I was in needs to be given the biggest of big data pipes. (In my hospital there was good WiFi for everyone, including the patients, I watched programmes on BBC iPlayer and ITV Player in the middle of the night when I could not sleep using my £99 Tesco Hudl2 tablet). But for security and privacy and social cohesion reasons we should not give very big data pipes to people working from home. There is no need for it because everything lawful and sensible can be done with smaller pipes.I was in a centre of excellence where the surgeons specialised in total hip replacement. Another hospital across London has surgeons who specialise in knee replacements. During my stay there the patient in the next bed to mine was transferred to the other hospita. This was because he had had a motor cycle accident which had caused serious knee damage and the team at my hospital working together to review his case formed the view that his injuries were not straightforward and needed highly specialist attention. They were only able to do this because they were working together in a team in a physically and technically secure location with shared access to all his personal data (including high definition images). This could not be replicated by any operation where people were working from home.I believe that home working that does not involve team working can be performed at 20 mbs rates and that providing in excess of 20 mbs to homes should be restricted. Indeed this might be a test for business rate taxation - if you take a data pipe of greater than 20 mbs then you should be subject to business rate taxation.

Well there are many GREAT agencies out there.You should know that most of them have good networks, sound understanding of the market and know-how that can not only bring investors, but advance your market/product fit in a way you can only imagine.I wrote a good blog post about the top 10 global ICO agencies in my view, that I do not have interest to promote. On the contrary. However, here is the list of my best competitors:Top 10 ICO Marketing Agencies I do not ownCryptocurrencies are rising in popularity. Many are attempting to get involved in this potentially lucrative field. Unfortunately, about 3 initial coin offering (ICO) campaigns closed unsuccessfully every day in 2017 because their marketing approach was ineffective.Fundraising for an ICO is a very different process than it is for other business opportunities. For your average business, anyone with a computer and a home office can potentially raise funds for themselves and their brand.Cryptocurrencies are different. Building this type of business requires a specific market that is interested in your brand. Your ICO must add value to what your goods or services will offer. You must provide concrete evidence that supports the value of your ICO.You must be able to tell your story. People get involved with brands that are interested in the same social issues that they care about. There must be a purpose that goes beyond profit behind your ICO.That is why it is so important to utilize a marketing agency that specializes in the ICO field.#1. ICOBoxICOBox is designed to help any brand launch their ICO through blockchain growth promotion and business facilitation. They have raised more than $300 million for their clients through their fully customizable packages and services.There are 40 unique ICO features from which to choose and there are fewer payment limitations with this agency compared to others. ICOBox accepts payments in fiat and 70+ coin options.The platform sets on your own website, offers custom pricing, and there is a four-tier referral program available.White papers, landing pages, and marketing support are available. Stand-alone services, such as a technology or legal package, are also available.#2. AmaZixAmaZix focuses on engaging audiences and managing communities as part of their initial coin offering marketing. Their desire is to create strength within your audience. Over time, this strength translates to potentially more effective fundraising services.Supports also include blog post and whitepaper support. One of their unique services is to fight back against the scammers that are so prevalent in the crypto field.Every project receives an individualized estimate. There is an extensive list of requirements that must be met by brands to receive such an estimate, so be sure to review their checklist before contacting for services.#3. SearchedThis ICO marketing agency specializes in helping start-ups grow from the ground up. In addition to the initial coin offering outreach efforts, search engine optimization and digital strategies are developed to create a well-rounded brand.By taking the digital growth approach from a startup perspective, Searched creates simplicity from the complex. Their blockchain marketing creates a natural sales funnel that is designed to lead to higher conversion rates while fundraising.#4. CrynetIf you feel that your marketing team can handle your public relations and outside marketing for your ICO, then this agency could be a solid choice to consider. Crynet takes an advisory approach and will help you develop a new outreach effort or test your existing strategies.There are several idea platforms that are available through this ICO marketing agency as well. Any work they create for you, such as a blog, is placed on their domain, however, and they offer limited press release distribution, so this skill set is designed more for mature agencies that need to outsource specific tasks.#5. FoxTailFoxTail Marketing is a full-service agency that offers multiple strategies for businesses of any type. ICO marketing is just one of the divisions that are available. SEO, SaaS, and content marketing strategies are also available.They offer a full range of services, from messaging and social media to reputation and community management. They’ll handle smart contracts, token structuring, and even web design if that’s what your brand needs.This ICO marketer does have a reputation for success by focusing on building brand trust. How they create that success requires a conversation with their team to discuss pricing and service needs.#6. 7Marketz7Marketz describes themselves as a full-service marketing agency. They offer ICO services, but it is not listed as one of their “most frequent projects.” If you require marketing automation, graphic design, optimization, or conversion optimization with your initial coin offering, they may provide the structure you need.The agency claims they create up to a 30% conversion on ICO marketing campaigns. That figure is somewhat ambiguous, however, as a 4% conversion rate on a campaign would still make that claim an honest statement.They focus their ICO marketing work on programmatic buying, event scheduling, search, and email campaigns. More than $112 million, in total, has been raised for ICOs through their efforts.#7. MLGBased in Toronto, Canada, this ICO marketing agency focuses primarily on smart contract technology and “next generation” blockchain applications. Their services include token development, distribution, and marketing as well.One true advantage offered by this agency is their extensive series of blockchain research tutorials that involve some of today’s top cryptocurrencies. If you’re not sure if an ICO is right for your brand, these tools will help you be able to weigh the pros and cons rather effectively.They will also assist with blockchain development.#8. CryptodexThis ICO marketing agency focuses on digital token structures and processes that lead toward success. They work with each client to create an individualized process that leads to unique outreach opportunities. Every blockchain and cryptocurrency program is created to meet the needs of your brand.The end result is the creation of a sustainable community. Existing processes can be used, or innovative solutions can be developed.#9. ZerionZerion focuses on the structure of your sales process to build a successful ICO experience. They double-audit the code used for the ICO with a third-party specialist to ensure full integrity throughout the process.They also utilize analytics to go beyond smart contracts, linking investors to projects that are of potential interest to them. Every investor is verified under KYC standards and fully vetted before coming into contact with your brand.There are few traditional marketing services offered to promote your brand, but if you need ICO structure as a startup, you might give this small firm a closer look.#10 Modern TokenModern Token is a company that provides blockchain consulting for VC-funded projects. Our clients are international companies that are willing to embed blockchain technology into their projects and to attract additional funding from private investors.MT’s team is continuously growing, and we are looking for English-speaking experienced professionals and young talents that show initiative, analytical thinking and are able to work without supervision both independently and in a team.Any ICO marketing agency offers the potential to bring you fundraising success.This list of the Top 10 ICO marketing agencies offers a brief glimpse of those who have a proven track record of success. You must perform your own due diligence to determine which agency has the capabilities to best serve your brand.