San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego, California & National News

4 followers

San Diego, California & National News

4 followers

Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune.

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Rendezwho - Beta

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

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10yr ago

San Diego Union-Tribune

Maker

@candyab That is not a bad idea at all Candy! We'd have to screen folks, but that'd be easy.

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10yr ago

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!

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10yr ago

San Diego Union-Tribune

Maker

@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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10yr ago

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!

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10yr ago

San Diego Union-Tribune

Maker

@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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10yr ago

Grandpa Sonny is going to be so excited to hear he can finally use Uber! Looking forward to seeing where else you expand.

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10yr ago

San Diego Union-Tribune

Maker

@david_toper Woohoo I just checked and though we have a lot of Rudolphs, Georges and Rodgers, GoGoGrandparent will have only one Grandpa Sonny

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10yr ago

Great idea and game plan! It's important that all can benefit from the advances in the sharing economy.

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10yr ago

San Diego Union-Tribune

Maker

@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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10yr ago

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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10yr ago

San Diego Union-Tribune

Maker

@bernardops Thank you! We're really excited about the ways we can tailor this magical on demand world to the needs of the elderly

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10yr ago

very cool idea. on first glance, seems a bit irrelevant just b/c most in US have a smartphone but could definitely see this spurring Uber growth in places like Southeast Asia and Africa, where smartphone use isn't quite so ubiquitous. good luck!!

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10yr ago

San Diego Union-Tribune

Maker

@mahdi_ali Thanks for the feedback Mahdi! 88% of adults over the age of 75 don't have a smartphone. that number only drops to 56% of adults over the age of 65

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10yr ago

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