#135 $1.4bn Startup Tackling Loneliness, Papa (CEO, Andrew Parker)

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Big Picture Medicine

Mustafa Sultan, MD

152 episodes

5 days ago

The health entrepreneurship podcast — focusing on big picture stuff. Interviews with health/biotech entrepreneurs and leaders having impact at scale. Health stuff a techbro/sis would find interesting. Think health meets the Tim Ferriss Show. Get in touch: pod@musty.io

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#135 $1.4bn Startup Tackling Loneliness, Papa (CEO, Andrew Parker)

Big Picture Medicine

39 minutes 43 seconds

1 month ago

#135 $1.4bn Startup Tackling Loneliness, Papa (CEO, Andrew Parker)

In 2017, Andrew Parker launched Papa with a 1-800 number, offering 'grandkids-on-demand' in Miami. By 2021, the company was valued at $1.4bn (backed by SoftBank and Tiger Global).

This is a YC-backed gig economy company operating in the regulated elder care market at unicorn scale.

On paper it shouldn't have worked -- and yet it did.

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Papa: https://www.papa.com/

Dr Mustafa Sultan: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.musty.io⁠