Necessity is Still the Mother of Invention

Written by Innovate New Albany@InnovateNA12 years ago

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Sometimes the best ideas are also the simplest. When New Albany resident Amanda Knapp moved to the city from St. Louis with a decade of babysitting and nanny experience, she struggled to find work and was leery of using online services.

So Knapp developed Sitting Made Simple, a baby-sitting-placement service that that brings central Ohio sitters together with families who need them. The program is based upon acts as a liaison between central Ohio sitters and families who want to hire one. The service handles all of the background checks and scheduling. Read more at dispatch.com.

Innovate New Albany, the city’s incubator for technology startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses, features 16,000 square feet of space within the New Albany Business Park’s Signature Office Building, 8000 Walton Parkway.