Innovative service brings 'grandkids on demand' to area

A new tech startup sees great potential in bridging generational gaps.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 3:07 p.m. April 16, 2018
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A Papa Pal with a Papa member. Courtesy photo.
A Papa Pal with a Papa member. Courtesy photo.
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Miami entrepreneur Andrew Parker left a steady gig with MDlive.com, the telehealth company founded by his father, to launch Papa, a tech startup that recently expanded to Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota.

But it was another family member, his grandfather, who inspired the new venture. (“Papa” is Parker’s nickname for his grandfather.)

 

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