{"id":1088,"date":"2014-09-03T00:30:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T05:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2017-09-25T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:49:19","slug":"lynn-perkins-how-to-build-a-local-service-that-can-scale-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/lynn-perkins-how-to-build-a-local-service-that-can-scale-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"BWR 092: Lynn Perkins: How To Build a Local Service That Can Scale Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3001\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1088-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/?powerpress_pinw=1088-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>How do you\u00a0build a local service that can scale globally?<\/p>\n<h1>Listen to our Interview with Lynn Perkins of UrbanSitter.com to find out!<\/h1>\n<p>Lynn Perkins is a seasoned entrepreneur. \u00a0After she had her twin boys, she was constantly looking for trustworthy babysitters, always asking for friends&#8217; referrals. \u00a0She realized there was a need in the market place to make this process easier and digital! \u00a0Urban Sitter is a digital and mobile service that matches parents looking for babysitters with babysitters looking for jobs. \u00a0The automation she&#8217;s built into her business is incredible and her growth has been tremendous! Though it focuses on a local geographic area (you want to hire a babysitter in your town), her &#8220;playbook&#8221; for scaling into other cities is giving her global potential! \u00a0In this inspiring interview, Lynn pulls the curtains back from her journey and shares why UrbanSitter.com is\u00a0every mother&#8217;s dream!\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>Lynn&#8217;s Kick-A$$ Quotes:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>By having kids, it really forced me to look at what was important to get the business up and running.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s not that our business needs to continue scaling at a grassroots level to be successful, but what we found that is starting off that way really helps to establish brand credibility in a market.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Finding business partners that share the same vision but bring different skills is a great way to balance the work across a small team.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Find out more about Lynn\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Urban Sitter!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbansitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1245\" src=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-02-at-8.58.22-PM-1024x582.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-09-02 at 8.58.22 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-02-at-8.58.22-PM-1024x582.png 1024w, http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-02-at-8.58.22-PM-300x170.png 300w, http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-02-at-8.58.22-PM.png 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Love the Biz Women Rock podcast? \u00a0Rate the show!<\/h2>\n<p>If you love this show, I would so appreciate you rating and commenting about the show in iTunes! \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/biz-women-rock!-katie-krimitsos\/id818183720?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3003\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1088-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/?powerpress_pinw=1088-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHow do you\u00a0build a local service that can scale globally? Listen to our Interview with Lynn Perkins of UrbanSitter.com to find out! Lynn Perkins is a seasoned entrepreneur. \u00a0After she had her twin boys, she was constantly looking for trustworthy babysitters, always asking for friends&#8217; referrals. \u00a0She realized there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127,2],"tags":[503,500,1913,505,118,40,504,501,502],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-podcasts","tag-babysitting","tag-lynn","tag-lynn-perkins-how-to-build-a-local-service-that-can-scale-globally","tag-mobile","tag-mom","tag-online","tag-parents","tag-perkins","tag-urban-sitter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BWR 092: Lynn Perkins: How To Build a Local Service That Can Scale Globally - Biz Women Rock!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/lynn-perkins-how-to-build-a-local-service-that-can-scale-globally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BWR 092: Lynn Perkins: How To Build a Local Service That Can Scale Globally - Biz Women Rock!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/092_-_Lynn_Perkins.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHow do you\u00a0build a local service that can scale globally? 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