StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 147 YoungRankings  produces annual standard-format rankings of children in relationship to various commercial brands and organisations, e.g. " 10 under 10 loyal ice cream X customers ", or " 15 under 15 girl scouts leaders ". To ensure that high ethical standards are maintained, rankings participation for under-age children and teenagers requires parental consent and is merit-based rather than consumption based. For example, ice cream customers are rated for their passion for the brand of ice cream, their creativity, social media profile, videos, and engagement with the brand - and not based on monetary value of the consumed ice cream. The company also gives profile and visibility to the parents of each ranked (winning) participant unless they request anonymity. CEO QUOTE "You have surely come across many of those 20 under 20, 30 under 30, 40 under 40 rankings. But no one before us had ventured into the under-15 or under-10 space. Child...

StartupRealities No 124 KidsExplained is an online education and media company that uses YouTube and TikTok videos to educate children, with the role of presenter or host being played by children. The company maintains that children pay more attention to what other children say, rather than to adults, as children are usually fed up with the orders that adults give. CEO QUOTE "KidsExplained democratises education. Who said that only adults can be the teachers? If adults prepare the material, children can easily present on video and can even have some input into the customisation of the material. Furthermore, children are more enthusiastic presenters than adults and this enthusiasm can be contagious and lead to some viral videos." - said KidsExplained founder and CEO Kieran Exposito. Children in an outdoor classroom in Angola (image source: Wikipedia )

StartupRealities No 92 SharedChildcare  is a social enterprise that matches childless couples with families with children to give the couples access to children for a limited number of days per year. Normally couples are expected to plan at least one day a month for childcare volunteering as part of the SharedChildcare scheme. This is done on a long-term basis and with the same child until the child reaches 18, so the volunteer caregivers are seen by the child as a secular godfather and godmother. CEO QUOTE "SharedChildcare is a win-win: the parents get some time off for rest or for personal projects; and the volunteer caregivers get to spend time with a child if that's what they want. We conduct thorough background checks and vetting, of course. When you think about it, people spend so much time on their own pets, or even on other people's pets via apps such as BorrowMyDoggy. So looking after a child once in a while is a complete no-brainer. To use a real estate anal...