Virtual Baby Monitors
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Jack Smith shares how he created a remote baby monitoring system using virtual assistants in India.
"I have a virtual assistant in India who watches my baby cam all night. He has specific instructions - if the baby wakes up and starts crying, start a timer. If she cries for 3 minutes and goes back to sleep, don't do anything. But if she cries for more than 7 minutes, call me and wake me up.
We have a special phone for that and a backup phone in case the first one breaks. So we only get woken up if our daughter is crying longer than 7 minutes. Now at 2 years and 3 months old, she only wakes up maybe once every 2 months.
I got the idea from Jonathan Swanson, founder of Thumbtack - he called it 'digital night nanny.' I call it 'Deep Sentinel for babies.' The virtual assistant doesn't take a single day off in the year - he's working 365 days. I guess he's having Thanksgiving and Christmas with the baby monitor on loudspeaker with his family."
Jack Smith
Serial entrepreneur and investor known for founding multiple startups and using creative marketing stunts, such as his LinkedIn hack, to gain traction.
He shares insights on his experiences, including how he moved to America and the journey of launching startups like UJET