East Valley Business - 04.07.19

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Volume 1 Issue 34 Mesa, AZ

April 7, 2019

Gilbert woman’s motto: Have playpen, will travel Lisa Fuller’s Gilbert home is crammed with playpens, strollers and other baby things that she rents to traveling parents and local grandparents who are hosting visiting grandchildren. (Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)

BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

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IN THE BIZ

isa Fuller remembers chasing her two young sons, 3 and 5, through a busy airport while lugging a stroller, car seat and a Pack’n Play. “I thought, ‘there must be a better way,’” the Gilbert resident recalled. Public Notices ........... page 3 © Copyright, 2019 East Valley Tribune

There was, and now Fuller is a provider for BabyQuip, through which she rents out strollers, highchairs, cribs, play pens and toys and delivers them to traveling families or grandparents with visiting grandchildren. BabyQuip, founded in 2016, is part of a rapidly emerging group of businesses known as platforms, like Airbnb, Ebay and (USPS 004-616) is published weekly

Mailing Address: 1620 W. Fountainhead Pkwy., Suite 219, Tempe, AZ 85282

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Uber, according to the company’s website. Platform businesses facilitate interactions across a large number of participants. BabyQuip’s quality providers are independent business people who are able to design their own business. They pay a $100 start-up fee and then a monthly charge for insurance. Fuller became a quality provider in January 2018. Subscriptions are $26 for 2 years, $14 for one year. Periodicals postage paid at Phoenix, AZ 85026.

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