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The Backup Plan That Became the Business
Sharon Lurtsema spent decades learning what happens when care falls apart. Then she built a company around making the backup plan feel less like a scramble - and more like infrastructure.
Charles Bonello
Charles Bonello is the co-founder and CEO of Vivvi, a New York-based company reinventing child care and early learning by partnering with employers to make full-time and backup care more accessible and affordable for working families. Before Vivvi, he co-founded Grand Central Tech, one of New York's largest and most selective startup communities, and worked in investment research and venture financing. His work is driven by a conviction that child care is the single biggest pain point for working parents, and he has built Vivvi into a network of NYC campuses backed by $17.2 million in funding.