Eben Pingree

@rachelclun @StubHub Happy to chat.

@EbenPingree @StubHub Hi Eben, sorry to hear about your experience. I'm a journalist from the BBC looking into issues such as this with World Cup tickets, and I'd love to have a chat with you. My DMs are open if you could send me a message please! Thank you

In March, we paid @StubHub $2,671.43 for World Cup tickets to see Scotland-Haiti. 2 hours before the match, they told us the tickets couldn't be delivered. Despite hotels, travel, and a heartbroken kid, we've heard nothing. @StubHubHelp I'm now pursuing a claim under MA Ch. 93A.

Earlier this month, Mike Gerbush '09 and @EbenPingree '04 launched Kinsome (@BeKinsome), a communication platform designed for kids and grandparents to share daily updates, play games, and preserve cherished memories. Read the @TechCrunch article: tcrn.ch/3N3aw7v

It was fun to join @theShelleyDoyle to discuss "Rediscovering Connection," a great name for what we're trying to do @BeKinsome Innovative App to Connect Children and Grandparents youtu.be/wqIWQc5soSQ?fe… via @YouTube

My team made me write in a more succinct, professional style than I prefer when writing about our launch a few weeks ago, so now that the dust has settled, I wanted to follow up with some words in my typical, rambling style. Editing is for the weak. @ebenhpingree/if-dreams-came-true-oh-wouldnt-that-be-nice-d49711e0aadc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ebenhpingree/…

Thank you to @Healthline for sharing the Kinsome story and highlighting the health benefits we're striving to deliver to grandparents (and grandkids!) through increased social connection! healthline.com/health-news/ki…

A bit of the inspiration for founding Kinsome:

@DianeHessan @BeKinsome Thanks so much @DianeHessan!

Huge congrats to @EbenPingree (Hiring Founding Engineers in Boston) and the entire @BeKinsome team on your launch and on some great coverage from TechCrunch. Time to transform how kids and grandparents connect with each other!

Grateful to @TechCrunch for covering our launch today: techcrunch.com/2024/09/05/kin…

@sweatystartup I’m building a company called Kinsome focused on this issue. Judgement aside, parents are insanely busy and this is one of the many things that can fall by the wayside, so we use AI to make it fun and easy for kids themselves to share their daily lives with their grandparents.

Old people are incredibly lonely. And I don't understand why their grandchildren don't bother to call them 1x a month or even a few times a year? This is sad. Why don't 20-40 year olds give a crap about the people who worked their whole lives to build a better life for them?

Kinsome: AI with a Human Touch link.medium.com/OO5tqfzF1Jb

@mergesort @SarahPerezTC @TechCrunch @mergesort Does it work well with content from LinkedIn? I know they’re fairly closed off, but they’ve become a major source of content for many people.

I did it mom, I made it on @TechCrunch.

Think this is going to be a new rule at Kinsome as we build out our early team.

A little sneak peek of what we've been building at Kinsome: vimeo.com/919853406?ref=…

Love the One You’re With? Not when it comes to Grandparents. link.medium.com/4z3KIiE5CIb

Long Distance Love: Building Bridges that Last link.medium.com/VWXlKr0BrIb

@HugoAmsellem Yes please!

I just finished the draft of a Consumer Manifesto, or why I believe it's the best time to build in consumer. Who's down to read/comment?

Give me Things that Don’t Get Lost: Rediscovering the Extended Family in America link.medium.com/vkHNEzpdbIb

Fun to join @fishmanaf on the Startup Dad Podcast to talk all things fatherhood, founder and intergenerational living: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thr…

@KylieBourjaily Kinsome is a social platform that strengthens the bond between grandparents and grandkids.

The general consensus is that there aren't a ton of consumer founders in Boston (compared to NYC)... but maybe we just don't know about y'all. If you're here and building a consumer startup, share what you're working on!👇