About this episode

In this episode, Sarah Dooley interviews Nicole Hamlin about using AI to simplify kids' activity scheduling for families.

Every summer, the spreadsheets come out. Color-coded, multi-tab, shared-by-text-message calendars that somehow still miss a school closure or a registration deadline. This week on , host Sarah Dooley sits down with Nicole Hamlin , the Austin-based founder of JustLiv, a platform built to take kids' activity scheduling off the list of things parents have to manage manually. Nicole spent 17 years in IT services before founding JustLiv after hitting a wall planning her daughter Olivia's first summer outside of full-time daycare. She discovered that while plenty of directories existed, nothing actually helped a parent build a personalized, bookable schedule with real-time updates. JustLiv is changing that, using AI to match activities to a family's schedule, budget, location preferences, and kids' interests, all in one place. In this episode, Sarah and Nicole talk about: What the current landscape of kids' activity scheduling actually looks like for most families How AI can quietly carry more of the coordination weight What it is like to build a company in the same industry you are still living in as a parent Summer planning tips for families who feel like they are already behind Why…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Dooley

Guest: Nicole Hamlin

Topics covered

• kids activities
• scheduling
• AI in parenting
• family logistics
• summer planning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JustLiv

Places: Austin, Texas

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