(Credit: Life360)
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Life360 makes money when customers buy GPS locators that can track any object, so they can stick one on a kid's backpack. The company charges $5 a month for non-smartphone users to use the tracking service.
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(Credit: Life360)
Hulls got the idea for a real-time GPS tracking application when he realized disaster responders after Hurricane Katrina lacked the tools to find potential victims.
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