Finding a reliable babysitter can be difficult, but Chicago-based startup GoNanny wants to the process easier. “There needs to be a modern approach to childcare,” GoNanny Founder and CEO Patrice Darby told Afrotech. “Go Nanny comes in for the independent children.” Darby said that children over the age of six typically do not need the same amount of care as younger children and infants. “Every single family I worked for had kids who were in school, so I would be in their houses for eight hours with no work,” Darby said. “Trust and dependability are so important that parents are willing to pay for someone when they’re not using the person.” Darby created GoNanny after working as a licensed nanny for eight years. She comes from a family of childcare workers — her parents owned their own daycare and afterschool care center and her sister owns a daycare center. GoNanny was founded to plug the hole to provide childcare for short increments of time. Users register a GoNanny account,...