On a Saturday morning in the winter of 1985, I was shopping at Mid-Island Plaza Mall in Long Island New York where I came across Sam, an investment consultant, who was soliciting business for his firm.

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"After a frightening personal experience where I briefly lost my young son, Filip, in a mall, I realized that a communications and location device for children was not a nice-to-have but a must-have, " said Sten Kirkbak, founder and CEO of Evado Filip.

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It's - I think it's meant to be like a public place, a schoolyard or a shopping mall.

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