One of my favorite new things to do with my two girls is to watch Shark Tank on Sunday nights. Funnily, I wasn’t the one who discovered the show–my 12-year-old daughter, an aspiring baker, loves the show. So, when a couple of weeks ago I learned that GoKid was chosen to become a Techstars company to […]
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It’s just three more weeks until school ends and summer starts. For kids, summer break is an exciting time of no homework and lots of freedom–for working parents, it’s a bit of a nightmare as we need to find something to occupy our kids for the next 10-14 weeks. I have managed to sign my two
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In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we’d love to remind our friends and supporters of a few simple ways to go greener. Volunteering to help clean up around your town this Earth Day is also a great idea. We encourage you to see what your township or local organizations might be putting on. Happy Earth
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This week we were tagged in a video by Mobility Lab about the future of mobility titled Filling up seats in cars: The future of driving in which the main theme was “moving people instead of just cars.” The theme of the video was related to my question in last week’s blog: Can the slate of carpooling apps change
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This week I came across an interesting article questioning if new startups in the carpooling and ridesharing space would convince Americans to carpool. The article compared the European carpooling market for long to mid-distance carpooling with the American market and came to the conclusion that for Americans sharing their car was still an afterthought—mainly because of cheap
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After being part of so many carpools, the GoKid team feels that adopting a few simple rules for yourself—and setting some ground rules for the kids—can make carpooling a much better experience. While a lot of these rules are common sense, it can’t hurt to remind yourself (and the kids!) of the rules once in
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Since we started GoKid, we often get asked questions about the right carpool etiquette as well as safety concerns. Here are some of our suggestions—based on our own experience carpooling. Who will be driving my child? GoKid is based on the principle of parents helping out other parents with driving. Therefore, GoKid will allow you
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Last week GoKid was invited to attend the Palo Alto Sustainability and Climate Action Summit. Pat Burt, the mayor of Palo Alto, welcomed the 80+ attendees emphasizing that this was the most important environmental gathering in the city’s history and would help determine what type of city we will pass on to future generations. Gil Friend,
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Last night I attended a lecture by Dr. Arlene Blum of the Green Science Policy Institute. Dr. Blum has been at the forefront of green science for 40 years. In the 1970s she conducted research that proved that flame retardant chemicals (that were required by law to be included in all children’s pajamas made in the United States)
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Since taking GoKid from a mere idea on paper to an app that is in public beta and live in the App Store, we’ve not only created a product, but we’ve also created a team of collaborators. As the number of people steadily increased, we were facing the tricky communication challenge of overcoming space (at
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This form is intended for school and district administrators. If you are a parent or individual interested in promoting our carpool program, please email us at contact@gokid.mobi.
GoKid is an award-winning carpool solution for schools and school districts, helping families to carpool within their trusted school network.
