Christmas is just around the corner, and at my house–and I suspect at many others–we prepare for the holiday by cleaning out drawers and closets and sorting through bins of toys. We are not just preparing to entertain guests but also trying to get organized in anticipation of more “stuff” arriving. I love the spirit […]
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When I first moved to my new home in Connecticut I was thrilled to see that our suburban setting still featured sidewalks. I imagined my two girls walking or biking the 1.4-mile distance to their elementary school. It was almost the same distance we had walked (girls on their scooters) to school in the city.
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Yesterday the GoKid team was invited to talk about our carpooling app in front of New Haven’s Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs) representing 35 New Haven schools. We were invited by New Haven’s Transportation, Traffic, and Parking Department to speak about GoKid; while there, we had the pleasure of learning some interesting facts about New Haven and
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It is a cozy time of year to gather together with family and friends by a roaring fire enjoy delicious food and catch up. This year I had the good fortune to celebrate in Woodstock, Vermont with my family. Woodstock is a lovely historic town with quaint houses, beautiful churches,
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The recent attacks in Egypt, Lebanon, and Paris not only left us in shock, but they also presented the dilemma of how best to discuss difficult current events with our kids. My daughters are 9 and 12 and their schools did a great job tackling some of the issues. But there were still many questions
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Monday night GoKid joined nine other women-led start-ups for a night of pitching at Women Who Tech’s Women Startup Challenge. Microsoft hosted at their Times Square location providing an enormous room that was packed with hundreds of people before the pitching began. The companies were extremely diverse and roughly fit into four categories: Women Startup
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Yesterday I attended a six-hour long conference on tech and entrepreneurship that was different from any I had been to before. Instead of the usual 90% male and 10% female ratio, the floor of the 2Xin Tech conference was filled with women. There were too many to count, but it looked like more than 200
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I love data and research, I will even admit that in college I really liked my Social Statistics class. I am a huge Atul Gwande fan, he is a doctor and researcher who examines all sorts of areas to understand what works and what does not– the Checklist Manifesto is one of my favorite books of all
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Gabe Klein presenting at the Move Together Summit I recently attended the book presentation Start-Up City by Gabe Klein, former Director of Transportation of both D.C. and Chicago. The first thing I thought was: Wow this guy is pretty young – aren’t high-ranking city officials supposed to be white-haired? Second thought: That’s a pretty unusual book format
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This week I had the honor of speaking at the “Move Together” National Shared Mobility Summit in Chicago hosted by the Shared-Use Mobility Center. The organization was launched one year ago to brainstorm ways that bike-share, car-share, ride-share, and other new mobility tools can become a major force for increasing transportation access, fighting congestion, and improving air quality.
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