At GoKid we like to blog about startups since we are one! We know it can be a tough journey from coming up with a concept to bringing the product to launch – there is so much that needs to happen along the way.
We blog here not just about other startups and entrepreneurship in general, but also about our own journey as a small company that started with just the concept of an app. We talk about our inspiration, how we’ve won various pitch competitions, how we joined accelerator programs (including Techstars) and how that has impacted our learning and development as a company.
This is a transcription of a November 18, 2019 interview with GoKid Founder Stefanie Lemcke by Fred Fishkin of Techstination. Listen to the podcast here. Fred Fishkin: Welcome to the Techstination. Joining us is Stefanie Lemcke, the founder, and CEO of GoKid. Thank you for joining us, Stefanie. Stefanie Lemcke: Thank you so much for […] Read more
Do you remember watching the cartoon The Jetsons when you were young? Were you disappointed when you became an adult and weren’t in a flying car? If so, you are not alone! Here’s the good news – we are closer than ever before of living like the Jetsons! If you have been paying attention to […] Read more
Adapted from an article originally included in the Jefferies Mobility Technology newsletter on November 4 Millennials are redefining how we live as they move increasingly toward shared models for where we reside, how we work, and ways we get around. While shared mobility isn’t a new trend, it has so far been largely focused on […] Read more
Many times I get asked what made me start GoKid. Four years ago, my husband and I decided it was time to leave New York City. We wanted to raise our kids, as millions before us, in a house in the suburbs. We fell in love with an old farmhouse in Connecticut and moved one […] Read more
The exciting announcements just keep coming this month. Today we’re proud to announce that GoKid has been chosen as a finalist in the Mobileys Awards! The Mobileys, produced by Mobile Future, is an annual competition that challenges innovators across the US to create game-changing apps, products, and services that use mobile to make a difference. […] Read more
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 […] Read more
GoKid selected as one of twelve companies to participate in Techstars Mobility program in downtown Detroit. Eight global corporations will be supporting the program including Ford Motor Company, Magna International, Verizon, Dana Holding Corporation, Honda R&D Americas, McDonald’s, Munich Re, and Michelin. NEW YORK, June 8, 2016 — GoKid, a kids carpooling app for busy […] Read more
At GoKid our goal goes beyond getting people to use fewer cars and share their time; we also want to promote a healthier planet for our children by having cleaner air and safer roads. To that end, we love when we hear about others with the same goals, whether they are developing technology, or creating […] Read more
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 […] Read more
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 […] Read more
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: Lifestyle […] Read more
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 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 female […] Read more
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