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EmpowerWISM 2022: Meet the 19 Applicants!
The EmpowerWISM panel of judges have begun the very hard task of choosing the top 5 finalists and winner from this years amazing group of applicants! In case you our new to the EmpoweWISM Pitch, here is a recap:
Our Empower Women in Shared Mobility Pitch is a program dedicated to encouraging and empowering women-led companies within the shared mobility industry. The winning mobility venture (as voted for by our panel of expert judges) will receive a 12 month mentoring package from movmi, a start-up booth at Autonomy Paris and return flights to Paris provided by INVERS.
e received 19 applications in total and wanted to share with you an overview of the entrants. Keep reading to find out the focus areas of each company, where they are located in the world and the women majority of each company!
Global Mobility – Brazil: Mode Choice & Travel Behaviour
with native industry experts to give you an up-to-date look at what’s happening on the ground in each country. This month, we are back in Brazil with our partner Humberto Maciel, Founder of OPTAI. In episode two, the panel of experts take a look at how the pandemic affected travel behaviour and mode choice and the challenges public transportation authorities faced in Latin America.
movmi’s 12 Top Moments of 2021
As 2021 draws to an end, as a team, we decided to take a look back over the last 12 months at everything we accomplished as a company. In this blog post we will be sharing our top moments of the year, including;
– The projects we’ve worked on
– The people we spoke to and collaborated with
– Our favourite movmi campaigns and initiatives
Financial Fridays: How on-demand transit help make equitable mobility feasible
Welcome to the final Financial Fridays session of the year! Throughout 2021, this series explored certain key financial aspects of the diverse business models in
EmpowerWISM 2022: Partners & Prizes
We have partnered with some truly exceptional companies to bring our EmpowerWISM Pitch to life this year including. They have supported us by promoting the Empower Women in Shared Mobility Pitch and by offering a few amazing prizes for the winner! Keep reading to find out what those prizes are.
Global Mobility – Brazil: How the Sharing Economy is Present in Cities
Introducing our newest international transportation series; ‘Global Mobility.’ We firmly believe in the power of community and when it comes to mobility innovation, it’s essential
Partner Spotlight: Interview with Gunnar Froh, Founder & CEO of Wunder Mobility
2014, the company develops a technology platform that enables companies, cities and startups to launch and scale new mobility services. Froh joins from Airbnb, where he played a senior role in its internationalization until late 2013.
Meet The Judges: EmpowerWISM Pitch 2022
The panel of judges for our EmpowerWISM program was carefully selected to ensure we had a mix of highly established and diverse experts within the international transportation industry. The skillsets and experience each panelist brings to the table is totally unique with backgrounds in both the public and private sectors. A goal of ours was to enlist the expertise of women and men who have been involved with other female-orientated programs, promoting equality and inclusivity, particularly within the mobility arena.
Commuting for the Hybrid Workplace
A McKinsey study found that 52% of employees would prefer a flexible working model on a permanent basis moving forward. That same study found that over 50% of employees would prefer to work from home at least 3 days per week.
We’ve all likely seen some form of these statistics. And the future is clear: flexible remote work is here to stay (for those jobs that can accommodate it). What does that mean for commuting and the traditional commuter benefits programs offered by many employers?
To answer that question, Commutifi explores the approaches of two hypothetical companies in this article: NormCorp and FutureCorp.
Multimodal Mondays: How to provide a great customer experience
021! This month Sandra is joined by a group of four experts with a vast array of skills and experience. Aurelien Cottet is the International Sales Director from instant system, Bertrand Attard is the COO of GoTo Global, Haya Verwoord Douidri, VP of Global Market Development, Policy and Strategy at Superpedestrian and Camile dos Santos Machado, Project Manager, New Mobility at TransLink. Our exciting mix of experts discuss how they put the ‘S’ in MaaS to provide the best customer experience for their users.
movmi’s Demo Day with LINK e-scooters
Last month the movmi team took to the streets of Vancouver for a demo day with LINK e-scooters from Superpedestrian. They are currently looking to enter the Canadian market and have hired movmi’s team to provide strategic guidance. movmi’s work with LINK is focused on two areas: community engagement and a deployment plan.
Check out the movmi team in action! 🛴 Read the full article to find out what we thought of LINK’s e-scooters!
2022 Empower Women in Shared Mobility Pitch
Did you know that less than 22% of the transportation workforce is female? And of those less than 3% are in a CEO position? This means that
