#hopskipdrive

[ladylenaonair]

I’m this weeks issue (October 12-18) of Metro Times: Uber for Kids Featured: @hopskipdrive BY: DARLENE A WHITE Read more: https://www.metrotimes.com/news/due-to-bus-driver-shortage-detroit-area-school-districts-partner-with-hopskipdrive-rideshare-app-31268812 #UberForKids #HopSkipDrive #RideShare #BusShortage #DetroitSchools #DPS #Detroit #metroDetoit #School (at Detroit, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjnbEj9OKMy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[youtubelia]

Is Driving for HopSkipDrive Worth it?

Is Driving for HopSkipDrive Worth it?

DollarBreak is reader-supported, when you sign up through links on this post, we may receive compensation. Disclosure. HopSkipDrive is a platform that provides transportation services for youths and children, If you enjoy spending time with children and have at least 5 years of childcare experience, you can join the company as a driver and provide transportation services for children. The…

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[tomjerry241]

Child transportation services are often referred to as ‘Uber for kids’. Parents and adults use Uber and Lyft, while companies have policies instructing drivers not to pick anyone under 18. Start-ups have realized that adults who rely on ridesharing services have kids looking for such transportation services. https://buff.ly/2WGdmqa

[ondemand-economy]

Rideshare startup HopSkipDrive raises $22M to focus on school transportation – TechCrunch

It’s no secret that it’s hard to make the economics work at rideshare companies. That may explain the success to date of HopSkipDrive, a six-year-old, L.A.-based company that pairs drivers with both families but also, crucially, school districts. Specifically, the now 100-plus person co…

아이들을 학교/방과후 활동 장소 등으로 태워주는 ‘어린이를 위한 우버’ 합스킵드라이브가 2200만달러 투자 유치

아이를 안전하게 학교로 데려가고 데려오려는 바쁜 부모를 위해 시작, 현재는 지역 교육청과 제휴해 홈리스 어린이 등 특별 케어 필요한 아이들 학교로 라이드하는 사업 비중이 더 커졌다고. 

All the moms I knew had their own version of this transportation story. [At a school function,] I suggested we put out money in a pot and hire a driver, and another mom said, ‘How do we do that?’ She’s one of my cofounders.

[tattooed-alchemist]

HopSkipDrive introduces Seattle rideshare exclusively for kids

HopSkipDrive launched recently in Seattle and allows parents to book an Uber-like ride for their kids, in place of using the bus or driving themselves, reports KUOW.

Given how much ride-sharing goes wrong, I can’t believe Seattle parents got roped into this, but given how overworked and self-obsessed parents in Seattle are, I’m sure half my street will be using it before the end of the year.

Today’s kids really are being raised by smartphone.

[factsfeeding]

HopSkipDrive raises another $7.4 million for its Uber for kids business

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Uber and Lyft have made it easier to get around town, but the service isn’t designed for young people. Unaccompanied passengers under the age of 18 are forbidden from ordering cars. So how are children supposed to go from one activity to the next when their parents are busy? Well, there’s carpools or nannies, but a ridesharing startup called HopSkipDrive is combining these concepts by…

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[suppliertynews]

Phone app that lets strangers drive kids around receives $10.2 million in funding

Looking for the most controversial ride sharing app in America?  Enter HopSkipDrive, a phone app that allows strangers to drive the children of busy parents around California (for now).  Now before I give my thoughts, I do want to point this out from the Entrepreneur article:

HopSkipDrive says all drivers undergo a rigorous 15-point certification process. This includes everything from fingerprinting to checking their backgrounds, references and driving records, to interviewing them in person and beyond. Digging deeper, drivers are also vetted for sex offense and drunk driving convictions.  In addition Caregivers (the strangers driving children around) are at least 23 years or older and have a minimum of five years of childcare experience from being a mom, teacher, nanny, etc.  Children must be between the ages of 7 to 17 in order to use the app.

HopSkipDrive was created by 3 moms who needed help transporting their children from point A to point B.  The application is an Uber like service which allows parents to schedule a pickup 8 hours in advanced.  Caregivers are trained in many ways including how to deal with "misbehaving children".

Now....I know what you're thinking.  This is one of those, "sounds better in your head" ideas, but I actually like it.  There are major benefits to this for busy parents especially in today's fast past society.  The only issue that comes to mind (and it is a BBBBIIGGG ISSUE), is what happens when something goes wrong (and it will).  Although the idea is good, HopSkipDrive is one car crash or child complaint, away from bellying up.  

In my opinion, no matter how many background checks are done, it only takes one or two major incidents for a company like this to lose the trust of millions of parents.  As long as things continue to go well, they will be fine, but if a kidnapping or any negative press comes out, they will be destroyed.

[freeenterprise]

Beyond the Bay Area: The Rise of the West Coast Innovation Economy

When you think about entrepreneurial innovation on the West Coast, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you’re like most people, the answer is probably Silicon Valley and San Francisco: the global hubs of the modern startup economy. But out West, the Bay Area isn’t the only game in town any more.

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