This past weekend at the StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation, I met Matt Kochman, who is the founder of a social venture start-up called M.E.S.S. Express, or “Moving Every Student Safely.” Started at Cornell, where Kochman used to be a student, M.E.S.S. Express is a company whose goal is to provide prepaid transportation plans for students through existing taxi infrastructure in order to cut down on drunk driving. Furthermore, the proceeds from the venture will help fund safe transportation projects abroad. Click here to find out more!
M.E.S.S. Express is currently a finalist for the Unreasonable Institute, which is essentially an incubator for 25 social venture start-ups each year, incorporating training and mentoring as well as seed funding. However, out of the 34 finalists, only the first 25 who are fully funded to the necessary $6500 will be able to attend the Unreasonable Institute. As of the writing of this post, Matt is 90% funded, and lacks only $635 to reach his $6500 target, so please consider donating just $10 to send him on his way!
Click on the box below to learn more about M.E.S.S. Express or to support the venture financially. You can follow him on Twitter at @MESSexpress.
Update: M.E.S.S. Express is going to the Unreasonable Institute! 82 sponsors have raised $6500 to send them to Colorado this summer. Congrats!
