Pelicargo
MIT, Sloan School of Management
Industry: Logistics-tech
Founding Student Name(s): Jon Acquaviva (MIT Sloan Fellows MBA), Shinji Angata (MIT Sloan Fellows MBA)
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Fit for Everybody
MIT, Sloan School of Management
Industry: Fashion Tech
Founding Student Name(s): Laura Zwanziger
Brief Description of Solution: Fit for Everybody helps womenswear designers improve apparel fit and sizing by crowdsourcing women’s body measurements and providing sizing analysis back to designers through our design platform. Simultaneously, we provide shoppers with tools to take their measurements and learn to shop better from current offerings.
What led you to launch this venture? During the first semester of my MBA, I began having conversations with my network and then contacts of contacts. We not only discussed the issues facing the apparel industry and the future of fashion at a high level, but also on the day-to-day challenges faced by designers and factories that impact the bigger picture. Our solution grew out of needs surfaced through these conversations.
