Benjamin Jaume

<h1>Tucána</h1>Share your rides in Costa Rica It is a solution for sharing medium and long-distance trips for fun. We create a harmony between drivers who have available seats and users who do not necessarily have a car and are looking for a safe, reliable, comfortable, and cheap way of transportation. Tucána gives the opportunity to anyone who is not a professional (i.e. who doesn't earn a professional income through our services) to find the opportunity to help his/her fellow human. All details can be found at <a href="https://fund.tucana.app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fund.tucana.app</a> <h1>The project</h1>The problem: transports in Costa RicaIn its momentum, Costa Rica has not yet developed enough transport systems, which are approximate and/or too expensive. A closer look shows that there are still far too many vehicles on the road with empty seats. One solution to this problem is the carpooling system, which is very efficient. It is this solution that Tucána comes to set up and thus helps Costa Rica in its development. How does carpooling work?Carpooling is a way of transportation based on a system that has always existed: helping each other during a trip, and sharing available places. But with the increase in the quality of life and the arrival of individual means of transport, we have lost this way of traveling (one person = one car). Especially in the period 2020-2022 with the recent world events. What Tucána will bringWe create cohesion between drivers and passengers by bringing them together to share trips. Tucána's carpooling allows sharing a moment between people, creating encounters, engaging in a discussion, exchanging ideas, contacts, personal/professional opportunities, maybe creating friendships, and more. Here is a list that summarizes the advantages of using Tucána:<ul><li>Connecting people. Based on collaboration</li><li>Reduction of cars on the roads, therefore of accidents, traffic jams, etc.</li><li>Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing the country's goal of ecological cleanliness</li><li>Opportunities for drivers to reimburse their car expenses (gas, insurance, maintenance), and to have a social experience instead of traveling alone</li><li>Possibility for passengers to travel without headaches (without depending on buses whose schedules are difficult to know), and at fair prices between buses and shuttles.</li><li>Improved tourism throughout the country. Confidence building for tourists who can now travel easily anywhere. This will motivate more tourists to come.</li><li>Helping people in precarious situations to move people around without having to circumvent the law</li></ul> How does Tucána work? ➡ <a href="https://tucana.app/how-it-works" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tucana.app/how-it-works</a> ⬅ For more details on how it works, please visit our website. Attention! A user who rents the seats of his car is not a chauffeur, he/she is a driver. He is not paid by Tucána. He only uses the platform to publish his trips and to make money for the pleasure of traveling, meeting people, and paying back his fuel costs. We are not in any way a home transportation service platform or a transportation network company. Financing: As mentioned above, the online payment system has not yet been implemented, which means that, for the moment, Tucána does not have a regular source of income through its commissions. Therefore, in order to realize this large-scale project, we are actively looking for donations (and eventually investments). The goal is to launch the project before the beginning of the high season 2022-2023, that is to say from the end of December until mid-May. This is the most touristic season in Costa Rica. So we still have several weeks to put everything in place, even though the first version of the app is already available (see below to download it). Here are the next steps that await us in the coming months and that will be financed by the funds raised: <ul><li>Platform: hosting, maintenance, development, service &amp; design improvement</li><li>Marketing: create a marketing campaign to boost Tucána's notoriety. Advertising on radio and TV, partnering with influencers</li><li>Workforce: hire developers, designers, consultants, and representatives. Mainly local</li><li>Legal: lawyer fees, corporate fees, taxes</li><li>Customer service: set up a customer service</li><li>Finance: integrate the payment process directly online into the application</li><li>Technology: convert the app from a progressive web app (PWA) to a native app</li><li>Business: create the company, set up the administration</li><li>Fun: organize events, crowdfunds parties, and meetings</li></ul> Donations: We launched a donation campaign in October 2021 and raised €1267.42 ($1362.82 at the time). With an already small budget, Tucána was able to provide a beta version of the application and register the brand name in Costa Rica. To support the project's financial needs and to make it known, we are launching a new donation campaign. This will allow us to reimburse the first expenses necessary to set up the structure of Tucána. The goal is to reach: <h1>$50,000</h1> You are invited to contribute the amount you wish. We thank you in advance for the support you can give us. All the details of the budget allocation, as well as the expenses, can be found at the address: <a href="https://fund.tucana.app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fund.tucana.app</a>. We enforce a policy of transparency about our finances and keep our accounts up-to-date and public so that anyone can verify our genuine desire to remain grounded in our values. Please feel free to contact us if you have any suggestions, concerns, or feedback.

Tucana The first carpooling app in Costa Rica