One of the central tenets of modern entrepreneurship is idealizing projects, services, or businesses that can make a difference in people’s daily routine. And in Latin America’s crowded big cities, filled with problems related to congestion, pollution, and infrastructure, these innovative ventures find fertile ground.
It was in this context that Matías Lodoño, a 31-year-old entrepreneur from Colombia’s second-largest city Medellín, created M.A.T.T., a startup creating jobs for people with disabilities.
With its full name of “Movilidad, Accesibilidad, Tiempo, Trabajo” (Mobility, Accessibility, Time, Work), the company began with the idea of creating electric wheelchairs before expanding into providing safe, accessible tours around the city, employing people with disabilities as guides.
Besides Medellín’s accessibility challenges, M.A.T.T. also seeks to help soothe the city’s employment crisis, aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is estimated that over 149 million jobs were wiped out across Latin America and the Caribbean in the first ten months of...
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