The anticipation and excitement of expecting a child have increasingly been diminished by the stress of finding accessible, quality childcare. With no uniform situation or system, navigating childcare has become overwhelming and stressful for parents & guardians. Options vary from family, friends, nannies, in-home daycare & centers. There is no single platform to aid families. We are Flutter, an aggregate marketplace that balances a family’s constraints (time, money, & location) with all their available childcare options. Through flexible schedule building Flutter allows parents and guardians to have all their childcare options in one organized place.
Vendwell is revitalizing the way consumers purchase in an automated market. “We are whole”HEART”edly focused to provide quality locally sourced goods that nurture wellness. Delivered seamlessly by our intelligent eco system of vending machines and technology, that connects health-conscious consumers to curated handcrafted products, through our belief of transparency and sustainability.” Your Vendwell experience will be unique, personal, sustainable and overall better for you. We are leveraging behavioral science and emerging technologies to deliver curated products that consumers truly want. The problem is vending machines aren’t often thought of as a reliable channel for purchasing in the US. There’s often mechanical issues, blind purchasing and often viewed as a lack of fresh options. They are associated with being dusty brown machines in a corner that usually supplies mass produced junk. We are living in a fast world with a demand to be digitally connected. The purchasing trends of “health-conscious co…
Fresh Lit aims to create the first co-op connecting families with small independent publishers and content creators under a shared value for high quality, culturally inclusive children’s stories. Using a sourcing and certification process, Fresh Lit hand-selects and delivers quarterly children’s book boxes that reflect the lives of each family while providing a rich understanding of our global community. This venture seeks to create a future in which every child is validated for who they uniquely are while supporting the creation of media that centers the experiences of historically underrepresented people through respectful and empowering narratives.
TechSharing created an easy-to-use website platform and service. The platform has visual guidelines provided for students and contributors. TechSharing will act as a middleman between those who can donate computers and those who need them. TechSharing is committed to provide a safe place where companies and individuals can donate their old computers without worrying about privacy or security of their content, while being 100% certain that their computer will be used for a good cause and will be donated to make a change in a kid’s future.
Empowering independent designers and small businesses to reach global markets. Breesee is a collaborative platform that helps designers collaborate with experts, suppliers, distributors and customers to design and create new clothing that is less expensive, more sustainable, and more profitable in the market. By making collaboration social, playful, and efficient through breesee virtual workplace, designers create partnerships that ultimately extend across the entire development and supply chain. At breesee, designers will turn their creative ideas into a profitable reality and enjoy doing it. How it Works - A holistic approach to health combines diet, exercise, medical attention and emotional well being in a repeatable process. Through instruction, interaction, and involvement, participants are encouraged to take responsibility for their own wellbeing. www.breesee.co
fitsi wants to take you from muffin top to cupcake by fitting fitness into your life! fitsi is a website and mobile app that helps women stop making an excuse to not exercise, and makes exercise an excuse to see friends and have fun. Today’s woman is busy! She wants to exercise more but often other things come first – work, family, LIFE. She too frequently misses out on the many benefits that come from exercise. But, working out regularly with friends is a very effective way to keep fitness a priority. fitsi books fitness dates between friends by arranging the who, what, when and where in just a few simple steps - getting women together and active without the back and forth of texting and email. When she uses fitsi, she knows that someone will always be there waiting for her. How it Works -Fitsi leverages the influence of friends to help women meet their goals in getting and staying on track when it comes to fitness. Fitsi motivates busy women to stop making excuses by leveraging the power of accountability…
A Do-Good Adventure Travel Company - The inspiration for 1 Piece > Next Step resulted from an experience that its founder Timothy Morse had while walking the beach in Fiji. He picked up a plastic bottle cap that had been carelessly discarded onto the beautiful sandy shore. As he did so, it occurred to him that there were many ways that a single person could do a series of tiny things – taking tiny steps – that could help restore balance to the environment. So 1 Piece > Next Step was created pairing scuba diving and adventure travel. Its mission is to help people do good while having fun. Ultimately making a positive and meaningful impact on the health of our oceans while traveling. 1 Piece > Next Step is in the business of transforming society in the service of the common good. A “Do-Good” adventure travel company. Its goal is to leave travel destinations better off then when we arrived and help them selfsustain well after we leave. Experience Design for the VC Pitch Presentation that addressed all 5 senses…
It is estimated that 10,000 credit card transactions are made every second around the world. In 2010, payment card transaction volume exceeded 50 billion globally and generated more than $2.5 trillion in purchase volume. Despite household debt reaching some of its highest levels in 25 years, consumers continue to spend more than they had ten years ago. Saving is painful, but spending is fun. The research confirms that not only do consumers desire an easier way to save for the things they want, but they also need an experience that does most––if not all––of the work for them. They want fast results and clearly communicated information all in a service that does not require behavior change. There are a host of online services and applications available for users that satisfy some of these needs, but none come close to delivering a complete experience. Cashimoto rewards the consumer with a tip every time a debit or credit card is used to make a purchase. It’s secure, effortless and more fun than eating lemon pi…
Design Play is Design Thinking for children. It is an open-ended, foundational creative framework that builds on what children already do as they play. As they imagine, create and collaborate with others, Design Play helps kids understand they can influence their environment. Their empowerment leads to change in their environment and beyond. The intent was to develop an offering that in no way interfered with educators’ existing curriculum. A major finding during our primary research was that educators were open to new material, but that it must supplement and not supplant existing content. Thus we hoped to design an easily memorable framework that could take shape in any number of forms (books, games, videos, puzzles, etc.) One that could live outside of the classroom, or be delivered with existing curriculum— not changing what was taught, but how teaching was implemented. How it Works-The title of the series is Adventures in Design, and it takes shape as a tablet and printed storybook. Interwoven with an …
Svvell is an online platform for the resale of clothing bought on flash sales sites. For the past several years, flash sales sites have been growing in popularity. With daily emails announcing limited-time sales of designer clothing at discounted prices, these sites have changed the face of online shopping. Unfortunately some of the purchases do not work out and are not returnable so they end up gathering dust in the closet. In an industry dominated by platforms like Ebay and Craigslist, Svvell leverages technology to make the experience of fashion resale seamless and savvy. In turn, Svvell becomes an e-commerce destination for even bigger discounts on current fashion.