The Entreprenartist Movement

Team Members: Alaina Clarke, Hayley Tanner

We are designing a curriculum specifically tailored to the creative class in metropolitan areas. With a focus on practical business skills and strategies for creatives, this hands-on six session series will take an indepth look at the artist’s current business practices, envisioning a healthier balance between the business and creative output. The series will provide access to business building tools, identify opportunities, strengthen networks, refine promotion of brands and goods, while discovering ways to reduce costs and increase income. By working together in a tight knit Cohort, participants will troubleshoot issues specific to business development.

Re | Fresh

Team Members: Amanda Hargraves, Mackenzie Macksey, Ben Zuiderveen, Kayla Ita, Fernando Ramirez

We are Re | Fresh, and we sell compostable lunch containers that are specially designed to keep foods separate and sealed. No other compostable food storage containers incorporate an all in one solution that will keep food from leaking. RE|Fresh was created as part of a start up competition in 2015. It is currently in a concept for, and we would like to take it to the next level of prototyping the compostable container and start manufacturing it to put it on the market.

Airway Innovations

Team Members: Eric VanMiddendorp

Airway Innovations LLC is a company formed to develop a patented medical device and license it to an existing medical device manufacturer. The product is a single-use endotracheal tube (ETT) holder designed to prevent unplanned removal or extubation of a hospital patient’s breathing tube. Unplanned extubation is when a person’s breathing tube is removed unexpectedly, which can cause significant airway trauma or death. This device rethinks how a tube is held in place as well as how an endotracheal tube holder interacts with the patients face, preventing pressure sores and saving lives. Airway Innovations’ mission is to improve patient care by getting this device into use in hospitals throughout the US, and internationally as well.

Green Pumps

Team Members: Jamies Barnes, Andrew Weiss, Cameron TenHoopen

Green Pumps, a green technology company, is developing a new generation of gas pump handles. These handles will eliminate petroleum waste. Green Pumps’ goal is to eliminate unnecessary waste by innovation. Our pump handle, the GPx1 will be the first and only pump handle on the market that eliminates the drips. The drips start as mere drops in the financial bucket, but with 360 million gallons consumed everyday, these costs add up quickly…..almost $60,000 a day quickly!

Jitney

Team Members: Holly Hernandez

Jitney is a taxi like service that is purchased at the beginning of the year in one of three plans. This service provides pre-paid rides for people up to 15 times per year depending on the plan chosen. No matter what the emergency, the Jitney cab will be there to help. The Jitney cab service will provide added reassurance for those who need it. Whether someone is drinking at a party or has an unreliable vehicle this service will give people confidence in their independence. Since this is a prepaid service, the customer does not have to worry about having cash on the spot in order to get a safe ride home.

Vandergen

Team Members: Jordan Vanderham

Vandergen enables primary and secondary teachers to better engage with their students in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. As our world develops into a more technological based society, there is a growing demand for workers in STEM based fields. Vandergen provides the go-to product for educators to embark on the required material for our students to get introduced to STEMbased fields. Each fully sustainable and self-contained kit offers the raw resources and tools required to create a take-home keepsake of an 8 watt solar panel.

Levitronics

Team Members: Tanner Hostetler, Cullen Montgomery, Brandon Willard, Paul Studebaker

There is not a convenient or comfortable way to use tablets or other portable electronic devices while lying down or reclining in a comfortable position. Our product provides a way to utilize portable electronics while also maximizing comfort. It has an adjustable mount to hold any size device and an extendable arm to allow you to position that device at any place in front of you. It easily attaches to a nearby headboard or other piece of furniture. Our product even has a built-in charger for added convenience.

Elevated Perspective

Team Members: Leviticus Cain, Ebiri Nkugba

Elevated Perspective, LLC is an aerial data acquisition company providing competitively priced aerial survey imaging services by leveraging emerging UAV technology. Aerial survey work is traditionally done with a small general aviation aircraft at a cost of $300 to $1000 charged hourly, or using satellites which give low pixel images that are worth nothing to a farmer trying to understand his land. Using UAV technology, Elevated Perspective, LLC will offer a stronger value proposition to its clients. 

Safety Sit

Team Members: Mark Harburg

When inpatient physical and occupational therapists work with their clients, much of their work requires the patient to be supported in an upright sitting position on hospital beds. Throughout an extensive collaboration process with our partner Spectrum Health, we have developed a design concept that caters to the needs and wants of the users while being a financially preferable option for the purchasing committees within hospitals. This device eliminates the need for a second staff member during therapy, increases flexibility for the therapists, and can pay for itself in reduced payroll costs in as few as two weeks.

Fit Frames

Team Members: Mackenzie Smith, Karl Hoenshall, John Cook, Christina Cardenas, Allison Charnley, Pat Shields, Kevin Murphey

Fit Frames is a company devoted to assisting consumers in finding the perfect pair of eyeglasses that reflect their style and personality. Currently, customers are overwhelmed with the amount of product on shelves, and without an accurate system to filter their options they are left spending valuable time searching for frames that fit. We are aiming to create a new, more efficient, eyeglass shopping experience through the use of 3D scanning technologies. 

Green Pumps

Team Members: Jamies Barnes, Andrew Weiss, Cameron TenHoopen

Green Pumps, a green technology company, is developing a new generation of gas pump handles. These handles will eliminate petroleum waste. Green Pumps’ goal is to eliminate unnecessary waste by innovation. Our pump handle, the GPx1 will be the first and only pump handle on the market that eliminates the drips. The drips start as mere drops in the financial bucket, but with 360 million gallons consumed everyday, these costs add up quickly…..almost $60,000 a day quickly!