Company Achievements
VE Innovation Day
Our six representatives were, from left to right, Lyla Mundkur, Anvitha Senthil, Sydeny Permuth, Aiden Echavarria, Reilly Smith, and Johnathan Caraballo. They all had the opportunity to go into breakout rooms based on their department and collaborate with individuals from other schools to find solutions to business problems specific to their departments.
On November 5th, six representatives from SmartCycle traveled to Keiser University to compete in VE Innovation Day. They were tasked with creating a solution to encourage children to limit their screentime without parent intervention to reduce screentime while also providing the parents with peace of mind. Our representatives came up with a solution called PausePerks.
PausePerks is an app that is downloaded onto the child's device and keeps track of the number of minutes they spend on their device daily and they are rewarded a certain number of points for spending a limited amount of time on their devices and at the end of the month, they can trade in their points for prizes such as jump ropes, kites, sidewalk chalk, balls, and other toys to encourage them to spend time outdoors.
The parents pay an annual subscription fee for either the basic or premium plan and are sent a catalog in the mail as well as via email that includes possible prizes and prize bundles that their children can get based off the number for points they accumulate.
Our representatives then presented their business pitch for PausePerks and placed 3rd overall in the competition.
