Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship

Mag Pan provides a safe, level, and easily accesible place to store small parts, eliminating the risk of loss, misplacing or accidental spilling of small project parts. The magnetic parts tray provides space to separate and label each compartment, eliminating the confusion that a user may face keeping track of pieces and parts when assembling their project. It consists of a 6-cup design (like a shallow muffin pan). Each cup has a  thermoplastic rubber coated magnet to keep all parts secure in their section and prevent scratches on the mounting surface. These magnets will also allow the user to secure the tray to a toolbox or any ferrous metallic product when the tray is not in use. A conveniently located dry-erase pen will be magnetically secured to the pan. Mag Pan also includes two elastic Velcro straps that provide a way to secure the pan to a surface, such as a  motorcycle fender or the frame of a car. 

MJ Media LLC provides high-quality media work such as drone and camera photography and videography for real estate agents, investors, developers, property owners, and business owners. MJ Media puts together creative content for the client that meets their unique marketing needs. It is a full-service, integrated media production team that can do videography, photography and social media work. MJ Media has low startup costs and the expertise and equipment to gain significant regional market share.

Navigating Pathways Home is an internal whole wellness program to support the Law Enforcement community. Too often, police officers lack access to health resources and preventative care needed to deal with cumulative post-traumatic stress, risk of physical and mental health consequences, and community-level intergenerational adverse experiences. Navigating Pathways Home is a program that will be available to all Law Enforcement agencies, is a financially sustainable model thanks to a creative funding strategy, and can be tailored to the specific needs of law enforcement officers. This is a program centered around peer mentorship in action. It is based on the work that Community Champions have been developing over the past decade and delivers it to this underserved community in a measurable and tangible way. This isn’t a theory, it is a practice.

Ride Beep is a ride-share app to assist students in getting around campus and the surrounding city. The intuitive user interface includes one for the driver and one for the rider. It uses GPS navigation to pinpoint pickup and drop-off locations, facilitates payments through Venmo, supports text messaging between driver and rider, and includes a driver rating system. Drivers and riders must create profiles using a valid .edu email address. This app currently has 1400+ users on Appalachian’s campus and over 1100 rides have taken place using the app since launch. Ride Beep App plans to fund the venture long-term by charging drivers a monthly usage fee as it expands to college campuses nationwide.

Worxstr is a software platform that helps employers manage, pay, and track temporary labor. This simple but powerful tool increases manager productivity, contractor satisfaction, and contractor retention through effective management tools that facilitate transparent communication and a payment platform that makes same-day payment feasible and easy. Worxstr saves time and money by simplifying processes that govern transparency, record keeping, time-tracking, performance evaluation, payment, and general management of gig labor. Worxstr 1.0 is currently being beta-tested by a large client and has already received positive feedback. Worxstr 2.0 will be available on a mobile platform this summer.