Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection

Allow yourself to rediscover peace. PAX is aimed to help college students find pockets of peace in their hectic day-to-day. Through art services, students will find avenues to relieve stress and anxiety via creative outlets. With directed art sessions, students will be able to express their creativity in a healthy and healing manner. Our vision is to introduce and instill a stress relieving outlet in the lives of college students.

Honored Brow is a local, non-profit, start-up business that specializes in brow lamination and lash lifts with tinting services. The business is founded and operated by four students enrolled in Arizona State University, Barrett, The Honors College. Honored Brow’s mission, through the thesis project, is to connect and provide brow and lash services to enhance natural beauty and empower women. This project was completed as part of Founders Lab.

Mink Social is a startup aimed at providing podcasters with a suite of tools to help them edit and market their content on social media. The company aims to solve the niche problem and difficulties podcasters face when promoting their long-form audio content online. Mink Social's unique solution involves automating the backend work of editing and repurposing content into easy-to-market clips. The company's business model targets three distinct market segments: entry-level podcasters, established podcasters, and enterprise podcasting. Mink Social's competitive advantage is that it is the first social media promotion and editing platform exclusively for podcasts.

Throughout the Barrett, the Honors College Thesis process we were tasked with creating our own entrepreneurial startup venture. Our objective was to mock up and develop a holistic fitness application that businesses can use to motivate their employees to adopt healthy habits while increasing productivity. We were able to reach out and connect with local businesses about the prospect of using our application. In addition, we included a reward system that companies can use for health experiences, such as a percentage off rock climbing or a discounted round of golf. This aided us in gaining valuable insights into who our potential clients could be and helped us narrow down our target market. We implemented a ring system in our application where employees would fulfill daily goals of physical health, mental health, sleep, and nutrition. The rings start dark red and gradient towards green as the client accomplishes their goals. The BeFit. app had separate tabs for personal health statistics, leaderboards, rewards, and intramurals that could be played against other companies. Our prototype utilizes all of these features with the goal of companies’ ability to increase their employees’ cognitive function and team morale in the workplace.

Allow yourself to rediscover peace. PAX is aimed to help college students find pockets of peace in their hectic day-to-day. Through art services, students will find avenues to relieve stress and anxiety via creative outlets. With directed art sessions, students will be able to express their creativity in a healthy and healing manner. Our vision is to introduce and instill a stress relieving outlet in the lives of college students.

BeFit. Summary of Honors Thesis Throughout the Barrett, the Honors College Thesis process we were tasked with creating our own entrepreneurial startup venture. Our objective was to mock up and develop a holistic fitness application that businesses can use to motivate their employees to adopt healthy habits while increasing productivity. We were able to reach out and connect with local businesses about the prospect of using our application. In addition, we included a reward system that companies can use for health experiences, such as a percentage off rock climbing or a discounted round of golf. This aided us in gaining valuable insights into who our potential clients could be and helped us narrow down our target market. We implemented a ring system in our application where employees would fulfill daily goals of physical health, mental health, sleep, and nutrition. The rings start dark red and gradient towards green as the client accomplishes their goals. The BeFit. app had separate tabs for personal health statistics, leaderboards, rewards, and intramural sports that could be played against other companies. Our prototype utilizes all of these features with the goal of companies’ ability to increase their employees’ cognitive function and team morale in the workplace.

Honored Brow is a local, non-profit, start-up business that specializes in brow lamination and lash lifts with tinting services. The business is founded and operated by four students enrolled in Arizona State University, Barrett, The Honors College. Honored Brow’s mission, through the thesis project, is to connect and provide brow and lash services to enhance natural beauty and empower women.

Honored Brow is a local, non-profit, start-up business that specializes in brow lamination and lash lifts with tinting services. The business is founded and operated by four students enrolled in Arizona State University, Barrett, The Honors College. Honored Brow’s mission, through the thesis project, is to connect and provide brow and lash services to enhance natural beauty and empower women. In an effort to positively impact the community, Honored Brow is partnering with Dress for Success Phoenix, a nonprofit organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools needed to help them thrive in work and in life. All proceeds raised will be donated to Dress for Success located in Phoenix, Arizona to help them in their endeavors.

Honored Brow is a local, non-profit, start-up business that specializes in brow lamination and lash lifts with tinting services. The business is founded and operated by four students enrolled in Arizona State University, Barrett, The Honors College. Honored Brow’s mission, through the thesis project, is to connect and provide brow and lash services to enhance natural beauty and empower women. To positively impact the community, Honored Brow is partnering with Dress for Success Phoenix, a nonprofit organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools needed to help them thrive in work and in life. All proceeds raised will be donated to Dress for Success Phoenix to help them in their endeavors. Honored Brow’s target market is Arizona State University sorority members within the Greek Leadership Village, but services will be available to anyone who seeks lamination or lift services. The company exhibits a competitive advantage because the products and services extended are highly rated and certified while still being offered at an affordable price for their target market. The focus is not on making the most revenue per service, but rather on creating relationships and retaining clientele by helping make women feel good about themselves. Honored Brow’s marketing channels include an Instagram page that will feature completed services and testimonials, the Honored Brow website to schedule a service, presentations at sorority chapters, and tabling at the Greek Leadership Village to promote the business. Vista Del Sol will be used to perform the services. The thesis team has a diversified skill set and is well-positioned to succeed in the business endeavor. Two team members certified in brow lamination, lash lift, and tinting will perform the service. One team member will keep track of finances, while the other team member will oversee the website development and scheduling. The team sees great potential in the project as one of the team members has previously run an eyelash company and all proceeds will go toward a great cause.