refle_X_tions "Seeing how you are feeling."

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  Logo and motto

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  Black and white logo - business cards

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  stationairy

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  mobile app

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  Gold logo

Inspiration

Serious mental health issues such as anxiety, stress, burnout, depression,etc. can be linked to our individual digital habits. Given the shift to working from home and an increase in the use of digital tools, how can we help to ensure we are managing the impact of these effectively.

What it does

The proposed solution takes individual digital habits and helps to raise awareness of the potential impact of their mental health and emotional well being by providing tailored actionable insights.

How I built it

A prototype wasn’t created because we need to further investigate, verify, and most importantly validate which data is best at identifying people at risk for suicide. Then and only then, can we proceed with testing the personalized actionable insights the solution provides the user to ensure accuracy. This coming week I will have the first meeting with a dedicated team from a software development company to work on these items.

Challenges I ran into

After having a team established on Friday night, the entire team ghosted me on Saturday and so I was left alone in the project.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Making valuable connections with mentors but more importantly other project teams in the same challenge. We plan to work together after the hackathon to create a combined stronger force to tackle mental health issues directly related to the current pandemic. I also helped some other teams with their work.

What I learned

Expect the unexpected. I had planned to take this idea and develop it further during the hackathon and that didn't really happen. I had to just go with the flow and adjust myself according to the reality I was presented with. I also learned that the hackathon participants were all more than willing to try and help each other even when in competing teams showing overall solidarity and desire to have an impact in creating innovative solutions that address the pandemic.

What's next for refle_X_tions "Seeing how you are feeeling."

First and foremost the search continues for a Technical Co-founder / CTO to be my technology anchor while I remain focused on the strategy and go to market activities. See also above "How I built it."

I have two amazing advisors, one a digital lead from Mercedez Benz and another who's a friend and for 20 years CEO and Co-founder of a branding agency, guiding me and providing input on the activities I am conducting.

I plan to get funding including grants to launch the MVP as soon as possible in order to help people help themselves with their mental health and emotional well-being challenges.