As part of Babson’s Leading Entrepreneurial Action Project (LEAP)—a semester-long, 6-credit capstone course focused on venture creation—I successfully pitched an original product concept called SOLVO, a wearable designed to help users regain control over unconscious smartphone use. My idea was selected as one of 21 finalist ventures through a competitive cohort-wide pitch process. With that, our team was assigned and I led a four-person team, including Alex Stoddard, Yugansh Jain, and Tyler Fidrych, to bring the concept to life through customer discovery, prototyping, and venture strategy.

Leading Entrepreneurial Action Project (LEAP) | SOLVO – A Wearable for Digital Wellness

Babson College | Spring 2025

I served as both Product Owner and Scrum Master, facilitating weekly sprints and overseeing agile development. Our process began with extensive customer discovery—we conducted over 40 user interviews, crafted personas, and mapped out user journeys to uncover pain points and test behavioral assumptions. From that foundation, we identified our target demographic: Gen Z students and knowledge workers struggling with focus and digital overuse. I also led the development of our business model, pricing strategy, and year-one financial projections, while coordinating validation experiments to test product-market fit and willingness to pay.

In tandem with strategic development, I led all aspects of technical prototyping. Using Android Studio, ChatGPT, Fusion 360, and the Xiao nRF52840 microcontroller, I developed a functional MVP capable of detecting app usage and delivering real-time haptic and visual feedback. I also designed and 3D-printed custom wearable enclosures to test multiple form factors. Our initial assumption favored a ring-based design, but product testing revealed that users preferred a bracelet, leading us to pivot and reshape our roadmap accordingly.

Leading SOLVO pushed me to grow as both a maker and a product strategist. I was tested in every aspect of product management—from translating ambiguous insights into concrete features, to making trade-offs between user desirability and technical feasibility, to keeping a team aligned under pressure. This experience reinforced my commitment to creating purposeful products and pursuing a career where design, technology, and strategy converge to solve meaningful problems.

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