Welcome to Navode
Here's our journey and what we're planning next
Our brand was developed by a group of roadtrippers who found the little problems with roadtripping. Those little problems add up over your trip. With Navode, you can plan your trips, navigate, and get the most out of your road trips. Navode has plenty of interactional content, along with a load of en-route entertaining information (infotainment).
What sets us apart from our competitors is that we aspire to make roadtripping more accessible and fun for roadtrippers or people visiting a region. Our content can accommodate different languages for people who don't speak English. As our company grows, we also plan to employ local journalists native to the area to give accurate recommendations. Our company strives to run our services without the use of AI and uses small, yet reputable businesses for our services.
We gather our information from reputable local persons, government entities, social media pages, forums, and users.
Our goal is to change the way you commonly go on roadtrips and make them more exciting and interactive. With Navode, you can change the impact of the places you visit and make your road trip more entertaining.
Hannah: Co-Founder
Education: BS in Ecosystem Science & Sustainability class of 2024, specializing in sustainable energy systems.
What do I do outside of class and work?
I like to cook new food, host dinner parties for family and friends, and spend time with my schnoodle Coco.
Navode’s infotainment and news feature came to me during a road trip from Colorado to California. Hannah wanted to find a way to learn more about the small towns during road trips that are often overlooked by tourists. Hannah primarily works on gathering resources to help Navode grow financially and strategically, including I4E events at CSU and The Y Combinator accelerator. She enjoys reading about entrepreneurship–her most referred-to book being “Zero to IPO” by Frederic Kerrest.
William: Co-Founder
Education: Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
What do I do outside of class and work?
I love camping, spending time with my dog Boog, and making cool little gadgets/trinkets.
As a resident of Colorado, I often go to the mountains and surrounding states. I have based Navode on my experiences and the struggles I’ve faced while going on trips. Oftentimes, poor planning is the largest reason why my trips have gone awry. With Navode, we hope to help fix some of these critical problems with trip planning and how much a person can get out of a trip. For most roadtrips, I end up driving for almost 5+ hours straight everyday to maximize how much we can see. This has done quite the opposite, actually, leaving us feeling like we didn’t know really anything about the places we were passing by. I think it's important for every person to fully absorb their trip and see everything a place has to offer. This is why we made Navode. As for what I work on, I mostly do the programming using HTML, backend processes, cost analysis, and estimated user ratings.
Ethan: Founding Team Member
Education: Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
What you I do outside of class and work?
I enjoy skateboarding, spending time with my family, and pursuing my engineering degree.
I’m someone who has struggled to enjoy vacations my whole life due to the stress of poor planning. I think that this app is something that could help a lot of people like me relax and take in the moment when on vacation, instead of worrying about planning. I primarily do research on the travel market and advertising. For the travel market I look at possible locations where Navode might be useful, competitors who offer similar services, and issues that travelers face. On the advertising side I look into paid partnerships with influences that we think represent what our brand is all about.
After our release, we plan to quickly add a few things. Here's a timeline of what to expect.
What's next?
November - January 2025: Focus on getting additional funding and grants.
January - March 2026: Projected release of the Navode app.
March - August 2026: Improving website and app, contracting employees and journalists, and securing more funding.
August 2026 and above: Continue improving the services we have to offer.
Much like other companies, our service operates based on how many customers we have. The more customers we have, the higher our relative operation costs are. We prioritize having low subscription costs and free services with the understanding that road trips are expensive. By providing this service, we hope to mitigate the stress and pain of roadtripping.
That being said, Navode is not responsible for navigation errors or any injury that might come from the party using our service or other parties. Our app prioritizes a fun and safe environment for all users, regardless of race, language, ethnic background, gender, age, favorite color, etc. In fact, we encourage you to tell us your background and how Navode has helped you or what we could do to improve our services.
Our Terms of Service includes what is basically a long list of our services and what you can expect from us, and the services we provide. TLDR: By creating an account, you agree not to copy or plagiarize any of our work. We will pursue any plagiarized work in the court of law. Navode owns the brand "Navode" and all its services. Navode does not knowingly store personal information except for emails, trip data, and addresses. Navode has the right to deny or revoke our service to anyone who goes against our mission. This is not a full list of our terms of service.
Our Privacy Policy includes what information we store and what information our providers store as well. Navode is not subject to any scrutiny or liability if one of our providers is found guilty of a crime. TLDR: By creating an account, you agree that Navode and other services might store your email, name, phone number, address, location, payment information, or other information not listed here. The users of our services assume all risks associated to sharing information.
This is not a full list of our privacy policy.
Subscriptions and Terms of Service
We’d love to hear from you. For partnerships, press, product concerns, or general support, email help.navode@gmail.com.
To help us route your message quickly, please include your name, organization, role, topic, a brief summary of your request, and any timeline or relevant account/billing details. We typically reply within 2–4 business days, and we only use the information you provide to respond to your inquiry tell us in your email if you’d like your data deleted after we reply. Depending on your inquiry, emails might be logged and stored for quality assurance purposes.
Brands and Sponsors
For sponsorships and brand collaborations, we partner with people and businesses that align with Navode’s travel, sustainability, and small-business avocation mission. Email help.navode@gmail.com with your proposal, audience details, and goals (awareness, trials, conversions). We support one-off campaigns and ongoing partnerships across co-branded content, in-app placements, newsletters, landing pages, route collections, and event activations. Compensation can be structured as a flat fee, performance-based (CPA/CPL), revenue share/affiliate, or a hybrid. Deliverables are often agreed impressions or placements, creative guidelines, brand safety standards, and reporting cadence. We’re FTC-compliant and require clear disclosure on sponsored content. We also confirm usage rights (where and how creative can be reused), exclusivity windows if relevant, and success metrics (e.g., unique clicks, sign-ups, subscriptions, or qualified leads). Standard terms include insertion orders or simple agreements, Net-30 payments (ACH), and optional pilot periods to validate performance before scaling. All sponsorships or brand collaborations must be approved and signed by both parties before any sponsorship commences.
Individuals
If you’re seeking direct sponsorship, please outline your audience size, describe yourself or your company, previous sponsorships, creative concepts for sponsorship, and preferred method of compensation. If you are proposing an event or community sponsorship, include dates, on-site benefits (booth, speaking slots), estimated foot traffic, and post-event deliverables (photos, recap metrics). For creators and media, share a short media kit with demographics, average views/impressions, engagement rates, and example content. We welcome non-profits and universities. All payouts for events and sponsorships are either impression, click, or sign-up based depending on the usage.
We also run a referral and affiliate program for partners who recommend Navode to their user base. Referrals can be tracked via unique links, coupon codes, or API/webhook attribution; commissions are typically revenue-share on first purchase or first subscription cycle, with additional bonuses for volume milestones. Affiliates receive weekly emails on statistics and monthly payouts. We honor last-click within a defined attribution window and reconcile fraudulent or duplicate sign-ups. If you prefer lead-gen instead of sales, we can compensate per qualified demo or account, subject to simple criteria (fit, contactability, and timeline). To apply, email help.navode@gmail.com with your expected monthly traffic, promotional plan, and any compliance requirements.
Data, API, and Service Usage
For reseller, white-label, or API-based partnerships, we offer tiered pricing, technical documentation. Tell us about your integration scope, expected user volume, security needs, and rollout plan so we can propose the right tier and incentives. In all cases, please include your name, organization, role, desired start date, and any legal or procurement steps. For journalists, a list of the services we use can be provided.