Innovation for the
post-COVID world

ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL?

As life returns to normal in the coming months there’s no doubt that COVID-19 will have lasting effects on the way we all interact with the world. Product and service companies alike will need to rapidly adapt to meet unprecedented challenges. But disruption creates opportunity, and now is an exciting time to seek out innovative solutions that will help your business thrive in the new normal.

WE HELP COMPANIES SOLVE FOR WHAT'S NEXT.

Pushstart partners with companies both large and small to facilitate product and service innovation. Since our founding nearly a decade ago, we’ve collaborated with the likes of PepsiCo, GE, Dell, and Huawei to envision, design, and deliver successful outcomes. Our focus on emerging trends and technologies combined with our nimble test-and-learn sprint-based approach makes us the ideal rapid innovation partner.

TRENDS WE'RE TRACKING

Contactless

Touch-Free
Interactivity

IoT has paved the way for no-touch remote interactions; now COVID is increasing the urgency to get it right.

Contactless

Everything
On-Demand

COVID has increased consumer demand for products and services to supply immediate access with nearly no barrier to entry.

Contactless

Friction-Free Contactless

How do you successfully create no-touch transactions that add value rather than diminish it?

Contactless

Hyper Hygienic

New manufacturing techniques, materials, and technologies are helping to create safer products for this new world.

Contactless

Signs of Safety

It’s one thing to make a product or service post-COVID ready, it’s another to clearly communicate that to customers.

Contactless

Remote Service

Brands that differentiate through high-touch customer service must find new ways to deliver on that expectation from afar.


THE COVID EFFECT

COVID has affected how people work, shop, play, and live. Behaviors and expectations are changing quickly, and we’re already hard at work supporting our clients’ efforts to find breakthroughs in this challenging environment.

Companies are asking:

Technologies we work with

  • • IoT, companion apps, remote control
  • • Depth cameras and proximity sensors
  • • WiFi, BTLE, Zigbee, LoRa
  • • RFID / NFC
  • • Computer vision
  • • Visual coding (QR codes)
  • • Voice recognition and virtual agents

Relevant industry experience

  • • Consumer IoT (smart home, wearables)
  • • Commercial IoT (connected equipment)
  • • Large and small appliances
  • • Vending and self-serve
  • • Food service
  • • CPG
  • • Health and fitness

READY TO SPRINT TO SUCCESS?

Our discovery engagements jump start the innovation process. While each program is tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual client, they typically follow our proven process:

  • Opportunity Framing - Our rapid audit, research, and benchmarking techniques ensure that we build a trustworthy project foundation without creating a drag on progress.
  • Ideation & Visioning - Our research findings and extensive experience form a catalyst generating a variety of innovation proposals that balance fresh disruptive thinking with real-world feasibility consideration.
  • Architecting Success - For any innovation program to create value it must transform ideas into actions. Our team works collaboratively to synthesize opportunities and develop strategies to move them forward.
Let’s collaborate.  Our crack team of researchers, strategists, designers, and engineers is ready to help.