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Health Match 360
Rapid validation of a therapist matching web app
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We help new startups quickly go from idea to product
Joydrive — Online auto seller goes from concept to Superbowl Sunday launch
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Real Simple Energy — Transforming algorithms and a vision into a customer-ready product
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Startups, scale-ups, and beyond
We help established companies innovate and grow
DigitalOcean — Integrating a content management system to help marketing move faster
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Teikametrics — Exploring and developing a new SaaS platform fueled by data engineering
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Pittsburgh Cultural Trust — Planning for web accessibility for Pittsburgh’s cultural experiences
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Bark & Co — Developing a full-stack team while launching a new product
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Abwaab
Deliver a high quality education app across the MENA region
Non-profit & Government
Advocacy Institute
Early stage non-profit arms a broader audience with powerful data to effect policy change
Financial & Business Services
Adwerx
Adwerx worked with thoughtbot to focus on scaling platform automation, and their team and processes were improved in parallel.
Health Tech & Wellness
Airrosti Remote Recovery
Creating a mobile app to expand Airrosti's pain relief and physical therapy services beyond their physical locations.
Consumer
Antelope
Optimize omnichannel pet platform to support marketing efforts in less than 2 months
Education & Learning
Athena
Athena came to thoughtbot with a radical insight: the field of education has no professional memory.
Consumer
Bark & Co
Teaming with thoughtbot not only helped the Bark engineering team successfully push a new product in time for the holiday, they also grew as developers.
Financial & Business Services
Baton Market
Partnering with the Baton Market Product team to deliver an MVP mobile app for small business owners.
Financial & Business Services
Beyond Finance
Creating an impactful fintech app while optimizing a robust in-house product team.
Education & Learning
Branching Minds
thoughtbot helps to scale AWS services with Kubernetes before the school year starts.
Health Tech & Wellness
Corverix
Rethinking reactive healthcare into a proactive virtual health solution, and achieving HIPAA compliance for a patient study.
Financial & Business Services
Corvus Insurance
thoughtbot helped Corvus Insurance increase customer engagement, level up their team, and inform their product roadmap by facilitating a Design Thinking Workshop with their company and customers.
Financial & Business Services
DigitalOcean
Integrating a Content Management System to Help Marketing Move Faster
Financial & Business Services
Distribute
Establishing the Distribute Product Vision in Prep For User Research & Investment Conversations
Community & Social
EdgyPet
thoughtbot partnered with EdgyPet to launch a smarter and more personalized social network for the Pet-Owning Community via a mobile app.
Financial & Business Services
Eigen Technologies
Improving the document processing experience by streamlining the design system.
Community & Social
Escape the City
From in-house prototype to robust foundation that secured funding
Health Tech & Wellness
Frontrow Health
Frontrow Health and thoughtbot worked together to build a consumer healthcare app that connects patients, doctors, and health & wellness companies.
Consumer
GasBuddy
GasBuddy and thoughtbot started with a Design Sprint to plan an impactful mobile app for their 60 million customers.
Financial & Business Services
Global networking, access, and security client
Improving dashboard app through customized RSpec training.
Community & Social
Grandstand
Grandstand approached thoughtbot seeking support to take their idea and turn it into a validated product strategy and roadmap, testing with real target users.
Health Tech & Wellness
Groups Recover Together
Centralizing a highly effective opioid-addiction care model onto one easy-to-use platform while increasing access to support.
Education & Learning
Harvard Business Review
thoughtbot and HBR partnered on product strategy and discovery work exploring an engaging mobile experience.
Health Tech & Wellness
Health Match 360
Rapid validation of a therapist matching web app.
Health Tech & Wellness
Healthify
Hiring a team and developing a stable, HIPAA-compliant web application.
Education & Learning
Hotshot
Growing from early MVP to full, secure platform with paying customers.
Health Tech & Wellness
Ieso Health
Building a mobile app to access therapy, allowing IESO to capture and serve a new market.
Community & Social
InHerSight
The InHerSight founders wanted to expand the user experience for their audience by providing a companion mobile experience. Their mission is to help women achieve their career goals more effectively.
Financial & Business Services
Insurance Company
Launching a Progressive Web App to engage customers and attract new ones.
Consumer
Joydrive
Validating business model through MVP and continuing the product development in multiple platforms.
Consumer
LOLA
Improving Conversion and code quality at LOLA through upfront research, design optimization, and best practices.
Financial & Business Services
LXD Research & Display, LLC
Modernizing and rebranding an LCD manufacturer’s website to make it visually distinct from competitors.
Financial & Business Services
Lawbite
Rebuilding an existing platform suffering from design debt
Financial & Business Services
Lightswap
thoughtbot worked with the founder of Lightswap to explore a new crypto app resulting in a roadmap to pitch investors.
Non-profit & Government
MBTA
Improving Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's internal communication to ensure trains run smoothly.
Health Tech & Wellness
MSPP
Scaling and maintaining a vaccine management app to meet surging demand.
Financial & Business Services
Neon
Rewriting a consumer FinTech app to serve an influx of customers as the business scales
Consumer
OneYum
Crafting a prototype for OneYum to help them confidently secure funding.
Community & Social
Oromoon
Oromoon founder came to us with a vision for an Astrology Dating App and we helped transform that into a product strategy and a compelling investment pitch.
Health Tech & Wellness
PathCheck
Building a secure, compliant mobile app for digital pandemic response.
Non-profit & Government
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Planning for Web Accessibility for Pittsburgh’s Cultural Experiences
Financial & Business Services
Quicky Forecast
Quicky Forecast came to thoughtbot to help with the design and backend of their simple and efficient sales tool.
Financial & Business Services
Rain
Building a highly regulated international cryptocurrency exchange
Consumer
Real Simple Energy
Real Simple Energy and thoughtbot collaborated to design, build, and launch a web app to make consumer energy selection an easy-to-understand and manage a process that results in cost savings for the end user.
Health Tech & Wellness
Relias
Validating the post-acute care market, transitioning a team to agile, and launching two health tech apps.
Consumer
Rivo
Strategic Architecture guidance to reach product scaling and business growth goals.
Health Tech & Wellness
Silversheet
Developing a healthcare credentialing software, brand, and technical team in just 7 weeks.
Health Tech & Wellness
Splitfit
From idea to 1,000 monthly paying mobile app users in just 6 months.
Health Tech & Wellness
Steel Warriors
thoughtbot conducted design research and prototyping for Steel Warriors, a charity that provides a support system to young people through wellness programs.
Non-profit & Government
SumOfUs
thoughtbot worked with SumOfUs to upgrade and improve their Rails application, and optimize their CI/CD pipeline all while leveling up the in-house team.
Financial & Business Services
Teikametrics
Exploring and developing a new SaaS platform fueled by data engineering.
Community & Social
The Standard
Conducting User Research to clarify the value proposition that will stand apart from the competition
Consumer
Tile
Designing and building a user-validated onboarding flow for Tile’s iOS app
Non-profit & Government
TrueVisa
Creating TrueVisa, an attorney-guided tech solution for consumer-based immigration
Education & Learning
Tulsa Public Schools
Using data tracking to improve literacy instruction across an urban school district
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Featured Case Study
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LOLA
Improving Conversion and Code
MBTA — Improving Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority internal communication to ensure trains run regularly
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GasBuddy — Bringing an app with millions of users into the modern age of mobile design
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Steel Warriors — Using design to help Steel Warriors fight knife crime
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Quicky Forecast — Helping companies get a quick and simple overview of sales activities
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