Impact Story
The challenge: moving products from analog to the IoT is tough. Real consumer success stories are hard to find.
The journey: 9 months to revolutionize consumer IoT
- founded the new IoT business, staffed with an interim McKinsey team
- hired world-class IoT, digital and mechanical specialists into the business, drawing from well-known tech firms and startups
- built a consumer IoT technology platform with a radical approach to data stewardship—unbundling IoT devices and apps
- designed, engineered, and launched the first product to showcase the platform and attract new partners
- built an ecosystem of partners, including design agencies, startups, and hardware manufacturers, with more on the way
- signed up the platform’s first customers
Impact after 9 months
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