Fueled

CTO at Katapult. Katapult ( KPLT) is a next generation platform for digital and mobile-first commerce for the non-prime consumer. Katapult provides point of sale lease purchase options for consumers challenged with accessing traditional financial products who are seeking to obtain everyday durable goods.

We wanted Fueled to help with designing and developing our mobile app.

We searched online and shortlisted 3 vendors. After a series of interviews we selected Fueled for their amazing team, skills and past projects.

We conducted several discovery sessions to discuss our goals. Fueled has a great engagement process that helped us design the app and develop the app with excellent collaboration with our internal teams. They were extremely collaborative and exhibited thought leadership throughout the project.

Project manager, Product Manager, couple of designers, a few developers and QA resources.

Within a month of app launch, we have seen great adoption and usage of the app. We have a 5 star rating and we continue to get positive feedback from our customers.

The engagement model of Fueled is great. Fueled project manager worked closely with our product and project managers to create a detailed plan for execution. We followed agile methodology and delivered functionality inclemently via sprints. We had daily and weekly check-ins to keep the project on-track. We also had slack channel that really helped with collaboration.

Their expertise, skills, engagement model, collaboration, communication, and thought-leadership were impressive. They are really skilled and have a great attitude. They are a joy to work with.

Nothing in particular. We were diligent in our planning upfront that allowed us to deliver in a timely manner.

I am the Director of Product Management for a health and wellness brand that makes organic plant based meals for delivery.

We did not have an app and, considering the size of our business and the ask from customers, this was a big gap in our portfolio. We viewed app as a retention play and came in with goals around % of customer base using the app, improving retention rates on weekly subscription, and customer satisfaction (in the form of 90% of ratings were 5 star)

We needed a vendor that focused on understanding, not only our business, but our customers as well. We're not a standard subscription service and there are many intricacies that go into our delivery. We spoke to several other vendors but Fueled stood out above the rest.

At the end of the day, our goal was to launch an iOS app that focused on the meal management component of our business and also allowed our customers to purchase additional products.

We had:

Do not think I can share specifics, but we exceeded our expectations - including improvements in the purchase funnel as well as retention rate of those on our app. Additionally, in the store, you can see that 94% of our ratings are 5 star, which exceeds the stretch goal we set for ourselves.

Excellent. We communicated frequently via regularly scheduled meetings, Slack, and email. They always responded in a timely manner (usually faster than expected) and there were never any surprises as we were constantly talking about progress, deliverables, etc.

They are super communicative and easy to work with. They felt like part of the team... invested in our business and our growth (not a service provider). They went above and beyond when it came to making sure we nailed the meal management experience as they knew that it was the most crucial piece to make sure our app is a success.

Honestly, nothing comes to mind. I would work with them again in a heartbeat

I am the Product Manager overseeing the internal side of the SDLC.

We contracted Fueled to build our organization's first mobile app. It is a considerably complex undertaking. The application is a multi-platform series of gamified lessons, complete with CMS, and a parent portal.

We selected Fueled for their demonstrated expertise, customer service level, and assurance that we would receive expert guidance through release and post-release.

We built the app using Flutter. We had one design/discovery sprint, then several development sprints, and concluded with testing/release sprints. The key deliverables were a software architecture document, designs in Figma (Games, global elements, and non-playable content) test builds, and weekly progress updates.

Project Manager, Product Manager, Solutions Architect, (2) Product Designers, (2)Back End and (3)Front End Developers, QA Tester

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Agile style, used Slack for comms, and shared resourcing plans and timelines via Google Slides

The level of expertise. The Fueled team was very flexile and creative. It was apparent that they understood our goal, and helped us find ways (some of which we had not considered) to achieve it.

Overall, our engagement with Fueled has been very positive. There aren't any areas where the glaringly need improvement, in my experience with them thus far.

I’m the CTO of Equine Network, an organization that’s made up of horse-related businesses in various segments of the equine industry, such as roadside assistance, magazines, and video-on-demand services.

We were looking to develop a native mobile app that would enable people to search for events to compete in, and better represent our competitions.

The Android and iOS app that Fueled developed is a blend of several functions and features, such as event discovery, registration, time tracker, and live streams.

We worked with a project manager, a product manager, a managing director, two designers, and a team of developers.

One of the owners of our company had previous experience working with Fueled.

We invested close to $500,000.

We worked together from August 2021–April 2022.

Fueled was a very competent mobile app development company, as they had the right people with the right skills and knowledge to accomplish the project.

We stayed on top of the project through a tool called Notion and designed the app through Figma. We also typically communicated through Slack, Zoom, and Google Meet.

We were impressed with their capabilities as an organization because they were able to provide us with the services that we needed.

I don’t think there’s anything they need to improve on.

Be prepared to make decisions quickly - Fueled can go faster than you might expect!

I'm the Co-Founder of Vizzy, where we help young professionals and businesses showcase who they are and what they can do.

Fueled took our concept and brought it to life through extensive research, beautiful design and outstanding development.

We wanted an established partner with varied experience, who would build a dedicated team around our product. That's exactly what we got.

A multi-feature CMS platform, simultaneously drawing upon third party partners and APIs and combining various multi-media content softwares - all playing into fresh, contemporary design and highly intuitive UX.

We received expertise from x2 Project Managers, a Product Manager, x2 Designers, x2 Backend and x2 Front End Developers overseen by Sr Product Director - whilst retaining comms with the Clients Services / New Business team we worked with from the outset throughout.

With little deviation form our original scope we delivered the product in four months, on track with our original timeline.

Communication was excellent; min. weekly detailed working sessions supported by a dedicated Slack channel which was always live with rapid response; and Figma to kick around designs and share specific feedback.

An open and understanding approach to building tech. Their expertise shone through and we have felt utmost confidence from the beginning in the approach and quality of work. We have felt heard and understood throughout, with ideas and solutions consistently coming through. Fueled are proactive in finding solutions and heading off potential problems, and in their attention to detail. Clearly a great deal of care, time and attention has been thrown at our project.

A busy run into the end of scope and a pretty swift hand over, but that's pretty natural and mostly a reflection of how much they were able to get across the line at the death including a few features we didn't think would make the cut.