Driving Rapid Growth and Continuous Improvement
Startup Advisory Services
- Vision and Initial Planning
- Customer Feedback
- Revenue and Growth Model
- Product Strategy
- Fundraising Preparation
Software Product Development
- Ideation and Concepts
- User Research and Testing
- Application Prototyping
- Roadmap Development
- MVP Development and Launch
- Architecture and Engineering Best Practices
Technology Operations
- Business Process Automation
- Process Improvement Analysis
- Spark Innovation and Creativity
- Organizational Strategy and Transformation
- Product Development Acceleration
About
Why Hex Group?
Operating in today’s fast-paced business climate takes technical focus and expertise, no matter what line of work you’re in. Technology-driven innovation has permeated countless industries already, and all organizations are in various stages of transformation. We’re passionate about the power technology has to positively impact the world and have over 20 years of technology strategy, operations, and leadership experience in companies of all sizes. We partner with individuals and organizations and help to accelerate their growth and improve scalability as they solve meaningful problems and innovate in their field.
Startup Consulting
If you’re getting started with a new venture, every choice you make will impact your long-term success.
Unfortunately, there’s no silver bullet or guarantee of success in the startup world. The best we can do is prepare as fully as possible, and then commit to quickly adjusting as necessary over time.
We partner with founders to bring their ideas to life, assisting with everything from initial ideation and visioning workshops through the development of consumer-ready apps and services.
We’ll work with your prospective customer base to validate your ideas and concepts. We then work alongside you and your team to formulate and document complete strategies for every key aspect of your business
- Customer Channels, Segments & Personas
- Go-to-Market – Sales & Marketing
- Product Roadmap
- Software Architecture/Engineering
- Team & People Operations
- Fundraising & Finance
Software Product Development
The key to successful software product development is to start with the user. By truly understanding your user, their goals and their challenges you can craft a solution that is unique and impactful.
Many ideas will be initiated not through conversation, but simply but observing and learning what the user is trying to accomplish.
We’ll work with you to drive the full software development lifecycle including
- Interview Users and Compile Research
- Draft a Product Overview Document
- Create and Refine Application Wireframes
- Develop Hi-Fidelity Wireframes and Prototypes
- Design a Scalable Technical Architecture
- Build and Launch Initial Product
- Implement Long-Term SDLC
Technology Operations
Every successful business accumulates debt over time.
And no, not just the financial kind.
In the software world, technical debt is the concept of comprising code or design quality in the interest of time. Or just “getting things done”. Over time as software platforms grow, the associated debt is compounded as additional changes are made on top of previous patches making systems infinitely more difficult to enhance and stabilize over time if not addressed.
In the same way, any business can accumulate debt in many forms
- Attachment to the Status Quo
- Reliance on Manual Tasks
- Bottlenecks in Key Processes
- Inability to Keep up with Market Demands
- Inadequate Talent and Organizational Structure
- Lack of Creativity
- Slow Product Development Cycle
We’ll work with you to drive operational excellence within your business using technology as a driver for innovation and improvement.
Success Stories
EmployStream is a SaaS platform that automates the hiring process for high-volume global employers and on-demand staffing platforms.
We worked with the company from its initial founding, developing the initial SaaS solution and proving it out in the marketplace.
Our ability to drive strategy and product development for the company was the catalyst to propel it through years of rapid growth and multiple venture funding raises.
We worked with ALICE Training Institute as they set out to integrate multiple SaaS offerings into a new go-forward platform.
We analyzed each team and product line, constructing a vision for the future and a path to help realize improvements.
Our focus was comprehensive across all technical product disciplines including product design, technical architecture, customer success, organizational structure and modernization of the SDLC.
The team at Human Capital Assessments has been helping business leaders evaluate and develop their talent for decades.
They set out to modernize their traditional assessment process which was very paper-driven and labor-intensive.
We worked with the team to develop a SaaS platform that automated the assessment process and eased their administrative burden, allowing them to process tens of thousands of people through the system.
Get In Touch
If you’re involved with a startup, scaleup or any technology-driven venture, we’d love to talk!
About Hex Group
We are based in Northeast Ohio and work locally with clients in the Cleveland, Akron and Canton areas, along with businesses nationwide.
MEET THE HEX GROUP
Rob Sable is the founder and managing director of The Hex Group. He has over 20 years of experience successfully starting and scaling high-growth software ventures.