Walk, the lifestyle app for dogs.
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Get walking route recommendations.
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Monitor your dog's exercise, food, and bathroom habits.
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Find pet friendly establishments.
Contribution
Founder and Design Lead
User Research
Brand Identity
Prototyping
Usability Testing
VC Pitch Deck and Presentation
Team
Lead Developer
Mehul Jain
Software Engineers
Jeffrey Kwan
Vanessa Tu
Jack Lin
Designers
Amie Xu
Maggie Jiang
Advisor
Amira Polack, Founder & CEO of Struct Club
Our Journey
2021
Conceptualized in Creative Labs 8-week product design program.
Formed a team.
Conducted user research and created an MVP.
2022
Joined Startup Labs and started working with a startup advisor.
Continued refining our product through user feedback interviews.
Had tons of design - developer discussions.
2022-2023
Won 2nd place at the VC pitch competition.
Continued development.
Beta testing product on iOS Test Flight.
Core Pillars
To learn about dog owner's lifestyles and pain points relating to dog-walking, we surveyed dog owners and gathered qualitative information from online forums to help us gain a better understanding of their pain points.
Market Size
70% of US households today are pet owners. In 2021 alone, pet owners in the US spent over 109 billion dollars on their pets, growing annually by 13% over the past four years.
Pet expenditure is no longer a discretionary expense, but rather a part of the mandatory family budget.
Features | Solution
Location based tracking
Centered around sourcing data from Google Maps and Yelp's API, We pull data to provide pet friendliness scores, menu items for pets, and sort locations into categories like vets, parks, and restaurants.
Activity
Much like running apps, Strava and AllTrails, routes are tracked and activity is reported on an instance and weekly basis.
Awards and Recognition
Startup Labs, 2nd Place in the 2022 Demo Day Competition
Creative Labs, Participants in the product development program, gained recognition at the 2021 showcase