Companiesfor Downtown / Research + Innovation

While Brian Hock trained for the Louisville Ironman in 2010, he had an idea for a way to stay hydrated along the way. That idea evolved into Simple Hydration, a start-up company with an innovative product that is being manufactured in the US.

David Brecount and Mark Miller started US Digital Partners with a bold vision: they wanted to embrace the way the internet was changing business interaction and help Cincinnati companies develop and market their brands.

Though Kaleidoscope has been around for 22 years, in its last decade, its focus has shifted to four distinct areas of product development. By keeping a clear eye on consumer goods, electronics, healthcare and transportation, Kaleidoscope takes the process from research to ideation.

Cincinnati-based dunnhumbyUSA has raised consumer research to a science by finding out exactly what consumers want. It's information that major retailers are very interested in and it's why dunnhumbyUSA has grown so rapidly with offices in Cincinnati, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York and Portland, Oregon.