How it all started…

KirbyPod is a hand sanitation company that is focusing on improving the micromobility industry. The idea came to light when Michael Barnett was riding a scooter to a meeting in July of 2019. When arriving at the meeting Michael realized just how dirty his hands were which had him scrambling for a bathroom or hand sanitizer before his meeting. After the meeting Michael road another scooter home and had a similar experience, and after cleaning his hands Michael realized that there could be an easy fix to this issue. After days of research to see if something like this already existed Michael began his quest to put together a team that could bring a hand sanitizing solution to the micromobility industry.

Drew McCluskey is one of Michaels good friends from Louisiana. When explaining the idea, Drew immediately recognized its potential and had a great lead for us. Drew has been the equipment manager for the New Orleans Saints for the past 5 years and as it turns out one of the players on the team is sponsored by one of the Micromobility companies. This gave us our motivation to hit the ground running knowing that we had a contact that will allow us the ablitlty to reach one of the main players in the micromobility industry.

The first step after bringing Drew in was to find another teammate that could help with the design and patent process. Cole Harding is an entrepreneur that was raised in Denver CO. Cole has past experience in building new businesses as well as plenty of experience in getting patents filed. From the first meeting Cole was just as excited and interested in this idea as Drew and Michael were. Very quickly a team was created and our quest to solve the sanitation of the micromobility industry began.

-The KirbyPod Team