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The 10 things you need
to know about the
people behind A87.

The 10 things you need
to know about the
people behind A87.

Our creative spirit wanted to take a better
approach to educating you about us.

90% of about pages feel empty, cliche
and dense with mini-novels.

Hope you appreciate it.

Read each line

Read each line

[1]

Location

We're based in Michigan. Between Detroit and Ann Arbor.

We're based in Michigan. Between Detroit and Ann Arbor.

We're based in Michigan. Between Detroit and Ann Arbor.

We're the only state surrounded by lakes, it's great.

Naturally, nature is a big inspiration for our work.

[2]

Expertise

Strategy, design, development.

Strategy, design, development.

Strategy, design, development.

We create strategy through personalized workshops.

We rapidly design and prototype your vision.

We facilitate and QA development

[3]

Background

Our DNA comes from innovation-driven global giants.

Our DNA comes from innovation-driven global giants.

Our DNA comes from innovation-driven global giants.

Our leadership has 20 years of product experience.

Our passion is to design products that foster change in society.

[4]

Mission

To drive impact through innovation and education.

To drive impact through innovation and education.

To drive impact through innovation and education.

We design to tame technology.

We aim to improve lives through design.

[5]

Methodical

We design and think with scale in mind.

We design and think with scale in mind.

We design and think with scale in mind.

We operate and iterate from battle-tested methods.

Similar to Bruce Lee practicing a single kick a thousand times.

We practiced our single method countless times.

[6]

Our views on you

You put your customers first.

You put your customers first.

You put your customers first.

You care about making a change in your industry and community.

You value a professional opinion to contrast your own.

You're a process-oriented and a system thinker.

You prioritize simple functionality.

You have a passion for collaboration.

You rely on research to make informed decisions.

[7]

How we learn

We do collective thought experiments.

We do collective thought experiments.

We do collective thought experiments.

We work with non-profits to support their mission.

We mentor the youth.

We learn through doing and educating people about what we've done.

[8]

Our stats

24

24

agile teams
led
agile teams led

13

enterprise
transformations
enterprise transformations

18M

in capital
raises
in capital raises

32

design students
mentored
design students mentored

35

of MVPs
launched
of MVPs launched

6

companies we
invested in
companies we invested in

5

hackathons
won
hackathons won

40

startups
consulted
startups consulted

[9]

How we work

We created a process to centralize our years of experience.

We created a process to centralize our years of experience.

We created a process to centralize our years of experience.

It's analogous to hiking a mountain.

Fun fact: We've often revived large-scale projects and referred to our work as "move mountains". In hindsight, we made a method for monumental products.

[10]

Our views on us

We're technically creatives.

We're technically creatives.

We're technically creatives.

We design with intention and purpose.

Also, we're creative technically.

Also, we're creative technically.

Also, we're creative technically.

We resourcefully build products in a rapid fashion.

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You now know us, we want to know you.

Let's connect

Schedule a call

You now know us, we want to know you.

Let's connect