Companies waste a lot of time and money on early product development.
We provide fractional, ad-hoc research and design services to create the right product, the first time around.
We specialize in helping equity-first companies to incubate and launch digital platforms and products, from the first step of collecting business & user goals and requirements through research, workshop, ideation, design, and development. When AI takes production out of the equation, we bring value alignment, real startup experiences, and tested product expertise to the table.
We are also startup founders who are deeply in the trenches with the challenges you face every day: whether it is a lack of time, resources, and the understanding that having the right person (or team) makes all the difference in the world. The needs of a startup change all the time and we offer access to a network of vetted experts when you need us the most.
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Art + Craft
Investing in human’s ability to imagine and craft by hands, with special focus on revitalizing traditional crafts and the promotion of different art forms
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Health + Access
Advancing access to healthcare, mental health, financial equity, and femme care by empowering patients with actionable insights
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Education + Diversity
Nurturing different abilities for a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable society
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Regenerative + Sustainability
Investing in missions to accelerate towards a stable world for future generations
Why work with our collective?
Get out of your head and into the user’s
Founders often fell in love with ideas. Our design thinking process and research methodologies allow us to extract true & tested user insights to create products that are solving real user problems.
30+ collective members
vs. 1 full-time staff
We match the right Collective member with the evolving needs of the product and the startup. This allows our startups to access the right skillset at the right time. We also offer accelerators a way to offer these ad-hoc services to your portfolio startups.
Metric-driven,
not guessing.
Our proprietary frameworks are analytically driven so we can make product decisions based on business, user, and tech priorities.
Smooth transitions
Our goal is to set you up with a validated MVP and then set you upright! We’ll help you to interview for the right full-time staff at the end of the project and to integrate them so you can own your knowledge.
Our clients
Client Testimonials
“I have high expectations in general for myself, my own work and my team but you exceeded that easily. I've worked for high-quality agencies and corporations and I think you, your work quality, your process is just as good if not better. It was REALLY nice not to have to micromanage AND still get great results.”
— Bequestate
“We've been delighted with the work! The team were able to deliver their thinking and process clearly / succinctly, negating all overwhelm. Their recommendations were very helpful and we have really enjoyed the process.”
— Anyone
“We've worked with (and interviewed) a lot of User Experience designers, and they are by far in the top 0.1% of all Ux folks out there.”
— Knitrino
TAILORU helps us to go from nothing to a working concept in a matter of weeks. That’s hard to find in the startup land. It’s borderline magical.
— Kuristo
“As an early-stage company, there are a lot of challenges that come with working with outside agencies. But for us, TAILORU has just been this sort of shining light because it's been such an unbelievable experience.
You believed in what we are doing and have done so much more than what we hired you to do.
In the UX and UI work, you did it with integrity and a tremendous amount of care. It wasn't just like ‘Oh, this is a job. We've got to do it.’ There's a deep care for the amount of effort that's put in and it's really apparent, and I think that it allows us to be more open and vulnerable with TAILORU and it allows us to just collaborate together in a stronger manner.
It's meant a lot, having that level of trust with an outside agency is both rare and it's not something I take lightly. It's something that I have a lot of respect and value for. We're just very grateful.”
— UncommonGood
Get to know us
We are a group of passionate researchers and designers looking to help purpose-driven companies to launch your digital platform. You can learn more about the team, our services, who we’ve worked with (and their ravings!) If you don’t know where to start or you have problems to fix: We are there for you and we are in - all the way.