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About Us

About Us

Better team. Better results.

PM + Designer.

Better together.

PM + Designer.

Better together.

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Better User Retention
Laser focused on incorporating future product growth avenues and keeping users coming back for more, not just beauty.
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Better User Retention
Laser focused on incorporating future product growth avenues and keeping users coming back for more, not just beauty.
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Faster
Faster development. We find that designers working solo often struggle to complete a project alone or extend their development timeline by an average of 30%.
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Faster
Faster development. We find that designers working solo often struggle to complete a project alone or extend their development timeline by an average of 30%.
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Strategy Built In
Product aligns with business goals to achieve higher paying user conversions.
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Strategy Built In
Product aligns with business goals to achieve higher paying user conversions.
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Reliable
Our Pod structured team has built 50+ products and supported products with more than 1M users.
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Reliable
Our Pod structured team has built 50+ products and supported products with more than 1M users.
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Beautiful By Design
Beautiful design comes standard. Users will be instantly drawn to your beautiful product.
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Beautiful By Design
Beautiful design comes standard. Users will be instantly drawn to your beautiful product.
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How do we achieve those results?

How do we achieve those results?

The POD Concept

Utilized by most US startups, the POD concept is the most efficient structure to create software.


It involves a product manager, product designer, and engineering team. The designer and product manager work to develop product vision and realistic design timelines, then work with the engineering team to determine when is technologically possible given budget/time constraints.

Why is Pod important?
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Lightning Fast Processes
A team that has worked together for 20+ projects, and can work quickly and efficicently together.
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Trusted Methodology
Trusted software building methodology by top companies like Spotify, Google, Hubspot, and more!
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Product Optimized Unit
Instead of just one designer, you get an experienced product building unit.
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Plug and Play
Enjoy smooth transfer of work, and easy start and stop of progress as needed.
Start Your Pod 🚀
Start Your Pod 🚀
Start Your Pod 🚀
Hayden Krug

With dual degrees in finance and data analytics, Hayden has a strategic perspective, which allows him to approach product development with a business and data-driven mindset.




Being an excellent communicator and collaborator, Hayden brings clarity for business and users’ goals. 



Hayden loves before and after product stories. He has successfully transformed products in multiple industries and enjoys making sure every project started gets finished.

In his free time, Hayden loves hiking, photography, and exploring nature.

Hayden brings clarity for business and users’ goals, and loves before and after product stories. He has successfully transformed products in multiple industries and enjoys making sure every project started gets finished.

In his free time, Hayden loves hiking, photography, and exploring nature.

Hayden brings clarity for business and users’ goals, and loves before and after product stories. He has successfully transformed products in multiple industries and enjoys making sure every project started gets finished.

In his free time, Hayden loves hiking, photography, and exploring nature.

Product Manager
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  1. A visionary leader who works with designers to create successful products that meet user and business needs.

  2. Essential for startups to guide product vision, align with company strategy, and keep development on track.

  3. A problem solver and decision maker, able to turn startup uncertainty into success.

  1. A visionary leader who works with designers to create successful products that meet user and business needs.

  2. Essential for startups to guide product vision, align with company strategy, and keep development on track.

  3. A problem solver and decision maker, able to turn startup uncertainty into success.

Anna Zinchenko

Anna’s early exposure to software development through her brother, combined with her personal interest in design, has given her a unique perspective on how to create exceptional product.


Anna has experience working with companies of various sizes and across different industries. She is especially passionate about creating products that have real-world impact and make a difference in people's lives.


When Anna is not talking to her users, she spends time in nature painting landscapes or animals.

Anna has experience working with companies of various sizes and across different industries. She is especially passionate about creating products that have real-world impact and make a difference in people's lives.


When Anna is not talking to her users, she spends time in nature painting landscapes or animals.

Anna’s early exposure to software development through her brother, combined with her personal interest in design, has given her a unique perspective on how to create exceptional product.


Anna has experience working with companies of various sizes and across different industries. She is especially passionate about creating products that have real-world impact and make a difference in people's lives.


When Anna is not talking to her users, she spends time in nature painting landscapes or animals.

Product Designer
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  1. A master of of visual storytelling, able to convey complex ideas and emotions through design.

  2. Solves real problems for real people by using empathy and knowledge of their prospective customers’ habits, behaviors, frustrations, needs, and wants.

  3. Ideally, product designers’s execution is so flawless that no one notices it.