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Tiger Team Studios
Product Design Agency

Your design strike team,
on demand.

Your core team is heads down shipping the roadmap. But you have ideas that can't wait, features in discovery, and MVPs that need polish. Tiger Team Studios exists for these very moments. Like the original Apollo 13 Tiger Team, we handle the mission-critical work your core team doesn't have bandwidth for.

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OpenJoy
Procore
Iodine
Transcarent
Tweaking Cat Studios
Toro
The Public Run Club
OpenJoy
Procore
Iodine
Transcarent
Tweaking Cat Studios
Toro
The Public Run Club
OpenJoy
Procore
Iodine
Transcarent
Tweaking Cat Studios
Toro
The Public Run Club
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What we do:
  • Design Sprints
  • Team Expansion
  • UI/UX Refinement
  • Design systems
Who we work with
  • Founders & CEOs
  • Product Leaders
  • Early-Stage Startups
  • Innovative Enterprises
The Why:
“I spent 10 years watching some of the most adopted and successful products not come from a road map. They came out of hackathons and side-projects, big bet ideas that felt too risky to put resources on.

I started Tiger Team Studios to de-risk those big bets before they die in a backlog.”

Trevor Borden, Founder

Trevor Borden driving
Pricing & How We Work

We offer three types of services:

AI-Powered Rapid Prototyping
Starting at $8k3-6 weeks
Working coded prototypes to validate ideas—with strategic thinking AI can't provide.

Perfect for:

  • Testing features or new product directions with real users
  • Investor-ready demos that close funding rounds
  • Adjacent products outside your core roadmap
  • De-risking bets before allocating engineering teams

What you get:

  • Strategy session: what are we testing? what validates success?
  • User-testable prototype with realistic interactions
  • AI-accelerated build (Cursor, Claude, v0) + iteration cycles
  • Clean handoff and recommendation: build, kill, or pivot

How we work:

Week 1
Discovery & Strategy

Strategy session. Shape the idea into a testable hypothesis.

Weeks 2-4
Build & Deliver

AI-augmented build 3-5x faster. Strategic thinking and craft AI can't match.

Weeks 4-6
Test & Refine

You test. We iterate.

Handoff
Handoff

Documentation and recommendation: build, kill, or pivot.

Not sure which fit? Book a call and we'll scope it.

Our reputation

What Clients Say

"I've had the chance to work with Trevor across both consumer and enterprise-grade products, and he consistently delivers. On a recent consumer app, he quickly gathered the right inputs, translated them into thoughtful UX flows, and delivered a ready-to-use prototype in record time. When you don't have full headcount and need fast turnaround, that kind of speed and clarity is invaluable."

Anna Grigoryan

Anna Grigoryan

Director of Product Management, Product Leader

"Trevor helped design foundational portions of the user experience and help us grow from 0 to $10M ARR. I'd recommend him for any early stage team looking for outstanding design and user experience."

Michael Yang

Michael Yang

Founder & CEO, Toro TMS

"Trevor was my lead design partner on a big bet we made to bring a bidding network to life at Procore. He helped take a big idea to production at an incredibly fast pace. This helped us derisk the bet quickly and provided the validation we needed to double down. The Procore construction network wouldn't be what it is today without him!"

Tim Hey

Tim Hey

Head of Product Management, Procore

"Trevor excels at taking a spark of an idea and turning it into a vision that stops both teammates and customers in their tracks. He's a design visionary with a rare instinct for what will land emotionally - and team decisions always come substantially easier once he's in the loop. Working with him at Toro TMS was a genuine competitive advantage, and a personal pleasure."

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson

Founding PM, Toro TMS

Frequently asked questions:
Get in touch:
Trevor

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Test an idea, scale capacity, or polish the product. We'll scope it in 30 minutes.

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Why not just AI?
AI Tools (Lovable, v0, Bolt)
Tiger Team Studios
Starting point
Needs a clear, specific prompt to get started
Start with strategy session—we help you figure out what to build.
Design decisions
Generates generic patterns pulled from millions of existing products
Opinionated decisions for your specific users, market, and brand
Output quality
Has an "AI look" that founders, investors, and enterprise buyers recognize instantly
Prototypes polished enough to close deals and fundraising rounds
The hard questions
Builds whatever you ask, no pushback
Will tell you when the brief is wrong, the assumption is flawed, or you're solving the wrong problem
Iteration
You're on your own figuring out what to change and why
We guide the refinement based on what's working, what users responded to, and what the data says
Strategic value
None—AI executes, it doesn't advise
Strategic thinking is half the engagement—we help you validate the idea, not just build it
Best for
Known specs that need to be built fast
Fuzzy ideas that need shaping before they're built

Have a project in mind? Let's work together, we're always open to a chat.

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