🍂 As we gear up for autumn, we're reflecting on an exciting summer at ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency! From launching our Novella Learning case study to becoming a Certified B Corporation™, it’s been a season of growth and impact. Our highlights: - Opening applications for the ASquared Impact Builder - Launching our brand-new B Corp webpage - Sharing popular insights on women in tech, app reviews, and discussing the importance of a design discovery phase - And, as always, sharing wonderful recommended reads from the ASquared team Want to dive into all the details? Check out our latest newsletter! 👇 #AgencyLife #AgencyNews #Brighton
ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency
Software Development
Brighton, England 1,508 followers
Providing human-centric, impactful digital futures for our partners, people and planet. Proudly a B Corp™.
About us
ASquared create delightful digital experiences. As a mobile app and digital platform agency, we enable startups, scale-ups and ambitious enterprise organisations to accelerate their businesses and achieve their goals. We design and deliver remarkable user experiences, and human-centric projects, at an incredible pace. Our talented team are based in bustling Brighton, UK. We have a passion for working with lovely brands on purposeful projects. Some of these are: Surfers Against Sewage, Link My Ride, Huckletree, Butternut Box, Breathe, Vitality, Jennis, BP Passport, HCA Healthcare, Habitual, Climate Court & Riviera Circle. We’re agile, flexible and focused. As leading experts in our field, we have a wealth of commercial and technical experience, from the early days of native iOS and Android development, to flexible single code bases, progressive technology and disruptive solutions. We have an impressive track record of delivering commercially astute mobile apps in record time. We work closely with you, as an extension to your internal team, openly sharing our expertise and enabling easy transfer of knowledge in a supportive and inspiring way. Want to turn your idea into an amazing digital reality?
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- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Brighton, England
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- App Development, App Design, App Agency, UI, UX, Usability, Human-Centric Design, Software Development, iOS, Android, Web Apps, Mobile Apps, Progressive Technology, AI, Strategy, PWA, Commercialisation, Automation, Innovation, and React Native
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Employees at ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency
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Dave Clarke
Triple Bottom Line Advocate | Driving Sustainable Impact, Profit, and Purpose
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Andrew Steele
CEO SCOPAL
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Jon Jones
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Jonathan Aizlewood
Director/Head of Design & UX | Agency Head | Designer | ex-Clearleft /// Helping companies make an impact through amazing digital products & services
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Our Head of Sustainability and Impact Builder, Scott Stonham, had an eco-tastic time attending the GREENTECH FESTIVAL yesterday 💚 Read all about his key takeaways from inspiring speakers including Apolline Roger, Thomas Kolster, Dr Sally Uren, Dale Rickert PhD, Kevin Victory, Carmel McConnell MBE and more ⬇️ #GreenTech #TechForGood #GreenTechFestival
🚀 Sustainability & Impact Builder Director 🌎 Founder of Digital Carbon Online 🍃 Passionate about Tech + Sustainability 🌱
Yesterday I had the privilege to attend the GREENTECH FESTIVAL at the legendary Ministry of Sound ... I haven't been there in about 20 years, and this time there was no time to for boogieing 🕺🪩 It was a really good event and kudos to the organisers for putting it together. Here's some of my key takeaways: I was a little later than planned due to a broken down train, but was still lucky enough to catch the last half of Mary Robinson's (Former President of Ireland) talk. She used a phrase that many of us working in the climate arena will resonate strongly with, "prisoners of hope". It's not just about optimism, it's about an uncontrollable ability to hope for something better that drives us forward. She said for many, the glass isn't even half full, it's much less but we all need to understand there is a tremendous amount of good going on, the most fundamental thing our society needs to do is switch the money flow, moving the $1.87tn that goes into fossil fuels annually, to climate solutions. Later in a panel, Apolline Roger from ClientEarth said we're at a time when "prevention is out of reach" but using a surfing analogy of the moment you find space ahead of the wave, she reminded us we have space to work in to make changes, it's just how we choose to use that space. She said we need technologies, for sure, but also social innovation. On the same panel Thomas Kolster suggested we haven't got the narrative right. We're still using doom-and-gloom messaging which is just not stirring people to action. He also used the phrase "hero trap" to talk about the situation companies get into where they think *their* solution is the hero. He suggested as leaders and change makers we need to help *every one of our stakeholders* to feel like the heroes. Dr Sally Uren used the analogy of a crossroads saying that the "future isn't yet real" we still can influence it, but "self-fulfilling prophecies" matter - echoing Thomas' point about the narrative, which was also picked up later in the day under the point of "the words we use matter". Sally also used an example of a financial instrument ('loan'?) offered by a bank (HSBC?) to illustrate that things are changing, they just need to change faster. The 'loan' interest rate tracked a company's rate of decarbonisation. Dale Rickert PhD asked an interesting question about how to motivate boards towards change, when sustainability in the wake of the energy crisis is now no longer a cost-saver and is often a straight out cost. Sally said big companies suffer a lot from short-term-ism (a point echoed by several throughout the day) but changing the timeframes can reframe the problem from a short term capital expenditure to long term resilience. Some other bite-sized takeaways in the comments...
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The ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency Impact Builder is open for applications! 🌱 Our programmes are designed to tackle the primary reasons most startups fail: running out of cash and/or building products no one wants (CB Insights, 2021 & LendingTree, 2024). If you're an impactful business with a strong need for a digital product, be sure to check it out 👇 #ImpactDriven #TechForGood #Investment
The Impact Builder (by ASquared) is open at the link below on F6S and gives £5k-£50k Convertible loan and £100k-£900k investment for 20-40% equity. It's for companies/founders in United Kingdom at prototype, users or paying users stage. Thanks to Scott Stonham, Sophie Smith, Anthony Stonham at ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency for supporting founders and startups. Apply at the link below or check out their past teams at https://lnkd.in/ejRXGASe
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What benefits do hackathons and tech spikes bring? 🤔 At ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency, we’re proud to blend commitment, curiosity, and capability with innovation. But to stay forward-thinking, we need to make time to take risks, explore, and learn through hackathons and tech spikes. Read all about how James Kennedy & Cal N. (our brilliant Software Engineers) use their professional development time to benefit themselves individually, as a team, and the company overall: https://lnkd.in/eGZ43HS9 🚀 #Hackathons #ProfessionalDevelopment #SoftwareDevelopment
Diving into hackathons and tech spikes, and how they benefit an agile team | From the ASquared Insights blog
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🚀 Sustainability & Impact Builder Director 🌎 Founder of Digital Carbon Online 🍃 Passionate about Tech + Sustainability 🌱
This is an actual image of an impact startup at the beginning of 2024. It's widely cited that 90% of startups fail. That's even higher for those aiming for positive social or environmental impact. In the tail wind of COVID, impact investing was on the rise. But then, as companies entered 2024, conflated macro-economic factors applied the brakes on investment. Many of this important, impactful startups ended up just like this pier in Brighton. Burnt out skeletons of their former self, cast adrift. Now, we can't fix the macro-economy, but we can do something about it for purpose driven startups. Our Impact Builder is designed to solve this by bringing together funding with expert technical and growth support to de-risk execution and increase the chances of success. Read more about it here 👉 https://lttr.ai/AVzeX
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"The discovery phase of any project is as much around the known unknowns as it is the unknown unknowns." 💭 So, what does Jonathan Aizlewood mean by this? Many businesses (commendably) believe they already know everything about their product, industry, challenges and opportunities. However, the negative space of design isn't just about addressing what people know they need, it's also about identifying what they don’t know they need. As digital product experts, we can add value to a project during a discovery phase by uncovering a new level of user understanding or product validation 🧘 To discover how we can help you turn unknowns into actionable insights and create impactful digital products, read the full blog 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTitbY5Z #UserExperience #DigitalProduct #ProductDesign
I’ve already discovered it all. Why do I need a design discovery phase? | From the ASquared Insights blog
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It’s time to meet some of the pets (aka masterminds) behind the ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency team… 🐱 Gary, who has reluctantly accepted his fate as a fashion aficionado 🐶 Billy, still holding a grudge against the mail carrier despite moving house 3 times 🐱 Floki, who can switch from crazy to lovely in the blink of an eye 🐶 Maverick, still in his puppy phase but starting to learn that furniture isn’t for eating 🐱 Lemon Pythagoras (LemPi), rescued from Greece and still enjoys a good ol’ bathe in the sun #Pets #AgencyLife #MeetThePets
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We're back with another ✨ AppDelight ✨ and this time we're exploring Vinted! If you're looking to refresh your wardrobe or make some extra cash, then the Vinted app is a must-try. It makes buying and selling pre-loved items (not just clothes!) easy, with great deals and a focus on sustainability. What's not to love? Read the full review, written by Lyla Andrews during her week of work experience at ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-DuEVFB #MobileApp #AppReview #AppDelight
The ASquared AppDelight Series: Vinted | ASquared Insights blog
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At ASquared | B Corp™ | Digital Product Agency, the apps we ideate, design, and build can deliver seamless personalised experiences, drive efficiencies, and provide valuable insights. How do we do it? 🤔 We can spot where AI can add value to a project, and help our clients use it to their advantage. Working with the team at On Track Learning Limited on their new platform Novella Learning, we've been able to push the boundaries of learning content creation through the use of AI storytelling. Novella is now able to generate tailored and engaging training courses within just minutes. #AI #DigitalProductAgency #Apps
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✨ Speaker Spotlight ✨ Our latest blog post explores the inspiring story of Cal N., whose path to becoming a software engineer is anything but ordinary. Cal shares insights into design thinking, problem-solving, and the passion that fuels innovation. He also acknowledges key figures who have significantly influenced his career, including Dom Mason, Julie Mason, Dan Wallman, and Nick Kuh, Pete G, among others. Curious to learn more about Cal's journey? Read the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/egKNwXbG
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