Love At First Try, is a design
studio and academy, specialized
in SaaS product-led growth design.
how we're different
I believe the traditional agency model is broken.
And it's all because of the way agencies make money.
The revenue model (aka how you make money) impacts the quality of your work.
Many agencies make money by:
👉 Charging high - they charge senior-level rates.
👉 Paying low - they use junior designers behind the scenes or underpay designers.
👉 Delivering as fast as possible - they focus on speed and minimize the time spent on each project to increase their profit margin.
This model is toxic for both clients and designers. It's like a design factory with zero design research and thought.
That's why I built Love at First Try, a design agency with a completely different revenue model. We have two revenue streams.
👉 Services - We only work with 3 clients per year to pay our salaries and keep our company alive. By focusing on only 3 clients in a year, we’re able to dive deep into their businesses. This allows us to create designs that don’t just look good but improve user experience and drive revenue.
👉 Products - We package our research, designs and knowledge into educational products that can be sold to and help thousands of SaaS teams. Instead of building an army of designers, we scale our revenue by selling products.
This model allows us to have high revenue without sacrificing quality.
The only way to scale our revenue is to deliver exceptional designs for clients because we sell proven methodologies and design patterns that drive real results for them.
Simply put, we only succeed when our clients succeed. And that’s what sets us apart from other agencies. We don't sell hours. We sell results.
- Jim Zarkadas
Jim is the lead product designer and design growth strategist. He makes sure your users will find your product easy to use and that they will convert.
Ioanna is the brand designer. She makes sure product and website illustrations we create for our clients, look unique and beautiful.
Mo is the motion designer. He makes sure the product of each of our clients stands out from the crowd and has a delightful experience with beautiful micro-animations and interactions.
Ana is head of OPS and reporting and research assistant. She is the one that drafts every month PLG growth reports to measure and review our progress with all of our clients, and she also creates knowledge bases with insights from their customers that we can use in our product strategy and design. She is also leading all the internal OPS in Love At First Try.
Ema is the head of content and the lead of our design coaching program. She is the one that creates actionable beautiful posts every week on our marketing channels and she is leading our design coaching program for developers, alongside with Jim.
Some of the SaaS teams that
trusted us so far
$1.8M+ of annual recurring revenue
CRM and appointment SaaS for cleaning business in US and UK.
$1M+ of annual recurring revenue
Knowledge Base software for product and support teams in tech companies.
Used by 64.468+ businesses in The Netherlands
Biggest and most popular online company incorporation service in The Netherlands.l
Used by billion-dollar enterprises and making $2M+ of ARR
Enterprise video hosting platform that makes corporate comms simple and secure.
Used by Facebook, Microsoft, Intel and other top tech brand.
Slashdata is the leading analyst firm in the developer economy, tracking global software developer trends via the largest, most comprehensive developer surveys worldwide
Used by teams in Amazon, Booking, Sony and more.
Create and send stylish e-scard filled with messages, GIFs, photos & videos.
Used by 1,000+ companies like HubSpot, AirBnB, Amazon and Facebook
Turns any website into data with undetected scraping technology.
$1M+ generated in mentorships per year
A marketplace of trusted source to find highly-vetted mentors & industry professionals to move your tech career ahead.
Most popular indie SaaS community in UK with $10k+ of MRR
The #1 founder community supporting you to ramen profitable, and beyond. An active Slack, remote co-working, expert AMAs, in-house mentors, masterminds, discounts and much more.
$500K+ of ARR with $8M of seed funding
A SaaS that helps real-estate lenders protect their collateral.
Backed by the founders of WeTransfer, JustEat, and TreatWell.
Centralized governance tasks and communication for Venture Capital firms.
Used by 1M+ businesses in 190+ countries
Automate DM conversations in Instagram, Messenger & SMS.
Used by 100.000+ businesses in The Netherlands.
EU-based contract management and e-signing tool for SMBs
Trusted by marketing teams in Freshbooks, Drift and more.
Link building and local search solutions for SEOs and Agencies.
Used by thousands of students in US
Mappd is a B2C SaaS that provides students with the roadmap to help them navigate their premed journey. From the people who brought the Medical School Headquarters.
Mid-stage niche SaaS for moving companies
Oncue is a full-service moving company operating system that helps moving companies grow with innovative technology and an on-demand booking service.
Used by teams like Paddle and UserZoom
Sales Enablement platform with the high adoption and low cost of maintenance.
