About The Yellow Squid
Good software begins
with understanding.
We’re a software partner for small businesses and nonprofits. We help you work out what your organization needs, build it, and put it to use.
Why we do this
You shouldn’t need a technical background to get the right tools.
You know your customers, your community, and the work your team does. You may also know exactly where things break down: the repeated data entry, the missing updates, the report that takes a day to put together.
Our role is to turn that understanding into software. That can mean a custom CRM, an application to run daily operations, or connections between systems you already use. We handle the technical work and keep the decisions clear.
Our approach
Useful to your team.
Clear to you.
01
Start with the people doing the work.
The person using the system every day sees things a requirements list can miss. We bring those tasks and perspectives into the design.
02
Make the decisions understandable.
You should know what we are building, why it matters, and what the tradeoffs are. We explain the technical choices in terms of your work.
03
Keep the first version focused.
A system earns its place by being useful. We define the work it needs to support first, and make room for later improvements without treating every idea as a launch requirement.
04
Think beyond the build.
Training, maintenance, and future changes matter to the people relying on the software. We discuss those needs as part of planning the project.
The name
Untangling the work.
The Yellow Squid is a memorable name for a practical job: making sense of the moving parts and helping them work together. The result should feel simpler for the people using it.
Start with a conversation
You don’t need a technical brief.
You need a place to start.
Tell us about your organization and what needs to work better. We’ll help you turn that into a plan for the right software.