Empowering entrepreneurs and idea people to lift off!

We empower innovators and entrepreneurs. We turn inspiration into apps. We turn vision into brands. We breathe life into ideas, and we help bring startups into the world.

What We Do

Apps & Tools

We believe in powerful, smart, scalable apps and tools that help people work better and faster, improve conversion rates, or just make life more interesting...

Layout & Design

We’re passionate about clean design and intuitive user experience. Lines, colors, and angles can tell stories, display dense data, and keep users on your page longer.

Icons & Graphics

It’s the little things that set you apart. Not every MVP has to be built with cookie-cutter elements. Custom graphics and icons will captivate your audience, convey meaning, and direct attention.

Validation & Refinement

Turning an idea to a business takes diligence and iteration. Scalability, monetization, technology, timing, marketing, and more come into play. No need to finalize your idea in a vacuum.

Execution & Strategy

Startup failure is rarely due to a bad idea. A kink in your process or business model can derail everything. The tools, analytics, and strategy we place at your fingertips promote the sound execution of your ideas.

Take-off

Great minds shake empty fists at wealthy founders saying “that was my idea!”... It’s usually true. Ideas in the queue mean nothing. We’ll guide you through a pre-flight check, taxi to the runway, and lift off!

The MVP

All great startups begin with a "Minimum Viable Product". Our skills, tools, and technologies allow for rapid prototyping but can be scaled and transitioned to enterprise architecture. Your MVP won't need to be scrapped if you go viral, and you've already got a solid team familiar with your codebase and business model to help onboard and train your own crew.

We're mastering the art of the MVP.

We've isolated 3 paths from viable idea to initial success:

Meteoric Take-off

Rapid user adoption of a new product or service. Usually best suited for low-margin, mass-market ideas. Helps make your idea presentation ready.

Cash Flow Positive

More money is generated by the product than it consumes. Best suited for sales-heavy, high-margin products or services. Helps make your idea presentation-ready.

Presentation Ready

Your product is compelling to investors and early adopters. Your pitch is legitimate, and you have skin in the game. Ideally, you have some cash flow or lots of users.

Our Partners

Josh Plager

Founder and CEO of BIM Earth

Finding Flight has changed my life!!! For ten years, I struggled to create a company to make the world's building information easy to access. I researched markets, developed business plans, theorized algorithms, studied data science and privacies—the works! I was really struggling alone. What I needed was to "take Flight!" I needed a local team with the skills to build what I wanted built and willingness to meet with me, listen to me, validate the good, propose ways to improve, provide clear budget and burn rate projections, and execute as promised. The Flight team offered comprehensive engineering, design, deployment, and support. They’re professional, creatively driven, and take pride in their work.

Jack Lanehome

Founder and CEO of Aid2Assist

Flight has been great to work with. I felt really comfortable with working with Jacob at Flight. They provided me with expected results. They are honest and gave me what options are best for me and my business. I highly recommend to give them a try!

Our Team

Jacob Johnston

Architect & Founder

A lover of science and technology, seeking out innovative and inspiring tools and tech to enhance our clients' entrepreneurial endeavors. Jacob takes great pleasure in creating powerful, performant, dynamic web applications and beautiful, intuitive user interfaces. His other passion is entrepreneurship, graduating with a concentration in entrepreneurial studies. He's always following case studies and the latest findings about what works and doesn't for startups and growing businesses. He really likes working with innovators.

Tricia Mendoza

Product Designer

Making sure not to get tempted with the financial stability that comes with pursuing a medical career, she stayed on track by achieving a Bachelors Degree in Illustration from California State University, Long Beach. She plans to fulfill her childhood prophecy of furthering her claim in the design world by using shapes, lines, and composition in ways they thought couldn't be done. Watch out for her, as she is just getting warmed up.

Joe Parsley

UI/UX Engineer

Born and raised in Oregon, Joe enjoys all of the amazing things the Pacific Northwest has to offer. He's all about everything nerdy and has a profound love for designing and programming. Being able to take someone's idea and turn it into a virtually physical piece of art that can be enjoyed on any screen is what keeps Joe going. When he's not programming or designing, you can find Joe playing DnD, jamming with his band, hiking or backpacking with his friends.

Revolving Crew

Diverse Skills

We're constantly expanding our network of talented startup enthusiasts, technologists, and creatives. We've got open contracts with local and global talent to supplement your needs, and a long list of connections with people to add to your team. Most of this workforce will be available for hire by you or your company when the time is right.

info@flight.run | Portland, OR