How AJ&Smart Transformed From Design Agency to Multi-Million Dollar Success

December 31st, 2024

Founded By
Jonathan Courtney
Monthly Revenue
$182K
Founders
2
Profitable
Yes
Year Started
2011
Customer
B2B

Who is Jonathan Courtney?

Jonathan Courtney, originally from Ireland, studied digital media production in Darmstadt, Germany. Initially pursuing a filmmaking career in Berlin, he transitioned to product design and co-founded AJ&Smart after collaborating on a successful design project.

What problem does AJ&Smart solve?

AJ&Smart helps teams ditch chaotic brainstorming for focused workshops, making project beginnings clearer and more productive for overwhelmed teams.

AJ&Smart Homepage

AJ&Smart Homepage

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How did Jonathan come up with the idea for AJ&Smart?

Jonathan Courtney, the founder of AJ&Smart, originally aimed to be a filmmaker, but his career took a different direction when he started working as a designer at a tech company in Berlin. Frustrated with the traditional, often misaligned processes he observed in design projects, he recognized a significant problem in the lack of structured ways to execute meaningful and innovative work. His experiences at...

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workshopper.com listennotes.com youtu.be youtu.be
2 youtube videos · 1 article · 1 podcast
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workshopper.com Article
How Workshops Changed My Career, An Interview with AJ&Smart’s Jonathan Courtney
We sat down with AJ&Smart CEO Jonathan Courtney to delve into the history of AJ&Smart, the story behind Workshopper, and learn why facili...
listennotes.com
listennotes.com Podcast · 2024
Why relaunching AJ&Smart drove me a little mad
Hey friends! Many of you have probably already seen and heard that last week we relaunched AJ&Smart. But what you don’t know is the proce...
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youtu.be YouTube · 2023
Business model shifts: How AJ\&Smart created two multi-million dollar companies
If you know about Design Sprints, you probably know about AJ\&Smart. They have dominated the Design Sprint world for a few years now, but...
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youtu.be YouTube · 2020
Podcast S3E64: Jonathan Courtney - What it takes to build a successful digital product
In today's episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Jonathan Courtney, CEO of AJ&Smart. See the full episode at https://wp....