LaunchPad Lab

We design and develop web and mobile applications for growing businesses. Clients come to us for our inventive approach to problem solving using our technical expertise and business knowledge.

Scott Weisman

Jan 11, 2018

4 Must-Read Startup Books You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Wade Novak

Jul 31, 2017

Hardware is Hard, and your UX is Creepy

Stage 1 of my quest to ease our office restroom queue.

Paul Gonzalez

Jul 14, 2017

Finding a foothold

Customer discovery means finding an entry point into a customer’s life

Paul Gonzalez

Jun 22, 2017

Customer Interview Smells

Be on the lookout for these red flags when collecting feedback from…

In Defense of Non-Presentational React Components

React components, especially stateless functional components, are typically used to generate UI elements on a web page. However, a React component doesn’t necessarily need to render anything at all. A classic example of this behavior is the…

Ryan Francis

May 23, 2017

Say No to If/Else Statements

One of the first lessons we learn in programming is how to write a conditional. If/Else statements seem so central to programming that it is hard to imagine a world without them.

Wade Novak

May 12, 2017

Teaching “The LaunchPad Lab Way”

Teaching Chicago college students the what, how and why around product development.

In the two years I’ve been at LaunchPad Lab we’ve helped a lot of companies go from just an idea to a…