Build what
should exist.

We develop our own ventures through The Lab and help organisations turn ideas and difficult workflows into useful products and systems through The Studio.

ON THE WORKBENCH

Ideas in motion.

The work crosses categories. Each project begins with a question we think is worth testing. Statuses describe where the work is today.

WHAT LIKOLÓ IS

One purpose.
Three tracks.

THE LAB

We follow our own questions.

We research opportunities, prototype ideas and test products in the world. Some grow into independent products or businesses. Others become infrastructure, useful lessons or work we decide to retire.

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THE STUDIO

We build with organisations.

Bring us a difficult problem, a product idea or a system that no longer works well. We investigate it with you, find the right intervention and engineer something useful.

Build with Likoló
LIKOLÓ TRUST · PROPOSED

A track taking shape.

Likoló Trust is a proposed third track. Its purpose, structure and activities are still to be confirmed. No programmes, grants or donations are open through this website.

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FOR ORGANISATIONS

Bring us the problem.
We’ll find the right build.

The answer might be a product, a better system, a prototype, an integration, a decision tool or a redesigned process. We start by making the problem precise.

Product discoveryPrototypingAutomationData systemsGeospatialIntegration
What we can build together

INSIDE THE LAB

Some questions need
a working answer.

We use experiments to learn before declaring a product inevitable. A prototype can reveal a better direction, a hard limit, or a reason to stop.

See the questions we’re exploring
AN OPEN QUESTION
Can a location decision become clearer when the evidence is something people can actually inspect?

Location IQ · Research

HOW WE BUILD

Curiosity with a stopping rule.

We move from the problem to a prototype, then put it in contact with reality. Good ideas earn more investment. Weak assumptions get revised. Some work ends with a useful lesson.

UnderstandExplorePrototypeBuildValidateDecide
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THE NEXT QUESTION

Got something
worth building?

A problem that keeps returning. A product you wish existed. A system that ought to work better. Bring it to the studio.