Your product works. It just doesn't look fundable yet.
Investors pattern-match in seconds. The tools that let you ship in a weekend gave you the same defaults as everyone else. That's what gets you filtered out before the meeting starts.
Colour palette and UX patterns picked by an LLM, exactly like the 40,000 other AI-shipped sites it built this month. Nothing distinct, nothing memorable.
Copy that reads like it was written by a committee of tech bros, because it kind of was.
Pick a dash
Three ways in. One outcome.
Each Dash is led by Chris directly. No junior handoff, no offshore team.
Pick the dash that matches how much surface you want covered. We scope the specifics together: site, product, deck, or a mix.
Quick dash
One surface, sharpened.
A focused pass on one thing: your landing page, a core product screen, or your pitch deck.
Not sure which to pick? Email us to find your fit.
How it works
Book it, brief it, get it back.
No discovery phase. No scoping calls. No workshops. You already know what's wrong with it.
Pay
Pick a tier and pay through Stripe. Takes a minute.
Brief us
We send a short form to gather context: URL, screenshots, references, goals. We start as soon as it lands.
Interactive prototype
A live URL with the redesigned version. Click through it, test it, share it.
Walkthrough + revisions
Loom walkthrough of every decision. You flag changes. We ship revisions within 24 hours.
Good fit · bad fit
This is not for everyone. That's the point.
A Dash sharpens what you've shipped. It doesn't build a product from scratch.
Book a dash if
You're preparing to raise, or just opened a round
You have a working product, even if rough
Your site, product, or deck looks AI-shipped
You have a URL, screenshots, or a deck
You'd rather pay flat than negotiate scope
Don't book if
You haven't put in the thinking yet. Dash sharpens what you've shaped, not what doesn't exist
You need fundraising strategy, narrative coaching, or investor intros
You want a Figma file to hand to someone else
You need someone embedded for months. That's Halaska Studio
Need deeper product work, branding, or a custom scope? We do that too, through Halaska Studio partnerships and bespoke packages. Get in touch.
Done this before, with founders who closed.
Before Dash, I spent 20 years in design at Google, Ogilvy, and 2.5 years running Halaska Studio. Lately that's meant working with founders when their visual surface needs to catch up to what they're building: most often a raise, sometimes a relaunch. Our product, brand, and deck design helped Circuit's founder raise $9M. Nucanon, an AI storytelling tool for game designers, raised a $500K seed and was acquired by Zupee for $5M after I designed their MVP.
Most founders spend money in the wrong places (pitch coaches, narrative consultants, deck templates) when the thing getting them filtered out is visual. That's fixable. It doesn't take three months.
Chris Halaska · ex-Google, ex-Ogilvy · founder of Halaska Studio
FAQ
Things you'll probably ask first.
What does "interactive prototype" actually mean?
A live URL with real HTML, CSS, and where needed, React. You click through it. You can view source. You can fork it. It's built in Claude Code, so handing it to your engineer or dropping it into your existing repo is straightforward. No Figma-to-code translation step.
Do I own the output?
Yes. Everything we produce is yours, with no restrictions. Ship it, modify it, throw it away. We retain the right to mention that we worked on it, which we'll do tastefully and only after you've launched.
What if I already have a designer or a brand?
Even better. Share the brand guidelines and any reference material up front. We work inside those rails rather than starting fresh. A Dash inside an established system usually ships faster, not slower. The Loom walkthrough means your in-house designer can pick it up and keep building after we ship.
Can you just implement it for me instead of sending a prototype?
Not as part of a Dash. Implementation into your real codebase is a different kind of engagement. Longer, more intertwined with your engineering team, and priced accordingly. If you need that, we can talk about a Halaska Studio project after the Dash ships.
What's the revision policy?
Quick dash is a single pass with no revisions. That's how we keep the price flat and the turnaround short. Full dash includes one round, Raise dash includes two. A round is one consolidated list of changes shipped together, not unlimited back and forth. The structure is what keeps things fast.
How is this different from Halaska Studio?
Dash is generally for founders who are pre-funding and need to visualise what they're building: fixed price, fixed scope, one intervention, sized to fit a tight runway. Halaska Studio is the deeper engagement, built for funded teams with bigger budgets who want an ongoing design partner doing more thorough work. Monthly partnership, starting at $25K/month. Same quality bar, different shape. If you love the Dash and want to keep going, we can talk about a retainer or follow-on work once it ships.
What if I'm focused on user growth, not raising?
Dash is built around the investor moment: fixed scope, fixed deadline. If your bottleneck is conversion, onboarding, or retention with real users, that's continuous work better suited to a Halaska Studio engagement. Get in touch and we'll talk through what that looks like.
Can I book more than one Dash?
Yes, and many clients do. A common pattern is one Dash on the brand and landing page, then a second on the product UI or deck once the first ships. Each Dash is self-contained, so you can decide as you go rather than committing to everything upfront.
What if I need more work after the dash ships?
We offer ongoing design partnerships for founders who want to keep going. Pricing depends on the scope and complexity of what you need next, and we'll talk through what that looks like once the Dash ships. No pressure, no upsell baked into the Dash itself.
Will you talk to our investors directly?
No. Dash is a design service, not advisory. We make the artifacts. You run the meetings.
What if our deck doesn't exist yet?
Dash works with what you have. If your deck is still being written, book a Quick or Full dash now for your site or product, and come back for a separate Dash on the deck once the content is locked.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes, standard mutual NDA, sent before kickoff on request.
How is this different from a pitch deck designer?
Pitch deck designers do decks. Dash covers the whole investor surface (site, product, deck) from one designer who knows how the pieces fit together visually.
Can you redesign my pitch deck?
Yes. The deck is one of the surfaces any Dash can cover. You supply the slides and content, we redesign the visuals: type system, layout, data viz, cover and closing treatment. We don't rewrite the narrative or build from scratch.
Ready to walk in with something that looks fundable?
Pick a tier, send us your URL or your deck, and you'll have something investor-ready by the end of the week.
Chris Halaska · ex-Google, ex-Ogilvy · founder of Halaska Studio