Design Partner Program
Shape the future of basketball decision intelligence.
The HoopWise Design Partner Program is a 6+ month collaboration between our founding team and a select group of professional basketball organizations. Partners get full platform access, direct involvement in the product roadmap, and a permanent commercial advantage — in exchange for structured engagement and candid feedback.
What it means to be a Design Partner
This isn't a beta test. It isn't a trial period. The Design Partner Program is a structured working relationship — with real commitments on both sides.
Design Partners receive the full HoopWise platform from day one, with no restrictions. Everything available to any other organization. Everything we release during the year. In exchange, partners commit to active engagement: structured monthly sessions, candid feedback on what works and what doesn't, and good-faith use of new features as they arrive.
The number of Design Partners is limited by design. We keep the group small so the relationship is real.
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Five things Design Partners get that standard customers don't.
Direct access to the founding team
Not a support ticket. Not a customer success manager. Your primary contact is the team that built the product. Every question, every strategic discussion, every support need — handled directly.
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First access to everything we build
Design Partners receive priority access to every new feature before it reaches the general market. If it's on the roadmap, you see it first.
Bespoke projects, IN PRIORITY
Any analytical engagement that goes beyond standard platform use — custom reports, deep-dive analysis, exploratory work — is included at no additional cost during the program year, and at a preferential rate thereafter. Delivered by the founding team.
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A permanent commercial advantage
When the program concludes and partners transition to a paid subscription, they do so at a rate that is permanently below the standard market price — locked in for every renewal, for as long as the partnership continues. The standard price evolves over time; the advantage stays.
A seat at the table
Monthly product sessions, quarterly forward-looking briefings on where the product is going — before any public announcement — and a formal channel to shape feature priorities. Design Partners don't just use the product. They influence it.
What We Ask in Return
The exchange
PRODUCT ENGAGEMENT
In other words, use our product. Navigate around, keep notes, what do you love, what you don’t, what can be improved, what’s missing. Be creative, we are here to listen and implement.
BI-WEEKLY MEETINGS
A dedicated time between club’s staff members and the HoopWise team for reporting of feedback, prioritization of improvements, and overall impact assessment.
PARTNERSHIP PR
A permission to reference the partnership publicly — subject to your approval on any specific language.
Built for Organizations That Take Decisions Seriously
Who it's for
The Design Partner Program is open to professional basketball organizations that are willing to rethink how analytical work gets done — not just get a new tool, but change the workflow. The right partner isn't necessarily the one with the biggest analytics department. It's the one with the most honest questions.
Your organization spends significant time reconciling data from multiple platforms.
You're asking questions you currently can't get answered — by any tool or analyst.
You're building manual processes that shouldn't need to exist.
You want to be involved in shaping what the platform becomes — not just buying what it already is.
Apply for the Design Partner Program
The program is limited. If you're interested in being considered, reach out directly. We'll have an honest conversation about whether it's a fit — for both sides.
The program year runs 12 months. Both parties commit to the full duration.