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Tighten's whole-business approach transcends engineering, propelling software-driven businesses forward with clarity and confidence.
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Evolve your business with confidence like these Tighten clients.

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Genentech + Roche
Over the past 15 years, we've partnered on a wide array of groundbreaking digital projects.
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Sweetwater Sound
Our enduring partnership has helped solidify Sweetwater as the industry leader in music and pro audio gear.
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Chicago Botanic Garden
Tighten helped the Garden give citizen scientists tools to protect rare species and act as stewards for our collective future.
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Adopt a Storm Drain
We helped civic-minded citizens divert thousands of tons of waste from their water supply, one drain at a time.
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We Wrote the Book
Tighten co-founder Matt Stauffer wrote the canonical book on Laravel, now in its second edition.
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Technical expertise.

We're ultra-focused and deeply experienced in the technology powering today's best businesses.
Laravel
The present and future of backend web development. We wrote the book.
Vue & React
These ultra-modern frontend frameworks pair beautifully with Laravel.
Hybrid Mobile
Game-changing, cross-platform mobile apps with a single codebase.
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We’ve spent a decade assembling and nurturing the industry’s finest development team. We’re here to do the best work of our lives on behalf of your business.

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“Tighten are true professionals. They’re calm under pressure. They’re the kind of people you want to survive a natural disaster with.”
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Dan Sheetz

Partner + Managing Director

Hey, I’m Dan!

I spend my days helping businesses at key moments in their evolution become the massively successful, software-propelled businesses they were meant to be.

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