From initial concept to fully operational business, we work as a strategic partner for companies and people we believe in.
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Founders who've done it before
We've built, shipped, raised, failed, and scaled. That experience shapes how we think and execute.
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We sweep the corners
Details matter. We pressure test assumptions, close gaps, and do the unglamorous work that makes products durable.
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We care about outcomes
We treat your product like it's ours. We go deep, push harder, and do what it takes to win.
Our Team
Leadership
Jack Phifer
Founder / Chief Executive Officer
Startup founder and product leader with 10+ years building and scaling digital platforms serving 100k+ users. MIT Computer Science. Founder of Finary, raising $3M+ from Y Combinator and Upfront Ventures.
Jack Strachan
Founder / Chief Design Officer
Product & design leader spanning strategy, UI/UX, and implementation. MIT graduate and creator of a 1.3M subscriber YouTube channel. Previously worked at Finary.
Cory O'Shea
Founder / Chief Technology Officer
Engineering leader and MIT Computer Science graduate with experience at Google and Scale AI. Built infrastructure serving millions and co-founded a tutoring company later acquired.
Jason Polan
Chief Operating Officer
Operator with 20+ years leading large-scale initiatives for brands including WWE, Coca-Cola, NASCAR, Oprah Winfrey Network, and Facebook. Entrepreneur and execution-focused leader.
Cole Rubin
Strategic Partner
Entrepreneur and operator focused on building and scaling consumer platforms at the intersection of media, sports, and technology. Cole brings deep experience in growth, partnerships, and brand development across emerging digital ventures.
Part of the family
We kicked off 2026 together in NYC
Every January we bring the team together to align, celebrate, and set the tone for the year ahead.
Scope has been our tech partner since day one, and they’ve been a major reason we’ve been able to move as fast as we have. Their engineering talent is elite, but what makes them truly different is how deeply they understand product. They’ve helped us think through strategy, roadmap, and go to market decisions like an extension of our founding team. Just as importantly, they’re genuinely great people, responsive, collaborative, and a real pleasure to build with.
Claude
CEO, UpNext
The Scope team goes above and beyond to not only help improve our technology and resources, but they do so with the same care they would put into their own business. They are not just contractors to me, but an extended work family and valued friends.
Adrian
Business Development Manager, Epic Photo Ops
Scope didn’t just act like an outsourced engineering team. They became real partners in the vision. I’m someone who thinks in big ideas and relationships, not code, and their team did an incredible job taking those ideas and translating them into real products. They walk me through tradeoffs, explain different paths we could take, and give honest guidance while still leaving the final call to me as the founder. For someone trying to build a serious technology company without coming from an engineering background, that kind of partnership is invaluable.
Cole
CEO, SeatClub
Scope brings business visions to life — efficiently and pragmatically. While everyone else is looking for a shortcut to build their next enterprise, the expertise Scope provides perfectly bridges the gap between non-technical co-founders and the still necessary product development skills vital to properly scaling a company from 0 to 1. I would’ve been lost without their guidance — and now look forward to raising a Series A that otherwise would’ve been impossible.
