Aha! (company)

Aha! is a cloud-based software company that provides product development software for companies in the United States and internationally. Aha! offers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products for organizations to set strategy, ideate, plan, showcase, build, and launch new products and enhancements.

Aha!
TypePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded2013
HeadquartersMenlo Park, California
Area served
Global
Key people
Brian de Haaff (CEO)
Chris Waters (CTO)
Websitewww.aha.io

Product managers (PMs), engineers, and product development teams — including innovation management programs, portfolio management, product marketing, and operations — use the Aha! suite of products to bring ideas from raw concept to market.

As of 2023, more than 700,000 product builders[1] from companies of all sizes use the Aha! suite of products.

Capabilities

Aha! helps users take a strategic and value-based approach to building and delivering new products and services. Its suite of products includes Aha! Roadmaps, Aha! Ideas, Aha! Notebooks, Aha! Develop, and Aha! Academy.[2]

Using the Aha! suite enables teams to bring a raw concept to finished product — all within a unified product development platform. Users can think collaboratively, capture ideas, define a product strategy, manage agile development, and deliver new capabilities to market.

The software provides functionality for users to link strategic goals and initiatives to their work, create visual roadmaps of upcoming plans, and track key business objectives through product management and development. Aha! also enables teams to capture ideas, prioritize and assign work, set schedules, customize workflows, and collaborate with stakeholders directly in the tool. A mobile application for iPhone and Android is available.[3]

Aha! is integrated with many third party applications including Jira,[4][5] GitHub,[6] Azure DevOps Server,[7] Pivotal Tracker, Trello, FogBugz, Jellyfish,[8] Redmine, Zendesk,[9] Salesforce, Google Analytics, and Slack and has a rest-based API.

History

Aha! is a self-funded, private company, founded by Brian de Haaff and Dr. Chris Waters[10] in the spring of 2013[11] in Menlo Park, California.[12] It has always been distributed — there is no centralized headquarters, so employees can remotely work[13] from anywhere in the United States and select international locations.

In 2017, Aha! co-founder and CEO Brian de Haaff shared his philosophy on building successful businesses and products in Lovability[14]. The bestselling book details how Aha! puts people, profit, and performance first — to inspire others to build companies and products that people love.

In 2019 and 2020, Aha! expanded their roadmapping software use case beyond product management to include purpose-built workspaces for other types of teams: marketing, IT, services, project management, and business operations.

In October 2020, Aha! launched Aha! Ideas[15] to give teams a way to crowdsource ideas from customers, employees, and partners and incorporate those ideas into product plans. In May 2021, the company released Aha! Develop,[16] a fully extendable agile development tool for engineering teams.

In 2022, Aha! introduced a digital notebook[17] for product builders. Aha! Notebooks[18] gives teams a shared space to document information, think through concepts, and collaborate. The company also announced that they surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR)[19] and launched The Bootstrap Movement, an approach to sustainable business growth that emphasizes self-reliance and value exchange over pursuing outside funding.

The company has donated more than $1 million[20] to people in need through Aha! Cares, its philanthropic giving program.

Recognition

Aha! has been included on many lists of the best places to work, including Forbes,[21] LinkedIn, and WeWorkRemotely.

In 2018, Aha! was #143 on the Inc. 500 list[22] of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S and #13 of all software companies.

Aha! also ranked #50 on Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 500[23] and in the top 100 on Forbes' 2021 list of best startups.[24]

In 2022, Fortune [25] featured Aha! in an article about how to bootstrap over accepting outside funding.

Forbes Advisor[26] named Aha! software as “Best for roadmapping” in its roundup of The Best Business Plan Software of 2023.

See also

References
  1. "Roadmap Software for Every Team". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  2. "Aha! Suite — Everything You Need to Build Lovable Software". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  3. "Roadmap Software Mobile App".
  4. "Aha! Visual Product Roadmaps | Atlassian Marketplace". marketplace.atlassian.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  5. "Aha! Launches Visual Product Roadmaps for JIRA". Reuters. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  6. "Install Aha! · GitHub Integrations Directory". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  7. "Aha! -- Visual Product Roadmaps | Visual Studio Marketplace". marketplace.visualstudio.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  8. "Jellyfish value stream management tool busts bottlenecks | TechTarget". Software Quality. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  9. "Aha with Zendesk - Apps into Zendesk Help Desk". www.zendesk.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  10. Journal, Lauren Weber and Chip Cutter | Photographs by Caleb Alvarado for The Wall Street (2022-02-23). "Some Companies Ditch Annual Raises and Review Worker Pay More Often". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  11. "New SaaS startup Aha! aims to make building great products easier". TechWorld. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  12. "Aha! streamlines development with cloud-based project management platform". PCWorld. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  13. "10 companies that will let you work from home and are hiring now". Scripps News. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  14. "Lovability Book by Brian de Haaff". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  15. "Aha! Ideas — Comprehensive Idea Management Software". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  16. "Aha! Develop — A Fully Extendable Agile Development Tool — Build Your Way". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  17. "Introducing Aha! Create — Your New Digital Notebook". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  18. "Aha! Notebooks — Create beautiful documents and whiteboards". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  19. "Why the CEO of Aha! rejected the venture capital model and thinks more founders should do the same". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  20. "Aha! Commits $400,000 to Charitable Giving in 2022". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  21. HILBURN", "JAIR. "America's Best Startup Employers 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  22. "Aha! Ranks #143 on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  23. "Aha! Is Recognized as One of Deloitte's Technology Fast 500". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  24. "Aha! Ranks in Top 100 on Forbes' List of America's Best Startups". www.aha.io. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  25. "Why the CEO of Aha! rejected the venture capital model and thinks more founders should do the same". Fortune. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  26. "10 Best Business Plan Software In 2023 – Forbes Advisor". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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