The studio I couldn’t find, so I built it.

Jersey Proper started in 2024 because good businesses kept hiring the wrong studios. The brand shops didn't understand product. The product shops didn't understand operations. And the agencies that claimed both made decks, not software.

I take a few engagements at a time and do the work myself. Properly means I get the structure right before the surface, and I don't hand off work I wouldn't ship myself.

Fifteen years of that has put software in front of more than 25,000 real estate agents, and taught me that the brand, the product, and the launch are one piece of work. If that sounds like what you're trying to build, start here.

Michael Ehrlich

Founder and studio director

Founded
2024
Based in
New Jersey
Engagements
A few at a time
Typical length
About 14 weeks
Availability
Currently booking for Q4 2026

Fourteen weeks, to scale.

A typical engagement, drawn as the calendar it is. On a wide screen each block is as wide as the weeks it takes. Pick one.

We learn the ground first: your customer, your operators, the existing tools, the unspoken rules of the category. No deliverables until we agree on what we are actually building.

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