Mike Stone

Background

About Mike Stone

I started The Gnar Company after a career playing professional lacrosse—capped off by scoring the game-winning goal in the 2015 MLL Championship.What does lacrosse have to do with software? More than you'd think.Championships aren't won by talented individuals. They're won by teams that drill fundamentals until execution becomes automatic. Teams where the people who show up on game day are the same people who put in the work during practice.That's how we build software.The Gnar Company is a Boston-based product development team. We help growth-focused companies—from Series A startups to enterprises like AARP Foundation and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts—ship reliable, scalable software without the usual agency headaches.We take teams from validated idea to production-ready product in 4-6 months. Our Context-Driven Development methodology combines AI-enhanced workflows with rigorous upfront requirements gathering—so we move fast without cutting corners.Here's what makes us different:1. Guaranteed outcomes. No more getting 80% through a project and watching it fall apart. When you work with us, the resulting software works as expected. Guaranteed.2. Guaranteed price. Budget for your project without the risk of costs blowing up. If it costs more, that's on us.3. The team that pitches is the team that builds. 100% U.S-based senior engineers who are as good at communicating as they are at coding.4. 12-month bug-free warranty. We fix any issues with released code for free for a year.Whether you're launching a new product, modernizing legacy systems, or need senior engineers embedded in your team, we're built to help you ship.Let's talk: mike@thegnar.co |(617)