Bad Poodle Labs

A media holding company · EST. 2026

Bad Poodle Labs

We build distinctive consumer software for the way people actually live, learn, and remember — one stubbornly specific product at a time.

Phoenix, AZ

01 / Manifesto

Software should feel like it was made for a person, not a market.

Bad Poodle Labs is a small holding company building a few stubbornly specific products. We don't chase platforms or audiences — we chase the moments that matter to the people we already are: the night before a show, the hour after a hospital visit, the page no one else thought to write.

Each brand under our umbrella is its own thing, with its own voice. We keep operations quiet so the products can be loud. If we do this right, you won't notice us at all — only what we built.

01 / Independent

No outside investors. No quarterly roadmap. The work sets the pace.

02 / Editorial

We make decisions like an editor would — with a point of view.

03 / About

The Lab.

Bad Poodle Labs is independently owned and operated out of Phoenix.

We're a small studio that operates as the parent LLC for a handful of independent products and DBAs — software, services, and creative work that share an aesthetic but not a roadmap.

We focus on the seam between performance, memory, and personal craft. We aren't trying to scale a platform; we're trying to ship a few products that are clearly the best at one specific thing for the people who actually care.

The studio is led by Doug Doehrman, who has been writing software and making things on stages for longer than he'd like to admit. Each brand operates semi-independently with its own roadmap, but they all share a single belief: the work is the marketing.

01 / Conceptual

A point of view first. Then the product.

02 / Execution

Precision engineering with an editorial sensibility.

2026
Founded
3+
Brands
1
Studio
PHX
HQ

04 / Contact

Start a dialogue.

Press, partnerships, or just saying hi — we read everything that comes through here.

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