Own your website.
Own your software.
Great Mitten builds fast, modern websites and fully custom business software for Michigan small businesses. No bloated templates, no software you rent forever and never quite like. Just tools built around how you actually work.
Two things, done really well
A great website gets customers in the door. The right software keeps your business running smoothly. We do both.
Websites & hosting
A clean, fast, mobile-friendly site that makes you look like the best option in town, and keeps it that way.
- Modern redesign of your current site
- Built for phones first, loads fast
- Hosting, updates and security handled
- Basic local SEO so people can find you
- Optional customer newsletter
Great for: health practices, dentists, chiropractors, PT clinics, optometrists, restaurants and local shops.
Custom business software
Paying too much for software that half fits? We build your own version, branded to you, doing exactly what you need.
- Replaces tools you overpay for or dislike
- Quoting, scheduling, job tracking, inventory, portals
- Your branding, your workflow, your data
- Aimed at 30%+ less than what you pay now
- Free working demo in about 2 weeks
Great for: machine shops, fabricators, manufacturers, engineering firms and busy practices.
Simple, honest pricing
No long contracts, no surprise invoices. You see the work before you pay for it.
Website rebuild
One-time
- Full modern redesign
- Mobile-friendly and fast
- Your content, cleaned up
- Preview before you commit
Website care plan
Cancel anytime
- Hosting and security
- Ongoing content updates
- Customer newsletter
- Basic local SEO
Custom software
than what you pay now
- Built around your workflow
- Branded as your own
- Free demo in ~2 weeks
- Quoted after a short call
Not sure which fits? Email or call and we'll tell you honestly, even if the answer is "keep what you have."
How it works
Built to take as little of your time as possible.
A quick conversation
Tell us what's working, what's frustrating, and what you're paying for today. Fifteen minutes by phone or a few emails.
We build it first
You get a live website preview or a working software demo, usually within two weeks, at no cost to look at.
Love it, then launch
If it's right, we launch it and keep it running. If not, you've lost nothing but a few minutes.
Hi, I'm Dan.
I'm an engineer based in Novi, and I've been designing and building things professionally since 2012, from hardware and automation to the software that runs it. Through my company, Brainchild Engineering, I've spent years helping businesses turn ideas into products that work.
Great Mitten is the simpler side of that: giving local businesses the kind of website and software that bigger companies take for granted, without big-company prices. When you reach out, you talk to me, not a call center.
- M.S. Mechatronic Systems, Oakland University
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering
- Engineer since 2012
- Novi, Michigan
Let's talk about your business
Send a quick note about your website or the software you'd like to replace. No forms, no sales funnel, just a reply from Dan.