Become an Ask Like a Pro Project Sponsor
And get your burning customer research-related questions answered by a cracker-jack researcher — mentored by Michele.
Get quality research faster, and at a fraction of the price.
You’ve likely built a great team that’s making great strides, but don’t have the bandwidth or the skillset to conduct the research you need now to move forward and stay competitive.
You likely have a lot of product, service, and/or customer questions, or just want to get your feet wet with a dedicated researcher (or team)!
Why? Because there’s no time to train in-house research help; no budget to hire the big-dollar big guns. And business opportunities won’t wait. You need solid research, and you’re ready to explore an outside-the-box solution.
You need a partner on your side to ask the tough questions and get research-backed answers.
With an Ask Like a Pro sponsorship, you get access to Michele and one (or more) of her hand-picked students ready to take on your UX research project.
Students ‘learn by doing’ in hands-on workshops designed to provide them with real-world experience in the most effective way possible.
Ask Like A Pro delivers meaningful, relevant research and actionable insights.
As a sponsor, those insights will be yours.
Sponsor original research to help you answer questions like …
✔ What should we build?
✔ Who are my best-fit customers?
✔ How can we improve adoption?
✔ Are we building the right thing?
✔ Why did this metric go up or down?
Why sponsor an Ask Like a Pro project?
Becoming a sponsor makes the most sense when you want …
Your most revenue-critical questions answered at a fraction of the cost of hiring a research agency
Curiosity Tank and user research firms like it charge tens of thousands of dollars for their work.
You'll get the same answers and insights for less than your last corporate Christmas party.
Michele's expertise without waiting months to get on her calendar
Fortune 500 companies like Stripe, Facebook, Zillow, and Slack hire Michele to conduct research and teach their teams to ask better questions.
That means she's routinely booked out months in advance.
A tested and proven approach to user research
Not all research is the same … or conducted with an approach that yields reliable or actionable insights.
Work with one of the top researchers in the field and watch your business benefit from efficient, effective and rock-solid research.
Find out how Reduct.Video gained valuable insights into their customers and business as an Ask Like a Pro Sponsor
“The project with Curiosity Tank was amazing and we’re looking forward to partnering again soon.”
- Prabhas Pokharel, Co-Founder of Reduct.Video
What you can expect from the sponsorship experience
You'll get Michele overseeing your project along with …
Promotion of your brand and partnership through the Ask Like A Pro series, by Curiosity Tank and Michele Ronsen
Research study design and execution including partial or full-service recruiting (depending on recruiting criteria)
Five to seven user research interviews (minimum)
Topline report of key findings, short-term recommendations, and long-term considerations
Student presentation of research findings
Here’s how the project sponsorship works
An appointed member of the sponsor team works together with Michele and one or two Ask Like A Pro students to confirm the focus and research objective. The project sponsor also:
Meets with their student researcher to provide feedback during the 8-week hands-on portion of the project
Supports the recruiting efforts (e.g. provides customer lists if applicable)
Gathers, organizes and shares their sponsor team’s internal feedback in a timely and organized manner
Maintains the “Ask Like A Pro” cohort schedule
Compensates the research participants per the agreed-upon incentive (TBD by the type and length of study, difficulty recruiting participants, etc.)
Shares feedback on the Curiosity Tank Project Sponsorship collaboration to improve future engagements
Join us for the next Ask Like a Pro cohort that begins in winter 2023!
Professionals from some of the most innovative organizations in the world have studied user research with Michele.
Created and led by Michele Ronsen, CEO of Curiosity Tank
:: LINKEDIN TOP VOICE 2020 :: Designer, Researcher, Educator, Founder
Hey there! I’m Michele Ronsen.
I’ve been conducting interviews on behalf of Fortune 500 companies for nearly a decade. I’ve helped companies like Facebook, Zillow, and Slack make better products. My clients rely on me when they want consumer data that is accurate and actionable.
Companies who hire me save thousands in development costs and efficiencies and make thousands from these discoveries.
When you sponsor a research project you'll gain access to my years of expertise and learnings from working with over 3,200 students on how to ask better questions and make better business decisions.
I can't wait to have you join us on our next research adventure.
