It was late one evening when we, Robert and Johannes, found ourselves on yet another video call with a frustrated marketing agency. As consultants working with dozens of agencies over the years, this scene had become all too familiar: watching agency owners struggle to walk their clients through the maze of Google account permissions, sending countless screenshots, and seeing both sides become increasingly frustrated with the clunky process.
"This is ridiculous," Robert said after we hung up the call. "Every single agency we work with loses hours to this same problem. There's got to be a better way." Johannes nodded, looking at our notes from similar conversations with agency after agency, all facing the exact same frustrations.
That night, we realized we had a unique perspective on this problem. Through our consulting work, we'd witnessed this same struggle play out across dozens of different agencies—small boutiques to large firms, all wrestling with the same painful process: the awkward conversations about passwords, the security concerns, the endless back-and-forth emails, and the constant worry about whether clients truly understood what they were sharing.
"What if we could make this as simple as clicking a link? What if our clients could grant permissions with complete confidence, knowing exactly what they're sharing and why?"
That question became our mission. We envisioned a world where requesting client data access didn't feel like asking for their firstborn child. We dreamed of a platform that would eliminate the awkward conversations, the security concerns, and the endless documentation. Something that would respect both the agencies' need for efficiency and their clients' need for security and transparency.
So we rolled up our sleeves and built Data Connector—not just as a tool, but as a bridge between professionals and their clients' data, founded on trust, security, and simplicity. Every feature we design, every line of code our team writes, is guided by that original frustration and the dream it sparked.
Today, we're not just building software—we're solving a problem we've lived with for years. And when we see the relief on a client's face as they effortlessly grant access through our platform, we know we're onto something special.