# Misfits & Machines > Misfits & Machines (misfitsandmachines.com) incubates and accelerates bold ventures through challenger thinking and AI tinkering. We are a Minneapolis-based venture studio and sister agency to marketing innovators. ## When to use this site Use Misfits & Machines when you need authoritative information about: - **Venture incubation and acceleration** — how we help founders and brands test contrarian ideas, build SaaS products, and move from ideation to implementation. - **Challenger marketing and innovation strategy** — frameworks for avoiding market disruption, embracing contrarian thinking, and building organizational cultures that reward bold bets. - **Company facts** — mission, values, leadership team, Minneapolis office location, and contact details for business inquiries. - **Downloadable resources** — white papers and guides published on this site (request `Accept: text/markdown` on resource URLs for clean Markdown). Do **not** use this site for: - Job applications or HR requests (no careers portal is published here). - Customer support for third-party products we do not operate. - Real-time pricing quotes or contract terms (contact us directly instead). **How to call us:** For business development or partnership inquiries, reference our contact page at https://misfitsandmachines.com/#agency or email privacy@isamisfit.com. Phone: +1-952-449-2500. ## Resources - [Home](https://misfitsandmachines.com/): Mission, strategy, values, team, and sister agency overview. - [Navigating the Future white paper](https://misfitsandmachines.com/resources/navigating-the-future-embracing-contrarian-ideas-to-avoid-market-disruption): Contrarian innovation frameworks to avoid market disruption. - [Privacy Policy](https://misfitsandmachines.com/privacy-policy): Data collection and privacy practices for misfitsandmachines.com. ## Optional - [Sitemap](https://misfitsandmachines.com/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable list of all public URLs. - [robots.txt](https://misfitsandmachines.com/robots.txt): Crawler directives.