The Rubber Band Ball That Symbolizes a Mortgage SaaS Platform
It started with a single idea—and one rubber band.
From day one, our CEO Shawn Brown began building a rubber band ball as a physical symbol of the Mortgage Maker AI journey. Every time the team had a breakthrough, a bright idea, or even a tough but defining moment during development, a new band was added.
What started small quickly grew, much like the platform itself, layer by layer, day by day.
What the Ball Represents
This rubber band ball isn’t just a quirky keepsake. It’s a physical reminder of what it really takes to build a better mortgage tech solution: persistence, sweat equity, countless late nights, and one breakthrough at a time.
It’s also a direct reflection of who Mortgage Maker AI is as a company:
A team of mortgage professionals who’ve lived the pain of legacy tech.
Founders who bootstrapped our way to building something better that ultimately closes more deals.
Builders who didn’t take shortcuts and weren’t backed by flashy VC or PE funding.
Problem-solvers who chose to build a platform that would actually get used and realistically closes more deals.
This isn’t software built in a boardroom by developers who’ve never taken a loan application. This is software forged in the trenches by mortgage pros rolling up their sleeves every day just like you.
Built by industry professionals who understand the struggles and challenges that modern mortgage lenders face, the Mortgage Maker team explored how AI technology enhances mortgage presentation software and then built a software platform powered by artificial intelligence, making it an indispensable tool for mortgage professionals aiming to be at the top of their game in today’s dynamic market.
Building from the Ground Up, the Right Way
The Mortgage Maker AI platform wasn’t born from a venture capital firm’s whiteboard. It was born from firsthand experience from mortgage lenders just like you, experiencing our own frustration using clunky mortgage presentation tools that slowed us down, confused borrowers, and often felt like they were working against us instead of for us.
The rubber band ball kept us grounded. It reminded us why we were doing this and for whom.
Each band represents:
A challenge we overcame.
A feature that loan officers actually asked for.
A moment when someone said, “This is what I wish existed.”
A user experience tweak that saved hours of frustration.
We’re Mortgage Pros, Just Like You
When we say “we get it,” we’re not using marketing speak, we really mean it. We’ve sat across the table from confused borrowers. We’ve wrestled with outdated mortgage SaaS platforms. We’ve tried to explain interest rate breakdowns with systems that didn’t allow for flexibility or provide real-time updates
So we decided to do something different.
We stopped waiting for a mortgage SaaS tool that actually worked and met the modern demands and preferences of home buyer’s and went ahead and built one ourselves.
The Rubber Band Ball as Our Brand Symbol
Today, the Mortgage Maker Ball is a mascot of sorts – colorful, simple, and unassuming, but built with intent. It lives on Shawn Brown’s desk, and whenever someone on the team solves a problem, simplifies a process, or ships something new, we add another band.
It’s not just about product milestones however.
It’s about:
Every user feedback call that led to a better feature.
Every moment a home buyer said, “I finally understand my options.”
Every referral that came from a clearer, more confident borrower experience.
A SaaS Platform with a Pulse
We didn’t build Mortgage Maker AI to be the flashiest tool in the industry. We built it to be the most useful. The rubber band ball is a daily reminder that small ideas, when consistently added together, lead to something epic.
Legacy platforms weren’t built this way. They were built in silos, by people too far removed from the grind and out of touch with the REAL issues brokers and lenders face with mortgage SaaS platforms.
Ours was built in the field. By us. For us. For you.
Built by industry professionals who understand the struggles and challenges that modern mortgage lenders face, the Mortgage Maker team explored how AI technology enhances mortgage presentation software and then built a software platform powered by artificial intelligence, making it an indispensable tool for mortgage professionals aiming to be at the top of their game in today’s market.
Want to See What We’ve Built?
Every rubber band added to the Mortgage Maker Ball represents a better way to present, explain, and win over borrowers.
Let us show you what that looks like.
Follow the Journey
From now on, every major product update, every meaningful insight, every bit of feedback that changes how we build gets a band.
And don’t worry, we’re documenting the evolution of this ball just like we’re documenting the evolution of Mortgage Maker AI.
You’ll see it on social media, in our newsletters, and in our office.
Because the Mortgage Maker Ball isn’t just ours anymore, it’s yours too.
From One Idea to an Industry Movement
At Mortgage Maker AI, we believe in the power of ideas, the grit behind execution, and the beauty of solving real problems with real solutions. The Mortgage Maker Ball is more than a ball, it’s our promise to the mortgage industry to keep building with intention, listening closely, and staying scrappy, creative, and connected to the community we serve.
From one rubber band to hundreds and counting…
Let’s keep building together.