STRATEGY FOR WHAT'S NEXT,
BUILT BY THE BLOCK.
Afrodrft is a futures-strategy studio that helps small businesses in San Francisco see what's coming — and plan for it. We do it through community workshops, not consultants in a conference room. And it's completely free.
Futures strategy, sourced from the neighborhood.
No corporate decks, no jargon. Just a process built on the people who actually know the block.
Community Workshops
We host open, in-person workshops around San Francisco where small business owners, residents, and neighbors show up and talk.
Signal Collection
Together, we surface the small, easy-to-miss signals — shifts on the block, in customer needs, in the neighborhood itself.
Grassroots Strategy
Our team turns those signals into a plain-language futures strategy your business can actually understand and use.
Built to Adapt
You leave with a living strategy, not a static plan — something to revisit as the block keeps changing.
Small businesses don't pay. Partnerships do.
Futures strategy is usually a luxury reserved for companies with a budget for it. We think the small businesses that hold San Francisco's neighborhoods together deserve the same thinking — for free.
We fund that by partnering with larger organizations who get access to real, grassroots-level signal from the communities they want to reach — and the chance to scale impact alongside us. Paid special futures projects and donations add extra fuel on top.
Learn about partnerships →Workshops & Strategy
Always free for San Francisco small businesses.
Partnerships
Paid collaborations with larger organizations — our main source of revenue and scale.
Special Projects
Flat, tiered pricing for deeper, custom futures engagements.
Donations
Community support that keeps workshops running and accessible.
However you want to show up, there's a way in.
Partner With Us
Organizations that want to fund free futures strategy and gain real community signal.
Partnership Inquiry →Start a Special Project
Need something deeper than a workshop? Flat-tier pricing for custom futures work.
See Tiers →Let's find your business's next signal.
Bring your questions, your block, your business. We'll bring the workshop. Signing up takes about five minutes and costs nothing.