Strategic Partner

Someone on your side of the table while your product is built

A fractional product partner for the length of your build. We keep the team on scope and on budget, and tell you plainly what is happening every week.

Price
$2,500 / month
Scope
Up to 20 hours a month, plus every sprint planning and review meeting
Works with
Any team you choose

Who it is for

  • Founders whose product is being built by an India team, ours or anyone else’s
  • Founders who cannot read code and need someone who can hold the team to the plan
  • Teams with a build that is slipping and nobody on the client side owning it

What is included

  • We sit in sprint planning and sprint reviews
  • We review estimates and invoices against the plan
  • We catch scope creep before it becomes cost
  • We make architecture and vendor decisions with you
  • We research product problems as they come up and bring you options
  • We send you a written update every week: what shipped, what slipped, what needs a decision

How the scope works

The retainer is set in hours and meetings, not “unlimited”: Up to 20 hours a month, plus every sprint planning and review meeting. The weekly update shows the hours used.

How it starts

Most clients start after a Discovery Sprint, so the plan we hold the team to is one we wrote with you. If you already have a plan and a team, start with a discovery call or a free message and we will tell you whether the retainer makes sense.

What it is not

  • Not unlimited. The scope is set in hours and meetings.
  • Not a development team. Your chosen team writes the code.
  • Not tied to one vendor. We work with whichever team you pick.

Start with a 30-minute discovery call.

Tell us the idea. You leave with a clear next step, whether or not it is with us.