Crucible

Strategy and ideation

Ideate

Most failed products were built well and aimed badly. We start before the build: the question people are really asking, the size of the opportunity, and the simplest thing that would answer it.

What you get

Opportunity discovery

Search demand, market gaps and audience research to find the questions worth answering.

Product strategy

What to build first, what to leave out and how it will earn, on one page.

Ideation workshops

Structured sessions that turn a long list of ideas into a ranked few, with the reasoning written down.

Validation before build

Cheap tests, prototypes and demand checks before money goes into engineering.

Proof. Every Crucible product started as a strategy decision before a line of code: exact questions people already searched for, in gaps larger players ignored. That is how one GST calculator became more than 200 sites, and then Calculate.co.nz. See the track record →

How it works

01

Fractional

A set number of days a week or month, as part of your team, for as long as it is useful.

02

Fixed-scope project

A defined outcome, a fixed scope and a clear finish, such as a new tool, a site rebuild or a measurement plan.

03

Venture partnership

We build and run a product alongside a founder or domain expert, for equity or a reduced fee, on the same stack as our own products.

Contact

Tell us what you are working on.

A few lines is plenty: what you are building or measuring, where it is stuck, and the kind of help you have in mind.

Talk to us about your project