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An on-ramp to Launchpad 7–10 days · from $7,500

Your idea,
in a spec
a builder can quote.

A fixed-price discovery sprint for founders whose idea is clear in their head but not yet on paper. No code. No UI design. Just the thinking that turns a vision into a buildable artifact.

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The problem this solves

Founders rarely struggle with the idea. They struggle with articulating the idea well enough that a builder can quote it without inflating the scope to absorb the ambiguity.

Without a clear spec, every estimate balloons. Every agency hedges. Every vibe-coded prototype solves the wrong subproblem. The idea is fine — what's missing is the structured artifact that turns it into a project.

The Sprint produces that artifact. Nothing more, nothing less.

01 What You Get

Six artifacts. One spec.
Yours to keep.

01

User stories

Structured, quotable. Each story is independently scopeable so estimates don't bundle ambiguity.

02

Scope-locked MVP

What's in V1 and — equally important — what's deferred to V2. The line is drawn before anyone codes.

03

Low-fi wireframes

For grounding flows, not for designing UI. No high-fidelity mocks. The point is clarity, not aesthetics.

04

Architecture sketch

Data model, integration surface, auth/multi-tenant strategy, AI scope (if any). The decisions that ripple into the build.

05

Success metrics

How you'll know V1 worked. Specific, measurable. Tied to actual user behavior, not vanity counts.

06

Build estimate

Tier mapping (Origin / Core / Pinnacle), timeline, and what's out of scope. You leave with a quotable artifact.

02 How It Runs

Seven to ten days, structured.

Founder-led on the substance. Senior-facilitated on the structure. Async between working sessions; outputs land in a shared workspace as we go.

  1. Day 1
    01

    Founder Working Session

    A deep 90-minute call. We pull the idea apart — users, jobs to be done, the why-now, the success conditions. By the end you've articulated what you'd otherwise spend weeks circling.

  2. Day 2–3
    02

    User Stories + Use Cases

    We translate the conversation into structured user stories and primary/edge use cases. Each one is a quotable scope unit — what the system does, who it does it for, what it costs to skip.

  3. Day 4–5
    03

    Scope Lock + Wireframes

    We carve the MVP from the wishlist. Low-fi wireframes — only enough to ground the user flows, not to design UI. The output: a scope a builder can quote, not a Figma file you still have to interpret.

  4. Day 6–7
    04

    Architecture + Build Estimate

    We sketch the data model, integration surface, and architectural shape. We deliver a build estimate against Launchpad tiers — Origin, Core, or Pinnacle — so you know exactly what to commission.

  5. Day 8–10
    05

    Walkthrough + Handoff

    Final 60-minute walkthrough. You leave with a portable spec — yours to take to us, to another builder, or to your in-house team if you have one. No lock-in, no IP entanglement.

Nikhil Garg
Run by

Nikhil Garg

Founder, VectorLabs · ex-Director of Eng, Palo Alto Networks

The Sprint is run by the founder, not delegated. Senior product judgment is the entire point of paying for it — and that's the part that doesn't scale by adding people. The output is whatever forty hours of senior thinking can produce in a focused window.

IIT Delhi · Google · Coursera · Co-founder, Gamma AI (acquired by PANW) · Director of Engineering on a $50M+ ARR security product at Palo Alto Networks.

03 Pricing
The Sprint
From $7,500
7–10 days · fixed price

100% credited toward Launchpad if you proceed within 30 days. Worst case, you walk away with a portable spec.

  • One founder working session (90 min)
  • Async iteration on user stories + scope
  • Six concrete deliverables (above)
  • One walkthrough call (60 min)
  • Spec is yours to keep — no IP entanglement
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04 A Note on Alternatives

The Sprint is not
a fractional CPO.

Fractional CPO / consultant
  • 3–6 month embedded engagement
  • $5–15K/month retainer
  • Wants long-term relationship
  • You learn their methods, slowly
  • Output: ongoing contribution
The Sprint
  • 7–10 day fixed engagement
  • $7,500 fixed fee
  • Transactional, not relational
  • You leave with a portable artifact
  • Output: a quotable spec
05 Common Questions
Why pay for thinking when I could just hire someone to build?

Because the build cost depends entirely on the spec. A clear spec turns a $200K guess into a $25K commitment. Founders who skip this step routinely pay 2–3x more than founders who don't — not because the build was harder, but because the scope was hazier.

How is this different from a fractional CPO or product consultant?

Fractional CPOs want a 3–6 month embedded engagement at $5–15K/month. The Sprint is 7–10 days, fixed-price, with a quotable spec at the end. We deliver and disappear — no retainer, no relationship dependency. (And we credit it back if you build with us.)

Do I have to build with VectorLabs after?

No. The spec is portable — yours to take anywhere. Build with us, build with another team, build in-house. The Sprint is a deliverable, not a sales funnel. The credit-back if you proceed is a bonus, not a hook.

What if my idea changes mid-Sprint?

That's the point. Most ideas change once they hit a structured user-story and use-case framework — that's the founder learning what they actually meant. Pivots inside the Sprint window are included; we follow where the thinking goes.

What if I don't proceed with Launchpad after?

You keep the spec. We've done the work; you've paid for it. No pressure. Most founders who don't proceed with us either build in-house or with another team — and the spec works just as well there.

The next step

Bring an idea.
Leave with a spec.

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