Founding Client Program
Help shape CrumbLabz. We’ll build your first system at no upfront cost.
For a small number of owner-run businesses, we’re designing and building one website or one piece of custom software before any payment, in exchange for helping us measure the results and tell the story.
Why we’re doing this
We’d rather show you than tell you.
CrumbLabz is a young studio. We’re confident in the work, and the fastest way to prove it is to put it in front of you, working, before you pay for it.
So for our founding clients, The Build is at no upfront cost: we’ll design and build one system first. We ask for three things in return: help measuring the before and after, permission to tell the story, and The Partnership once it’s live and doing the job we agreed on. If it doesn’t meet the written success criteria we set together at the start, you can end it before The Partnership begins.
Once these places are filled, projects start the usual way: a free first call and a free solution map, then The Build.
Founder, CrumbLabz
The trade
A fair exchange, written down on one page.
What you get
- A solution mapA written plan: how the work happens today, what we’ll build, and what success looks like in numbers.
- One system, built and launchedOne website or one custom tool, in four to eight weeks.
- A way outIf it misses the written success criteria we agree up front, you can end it before The Partnership starts.
- Founding pricingYour Partnership rate is set as a founding client.
What we ask
- A before and afterA baseline measurement now, then results at 30 and 90 days.
- Permission to tell the storyA case study you review before it’s published, and a short testimonial.
- Time from a decision-makerA 30-minute check-in every two weeks during the build.
- The Partnership once it’s workingMonthly from go-live, a 12-month term, priced on the value it creates.
Who it’s for
A good fit, for both of us.
We choose founding clients where we’re confident we can make a measurable difference. The first call is where we find that out together.
A strong fit
- An owner-run business with 5 to 100 people
- One process that clearly costs hours or money every week
- A decision-maker who can give us an hour every two weeks
- Happy to be named in a case study
Probably not yet
- A wish list rather than one problem
- No way to measure the before
- Needs a long procurement or legal process to start
- Can’t be named or described publicly
Apply
Tell us about the problem.
We reply to every application within one business day. If it’s a fit, the next step is a 30-minute call.
Founding client case studies are labeled as such on our site.