16 weeks from idea to
Got an idea, but don’t know where to start?
Having a great idea is a good start, but how does one bring it to life. With limited resources, exploring the unknown can be overwhelming. That’s where we come in.
With tons of experience and our down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach, we translate your ideas and visions into manageable tasks and help you prioritize.
Then, we execute. Our hard working team of senior experts will have one focus for the next few weeks: To make your vision into reality. Our delivery is normally a first MVP of your idea launched and generating its first revenue, but other scopes can be discussed.
THE SNØBALL APPROACH
Our dedicated team of designers, technologists and business developers guides you safely from concept to launch and beyond. Our approach to innovation is as simple and efficient as it is well proven:
We discover. We build. We launch.
We do what it takes to understand the challenge ahead, define the target and frame the scope. We scope and prioritize tasks, then we design, develop and test in short cycles. That way we keep the momentum going without losing the ability to pivot if needed. We take pride in making sure the launching of your idea into reality is done properly.
Our Team
some examples of What we can help you achieve
Launch a business, quickly
16 weeks from paper to working business.
Name, brand, marketing, pricing, tech mvp, partnerships, growth plans, kpis, staffing, budgets, funding. In short, a high intensity effort applied where it creates the most value and momentum.
Go to market with a new product or service, effectivly
Don't let today get in the way of tomorrow
Finding time and people to dedicate to the new idea can be difficult. We are experts at precicily new business and go to market strategies, which let you focus on business as usual while we explore, deliver and quantify the value of your idea.
A solid business case and a roadmap to make it real.
A plan to grow
We know that launching is only the beginning. A growth plan with milestones, deliveries and KPIs, partners, budgets, projections and plans to attract both revenue, investors and customers are just some of the thing we help with.
Define and execute a branding or rebranding..
Who do you want to be, and do you have to do to become it?
Brand sits at the core of much of what we do. How do you sit within your market? How are you perceived by your customers and competitors. And how do you utilize branding to create a playing field that works for you, your product and your unique benefits.
Previous Successes
What makes it work?
Broad experience:
A team with a broad and varied background, we have launched companies, brought international growth to existing business, created and rebranded brands and businesses and gone to market with real innovation across companies and industries, delivering everything from bibles to insurance companies, travel portals, factchecking, art portals and electric boats.
An integrated approach:
Our wide range of skills – business strategy, design, and technology – is put forward as one delivery, to make sure that we create holistic outcomes with real value, not just isolated deliverables.
Scaling through partners
To stay lean, on target and agile we scale our projects using partners that have skillsets tailored to our clients and their projects specific needs. Further focusing on value, momentum and
Actionable Growth:
During project we’ll equip you with the tools, insights, and team to evaluate and scale your idea with confidence even without us.
A focused method
We specialize in getting things started. And our method reflects that, we believe in getting going and building momentum and learning as we go, we get the important things right, and then we get going.
16 weeks - to do it all
Week 1 - 4 : Discovery
We get off to a great start. The process as its broadest we all show up, we all get stuck in and together with you we take a dive deep into your plans. The Business aspect, the ROI, the KPIs or OKRs. We get to know your stack, your brand, your design system, your way of doing things, and maybe most important: your team.
We make and break down plans, start framing them, aligning them with what is possible, and bring in the required internal and external expertise you need to make it happen. It happens quickly, it is intense and it is invigorating.
Week 5 - 16 : Build
Why wait around when you can build? Our build phase is comprised of two 6 week cycles. A framework you might recognize from the shape up method pioneered by 37 signals.
The build phase is characterized by empowered teams, appetite over estimates and progress over meetings and consensus. We shape and frame the outcome roughly, and let the team make decisions as they go, all while keeping the process fast, agile and powerful.
In addition to tackling the technical aspects we concurrently run with both design and marketing needs as well as work on the business needs of the project such as partnerships, market access, sales, pricing etc.
To sum it up:
We get the ball rolling in 16 weeks. We do so by putting a team of experts from various fields to work with your idea. The team works as one, in a focused effort together with you. Our goal from the start is to empower and equip you and your team with what you will need to manage without us, not to dig our claws in and extend.
As everything is scoped and timeboxed from the beginning, you will not have to worry about whether or not we will spend our hours wisely. A high intensity effort where the end is in sight from the start of the project, is our preferred way of working.
We are motivated by a belief that this this is a better way of working with product development, innovation, new forms of doing business and effecting broader change. And those are the kind of projects we are best at; creating momentum, proof and progress.
QWWYA (Questions We Wish You’d Ask):
This is different huh?
It may be different to how consultancies normally operate.
We have designed our way of working around what we have seen work time and time again. A lean team with broad experience, motivation, pressure and mandate can create a lot in a short time.
I think I would need only part of your skills.
We scale our efforts to your needs, it may be that a traditional approach is better if you are just looking to scale something that is already working. Our approach is tailored for creating new businesses or changing ways of doing things. But give us a call if you are curious.
If it sounds right to you, chances are it is.
I like you approach but I am doing something much bigger:
We work on both smaller and larger projects, and extend in two ways. The build phase can be extended with additional 6 week increments for projects that need the extra time.
But more often we also scale by bringing in specially selected partners or helping you add internal resources.