# Founders

URL: https://qualixsolutions.com/who-we-help/founders/

You have an idea and a runway clock. We help you ship before it shrinks.

For the Founders who need a partner who can execute

From idea to MVP, or a team that ships.

#### I have an idea — I need to ship it

You have an idea and a runway clock. We get a real product live.

**Minimum Viable Product** (10-14 weeks)

A live, deployed software product your first 100 users can sign up for.

Built for: Pre-seed and seed founders with a validated idea and a hard deadline.

Includes: Deployed product on your infra (AWS or Azure); Source, docs, full handover; 30 days stabilization

**Proof of Concept** (4 weeks)

A working prototype that proves the idea before you spend on an MVP.

Built for: A founder who wants to validate before committing the full build budget.

Includes: 1-week strategy & planning session; Strategy document; A minimum lovable product ready for user validation

**Fractional CTO** (3-12 MONTHS)

A senior technical partner across architecture, hiring, and tough calls.

Built for: A founder who needs CTO-level judgment without a full-time hire.

Includes: Consultant on every sprint & release; Technical partner to streamline delivery; Hiring & architecture reviews

#### I have a product — I need to scale the team

You have traction and need senior hands now, not after a hiring cycle.

**Embedded Squad (PM / Dev / QA)** (6+ months)

A senior squad that ramps in two weeks and ships at your team's velocity.

Built for: Founders past seed with traction who need to scale capacity without a hiring cycle.

Includes: Embedded squad with PM, devs, QA; Source code on your infra; 30 days post-engagement stabilization

#### I need an AI capability or an AI Product

AI that ships to production, not a notebook demo.

**AI-based product build** (10-14 weeks)

An AI product that runs in production — not a notebook demo.

Built for: Founders shipping AI-native products who need production-grade engineering, not POCs.

Includes: Deployed product on your infrastructure; Source, docs, handover; 30 days post-launch stabilization

**RAG-based deployments** (6-10 weeks)

Search and Q&A on your data — accurate, citeable, in production.

Built for: Founders with proprietary data who need their AI to ground answers, not hallucinate.

Includes: Production RAG pipeline; Vector DB on your infrastructure; Evaluation harness so you can measure drift

**Multi-modal agents** (8-14 WEEKS)

Agents that combine vision, language, and tools to do real work.

Built for: Founders building agentic products across CV / NLP / LLMs.

Includes: Deployed multi-agent system; Orchestration layer; Eval suite for safety and accuracy

#### I know the problem and want to collaborate on solution design

Bring the problem. We'll help you shape the solution.

**Discovery & Strategy sprint** (2-4 weeks)

An honest answer to whether you should build this at all.

Built for: Founders pre-build who want a senior second opinion before committing.

Includes: Requirement documentation; UML / system diagrams where useful; A go / no-go recommendation

**Product strategy & GTM planning** (3-6 weeks)

A plan for not just what to build, but how it reaches the right users.

Built for: Founders who've never taken a product to market.

Includes: Positioning & messaging; Launch plan; Channel & pricing recommendations

**Wireframing & prototyping** (2-4 WEEKS)

Clickable wireframes that de-risk the build before any code is written.

Built for: Founders ready to validate UX with users before engineering kicks in.

Includes: Clickable Figma prototype; User flow diagrams; Design ready for build

#### My app is slow / breaking / dated

We stabilize, refactor, and modernize what you already have.

**Tech-debt refactors** (6-12 weeks)

Make the legacy parts behave so the new parts can ship.

Built for: Founders whose v1 codebase is slowing down the v2 roadmap.

Includes: Targeted refactor PRs; Test coverage where it didn't exist; Documented architecture

**Performance optimization** (3-6 weeks)

Faster pages, faster queries, lower bills.

Built for: Founders losing users or money to slow infra.

Includes: Performance audit; Prioritized fix list; Implementation of top-impact items

**QA & test infrastructure** (4-8 WEEKS)

Tests that catch regressions before users do.

Built for: Founders shipping features faster than they're catching bugs.

Includes: Test framework set up; Critical-path coverage; CI integration

#### I have a feature — I need it built fast

A clear spec, senior execution, fast turnaround.

**Scoped Feature build** (2-8 weeks PER FEATURE)

You know what you need. We scope it, build it, hand it back.

Built for: Founders with a clear spec who don't need discovery, just execution.

Includes: Built & deployed feature(s); Testing; Documentation & handover