For business owners

Bring the opportunities that could grow your business.

It might be a manual process, better customer retention, a clunky handoff, or a customer experience you wish existed. We pair your business context with builders who can test whether software can create impact in interesting, practical ways.

Bring an opportunity

What a sprint delivers

Working software is the goal.

The day is not just brainstorming or ideas. It is a focused attempt to build something tangible, see how it would work in practice, and learn whether it could create real leverage for your business.

A tangible build, not just a concept

The team builds toward real, working software around the opportunity you bring in. If it is not production-ready by the end, you should still leave with a robust, workable prototype and a clear view of what comes next.

Fresh thinking from outside your industry

Most businesses wrestle with familiar goals: retention, operations, lead generation, service quality. Every industry solves them differently. Product builders bring fresh thinking to yours, and often patterns from how other industries have tackled similar challenges.

Direct access to the people who built it

After the sprint, you know who worked on the product and they understand your business. If both sides want to keep going, the introduction is direct.

A clear read on what's possible

Some ideas will prove too broad, too hard, or not worth building yet. That is useful. You leave with a sharper sense of what software can realistically do, what should be ruled out, and how quickly you could move toward an advantage in your industry.

A real say in what gets built

You're in the room while it takes shape. Builders ask questions, test assumptions with you, and shape the solution as it's built, so it fits how your business actually works, not a generic template.

Who it is for

Who it's for.

The strongest opportunities come from businesses where the details matter. A missed appointment, a slow quote, and a half-finished intake form are different problems, and they need different software.

Scroll sideways to compare examples.

Appointment-based services

An empty slot is not always a retention problem

Generic booking software sees an unfilled hour and sends a reminder. But a salon wins the next visit by understanding a client's service cycle. A clinic must follow a clinician's care plan, not chase attendance. Same diary. Different business logic.

Participating businesses could include

PhysiosDentistsTherapistsChirosHairdressersBeauty therapistsPersonal trainers

Typical issues

Late cancellationsService cyclesClinician-approved reviewsNo-showsBilling and claims

What builders might test

Software that treats salon rebooking, last-minute cancellations, and clinician-approved reviews as separate jobs, not one reminder queue.

Trades and home services

A quote is not a follow-up problem

It is a job-capacity problem. Generic software sends the same nudge three days after every estimate. A trade business needs to know whether to send the quote now, collect a deposit, order the part, book the return visit, or stop spending time on a job it cannot profitably take.

Participating businesses could include

PlumbersElectriciansBuildersPaintersCarpentersLocksmithsPest controlCleaners

Typical issues

Quotes after site visitsJobs waiting on partsCrew gapsDepositsUnpaid invoices

What builders might test

A quoting flow built around job urgency, crew capacity, parts, margin, and location, not just “quote sent” and “quote accepted.”

High-ticket retail

Not just ecommerce with a salesperson

A buyer comparing models, waiting on finance, choosing between finishes, or collecting an alteration does not need another promotion. They need the business to be useful at the point their decision is stuck.

Participating businesses could include

Car dealersMarineFurnitureWhite goodsJewelleryEquipmentRV and caravan

Typical issues

Buyer appointmentsFinance questionsSaved itemsStock matchingAlterations and service

What builders might test

A sales workspace that turns appointments, saved items, finance questions, and stock changes into a specific next conversation for the salesperson.

Professional services

Professional services do not sell documents

They sell confidence. A generic CRM sees a proposal that is 14 days old. The firm sees a missing decision-maker, an unresolved scope question, a document the client has not supplied, or a proposal nobody has championed internally.

Participating businesses could include

Small law firmsAccountantsFinancial advisersConsultantsBookkeepers

Typical issues

Incomplete intakeStalled proposalsScope decisionsRepeated questionsTime billing

What builders might test

A deal view that shows what is blocking momentum, who needs to act, and what the team already knows, rather than another “follow up” task.

Inventory and operations

The alert is easy but the inventory decision is not

A threshold alert does not tell an operator whether to reorder, transfer stock, recount a shelf, call a supplier, or warn a customer. Those are different decisions with different costs.

Participating businesses could include

WholesalersFood producersImportersDistributorsEquipment suppliersEcommerce brands

Typical issues

Stock nobody trustsOrder changesSupplier delaysCommitted stockDelivery questions

What builders might test

An operations view that weighs supplier lead time, committed orders, stock accuracy, minimum order quantities, and expiry before recommending the next move.

These are examples, not a shortlist. If a specific gap quietly costs time, revenue, customer trust, or momentum, bring it. We will help work out whether it belongs in a sprint.

After you submit

What happens after I submit?

The submission gives us enough context to decide whether a sprint can use the day well: the opportunity needs to be specific, valuable, and explainable to builders coming in cold.

We look for leverage

A real person reads what you send through, looking for where software could change the business result: time saved, work won, revenue captured, or customers better served.

We look for a sprint-sized opening

We are looking for a place where one focused session could produce a useful build or product direction. If it is too broad, too sensitive, or better handled another way, we will say so and help narrow it.

We shape the story before Sprint Day

Before the session, we sit down with you to understand the context, the workarounds, what you have already tried, and what matters most. The goal is to frame the challenge clearly enough for a cold room to understand it quickly.

Sprint Day

We open with a fireside-style interview covering the context, the challenges, what you have tried, and the ideas you already have. Builders then ask questions before they split into the build path.

Showcase and judging

At the end, teams demo what they built. You see the different approaches, the room judges what has promise, and we identify the clearest next step.

A focused weekend session.

Sprint Day is usually a four to five hour block on a weekend. The aim is a useful day, not a pitch: you should leave knowing what is possible, what is not, and whether the next move is worth your time.

Questions

What business owners usually ask.

Bring the opportunity first. We will help work out what belongs in the room, what can stay private, and what kind of first build makes sense.

Is there a fee to take part?

No. The sprint is a community-led day, not a paid workshop or software sales process. It is run to connect people around real business opportunities and create economic value, but Product Market Sprint does not make money from running the event.

Does this have to become a whole new software product?

No. Some opportunities may point to a bigger product, but others might be handled with a prompt, a lightweight automation, an existing AI feature, or a simpler workflow change. The useful outcome is practical leverage for your business, not forcing every problem into a new platform.

Do I have to share private data?

No. What matters is your view from inside the business: what customers do, where work gets stuck, what you have tried, and why the opportunity matters. We will not ask for sensitive details.

What if I do not want to take the ideas forward after the day?

There is no obligation to keep working with anyone afterward. That said, the best fit is a business owner who is open to being a sounding board if a promising product direction emerges, not someone treating the day as a one-off brainstorming session.

Do I need to be there for the session?

Yes. The sprint works because builders can ask questions, check assumptions, and see how the idea changes as they build. If you cannot personally attend, another senior operator who understands the business may be a better fit.

I have a very large opportunity. Can I still participate?

Bring it. A big opportunity does not always need a complex first build. If the full version is too large for one sprint, we will break it down together and focus the day on the highest-value part we can test or build around.

What if I have my own idea and just want help building it?

That is a different kind of engagement, but it may still be worth a conversation. If you want support shaping or building your own idea rather than bringing it into the public sprint format, contact the team and we can talk through what might fit.

Got another question? Contact us at team@productmarketsprint.ai.

Bring an opportunity

Show us where your business could grow.

Ten minutes. We read every submission and reply to all of them.

4-5 hrs on a weekend
Product builders working with you
No fee to take part

We'll only use this to run the sprint. No mailing lists you didn't ask for.

Received.

We'll read it and get back to you within the week. If it's a fit, we'll walk you through Sprint Day and what to expect.