Don't go alone. Take us!
This isn't your first rodeo.
You’ve seen what happens when you jump into the deep end; when you try to figure all this tech stuff out on your own. It was ok at the beginning, but you didn’t end up where you thought you would at the end.
Hey, we’ve all been there! But you have real goals and a real budget and cowboy time is over. It’s time to bring in the professionals. You need people you can trust to get the job done, not just started. Reliable partners who are in your corner for the long haul. They won’t disappear or stop answering when the going gets tough.
After all, you wanted this kind of commitment and transparency. You needed someone on the other end of the line! That’s us! Your technology lifeline. Your trail partner. Thick and thin, ready to help, when you need it.
Pricing: $2,000 to $4,000
Charged per month with a 3 month no-commitment period, and a subsequent 12-month commitment thereafter.
Based on whether we are working with a single point of contact or multiple stakeholders, our pricing is designed to offer an easy way to engage.
What’s included in a “Partnership” plan
Preliminary work for new software (Stage 1)
A Radial Advisor/Senior Staff Member/Product Manager will work with you on an ongoing basis to answer questions about your technical goals.
- Research and identify SaaS and off-the-shelf solutions for cost-center problems as an alternative to large capital expenditures
- Proactively develop a roadmap based on priorities for your business
- Scope and define an execution plan for behavioral research*
- Scope and define a minimum viable product that will provide an effective foundation for your endeavor.
- Delegate the launch of website and interest-aggregation tooling (e.g., newsletter signup)
- Be available to answer questions about technology and solutions
- Discuss adjacent concerns such as operations, customer-support planning, marketing, fundraising, and sales.
Software Development and Support (Stage 2)
A Developer Lead will work with you on an ongoing basis to plan the next phase of work and may advise a periodic pause in development to allow users to use the software and provide feedback on existing features.
Does not cover major software development
- Covers Project Management and Agile Rituals*
- Meet regularly with the client about next steps and feature priorities
- Scope and define an execution plan six weeks into the future
- Update website documentation for features
- Be available to answer questions about technology and solutions throughout this period
Long Term Support (Stage 3)
A Maintenance Team Member will monitor your software for vulnerabilities and tooling updates and make changes as required. Error-reporting systems will be monitored and issues will be triaged. Critical issues will be fixed. Advisors and senior staff will be available to work with you on incidental questions, and a Developer Lead can be assigned at any time to resume work.
- Error Reporting and Triage
- Tooling Updates
- Scope and define an execution plan for as little as two weeks of work
- Be available to answer questions about technology and solutions throughout this period
Multiple Stages
It is normal for an organization to be in multiple stages at once. We anticipate that most engagements will begin in Stage 1 – where we are discussing solutions and planning – but that Stage 1 activities will continue as we build out development in Stage 2. Similarly, once software is in production, we enter Stage 3, but we will continue to engage in Stage 1 conversations at this point. We’ll also have ongoing development as in Stage 2, so eventually, we anticipate customers will effectively be partnering with us in all three capacities.
Maintenance
Our maintenance plan is included within our full partnership agreement.
How it works
This is about efficiency and cost savings.
Regular management of vulnerability disclosures, bug fixes, and major platform updates ensures that your app runs reliably in the changing environment of internet and mobile ecosystems. By performing these functions in parallel for multiple clients, we can do the work of learning about a change once and applying it many times. We can offer this for far less than the hourly cost of performing it once for you, and, because of the process, it takes less time overall.
We also monitor, aggregate, and triage automated error reports, fixing critical issues before they become larger problems. We can proactively avoid outages and disruptions and ensure that API integrations continue to work without issue.
Currently supported Stacks
- Ruby/Ruby on Rails
- Python/Django
- Elixir/Phoenix
- Looking for clients with Xamarin/Maui/C#/.NET.
In addition to the reactive work we do, this allows us to maintain familiarity with your codebase so we can quickly ramp up when changes to the platform are necessary or desired.
Product Roadmap Development
We understand about big dreams. We have helped people to build multiple companies from them. We also know that to eat an elephant, you must do it one spoonful at a time.
Roadmap development allows us to optimize your development timeline to ensure that spending is strategic and that what you build begins addressing your target market right away; That way, you don’t run out of money before you realize your vision and your don’t sink all your savings into something that can’t make it in the market.
How We Work
We start with your expertise
You know your business, your customers, and the realities of your work. We bring deep technical experience, curiosity, and a habit of asking good questions.
Rather than arriving with a predetermined answer, we work alongside you to understand what is happening, what matters most, and what a useful next step looks like. Our job is to help you make informed decisions and turn them into software that works in the real world.
We meet you where you are
Not every challenge needs a full-time, multi-person development team. Sometimes you need a second opinion, a technical plan, maintenance for an existing product, or help getting a stalled project moving again.
We can begin with a focused advising session, a lightweight consulting engagement, ongoing maintenance, or a small development milestone. When the work calls for it, we can grow with you into a longer-term product-development partnership.
We deliver in useful increments
We organize work around clear priorities and working outcomes. You can expect regular communication, direct access to the people doing the work, and a shared understanding of what is being built and why.
By delivering software in small, complete units, we can learn early, adjust when needed, and keep progress visible. That approach helps us avoid unnecessary complexity while building a foundation that can support what comes next.
We are a local partner with a national reach
Radial is based in Loveland and connected to the Northern Colorado, Denver, and Boulder technology communities. For regional clients, we can offer a more personal working relationship and opportunities to meet in person. We also work remotely with teams across the United States.
Whether we are helping you solve one immediate problem or becoming part of your long-term product team, we aim to be a steady, curious, and committed technical partner.