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McGrath Works

How we work

Building the MVP is the beginning.

What happens after people encounter it determines what we do next.

  1. 01

    Identify

    Find a specific problem worth investigating, usually one encountered directly or repeatedly heard from people inside the industry.

  2. 02

    Build

    Create enough of the product to test the proposition properly, not a slide or a landing page.

  3. 03

    Launch

    Put it in front of real users and let them use it without persuasion.

  4. 04

    Measure

    Examine usage, retention, revenue and commercial interest. Read the evidence as it is, not as hoped.

  5. 05

    Decide

    Invest, maintain, license, sell, park or close. A decision is made, and it is allowed to be no.

The decision

Six outcomes, and only one of them is “keep going”.

  • InvestProof justifies more time, money and focus.
  • MaintainUseful and stable, but not the priority.
  • LicenseWorth more inside someone else's product.
  • SellStronger in the hands of an owner with distribution.
  • ParkRight idea, wrong moment or wrong resource.
  • CloseThe numbers said no and we accepted it.
Where things sit today

Live or showing evidence

Usage, revenue signals or commercial interest already recorded.

  • TA Tech Finder
  • lunaMIND
  • Comperi's underlying BD system
  • ATS Scout
  • In My Reelhouse

Newly launched or awaiting validation

Built and live, with the validation work still to be completed.

  • RoadSift
  • PlanMyThing

Concept or MVP concept

A defined problem and an early product representation. No customers claimed.

  • fios
  • Hiro
  • Bagzi
  • Comperi as a multi-user commercial product

Stages change as new evidence becomes available.