Product StudioFor early-stage founders

We build viable digital products
Without guesswork

Zade Space helps founders move from uncertainty to validated product direction, focused MVP, and early market traction.

As a founder I want to:

Problem Validation

Validate the problem
before you build

Know if this problem is painful, urgent, and worth building a product around.

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Solution Validation

Bring my solution
to market

Turn a validated problem into a focused MVP and test it with real users.

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The Founder Path

You're an early-stage founder with a pre-product startup

You want to prove your idea is viable

before committing time, capital, and resources to growth

To find out, you need proof that customers care
about the problem and evidence that your solution creates value

We validate demand, then launch the smallest version worth testing in the market, so larger investments are based on market evidence

HOW WE WORK

04/09

There are two key milestones
on the way to a viable product

Each milestone depends on evidence: first that the problem is worth solving, then that the solution is worth building.

YOU LEAD THIS01

Market Exploration

Bring your first-hand read on the market. This is the prerequisite before we work together.

Map customers, competitors, and adjacent markets.
Frame the assumptions and pains worth testing.
Sketch how value could be created and captured.

COLLABORATION STARTS02

Problem Validation

Prove the problem is worth building around. This is where we work alongside you.

Find where the pain is sharpest and most reachable.
Confirm the problem is real.
Validate product concept

WE BUILD IT03

Solution Validation

Build the minimum product that proves its place in the market.

Shape the proposition and the first version.
Build the MVP and validate with early adopters.
Iterate on feedback until it earns its place.

WE SUPPORT, YOU SCALE04

Optimisation & Growth

Turn a validated product into a growing company.

Optimise for the mass market and launch with intent.
Build channels and partnerships that drive revenue.
Grow the team, structures, and processes to sustain it.

WHERE DO YOU START?

Find the sprint that matches the decision in front of you

Two sprints, two very different moments. Read the state that sounds like your week — the sprint underneath it is the one built for it.

01Current state

You have an idea and a hypothesis — but no evidence.

Key signals

You describe the problem in your words, not your users’.
The target segment is still “everyone who…”.
There’s a roadmap, but nothing on it has been tested.

Decision ahead

Is this problem worth committing budget to at all?

Problem Validation Sprint

What you'll leave with

Evidence of real demand, from real users
The segment with the most urgent pain
A go / no-go call you can defend
MVP scope grounded in what you tested

Explore Problem Validation

02Current state

The problem holds up. The product doesn’t exist yet.

Key signals

Users confirm the pain — you’re still guessing at the fix.
The feature list keeps growing and nothing gets cut.
No one has said yes to a price yet.

Decision ahead

What do we build first — and will anyone pay for it?

Solution Validation Sprint

What you'll leave with

An MVP cut to the one workflow that matters
A prototype tested with real users
Willingness-to-pay proven before the build scales
A phased roadmap tied to evidence

Explore Solution Validation

Not sure where you are?

Ten minutes, and you'll know which state you're actually in — and what it's costing you to stay there.

Take the assessment

Why Founders Choose Zade

Why founders build with us

We reduce risk before build

We build what we propose

We stay beyond launch

We bring market access

Trusted product experts
embedded in your team

Your product studio team

Validation Lead

Keeps teams aligned, timelines on track, and delivers best-practice validation and testing.

Product Engineer

Designs and builds the technical prototype so your MVP works seamlessly end to end.

UX/UI Architect

Maps user journeys, optimizes flows, and builds a long-term product roadmap.

Product Manager

Connects your validation work with the latest market and product signals.

QA & Growth Engineer

Tests and configures your MVP for reliable day-to-day performance.

Some of the team you'll work with

Ivan

Founder, CEO

Oleg

Head of Product

Khrystyna

Lead UX/UI Designer

Oleksii

Software Engineer

Maria

UX/UI Designer

Olga Bagrii

Full-Stack developer

Denys

Full-Stack developer

Roman

Full-Stack developer

Strategy Call

Ivan

Founder · Zade Space

Curious
to learn more?

Let's spend 30 minutes connecting
where you are now to where you need to go.

Book a call with Ivan →30-minute strategy call.

What we'll clarify together

Strategy Call Agenda

Your current stage and biggest product uncertainty
What evidence you already have from customers or the market
Which assumptions should be validated before building more
Whether Problem Validation or Solution Validation fits better
Clear next step based on your stage, risk, and budget

We build viable digital productsWithout guesswork

There are two key milestones on the way to a viable product

Market Exploration

Problem Validation

Solution Validation

Optimisation & Growth

Find the sprint that matches the decision in front of you

You have an idea and a hypothesis — but no evidence.

The problem holds up. The product doesn’t exist yet.

Trusted product expertsembedded in your team

We build viable digital products
Without guesswork

There are two key milestones
on the way to a viable product

Trusted product experts
embedded in your team