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French Press Labs

The build rhythm

How engagements actually run.

Nothing theatrical. Four phases, clear exits, no 8-week waterfalls. You'll know every Friday what shipped that week.

01

Discovery

1–2 weeks

02

Strategy

1–2 weeks

03

Build

4–16 weeks

04

Optimize

Ongoing

The schedule

Phases with clear exits.

Every phase ends with something concrete in your hands. If a phase can't exit, we don't start the next one.

PHASE 01

1–2 weeks

Discovery

We spend real time learning your business before we propose anything.

  • Exec + team interviews (5–10 conversations)
  • Current-state audit (code, analytics, stack, funnel, team)
  • Competitive + market scan
  • Success metric alignment - we pick numbers we can defend

Exit

You know what is broken, in writing.

PHASE 02

1–2 weeks

Strategy

A short, opinionated plan with clear trade-offs. Not a 60-slide deck.

  • Target architecture / roadmap
  • Scope + timeline + budget by phase
  • Risk register - what could go wrong, mitigations
  • Kickoff workshop with your team

Exit

A plan you could hand to any builder.

PHASE 03

4–16 weeks

Build

We ship weekly, demo in public, commit often. No black-box phases.

  • Weekly sprints with Friday demos
  • Live staging environment + Slack access to the team
  • Ship early, iterate fast
  • Documentation written as we build, not at the end

Exit

Working software in your accounts, every Friday.

PHASE 04

Ongoing

Optimize

Launch is mile zero. What matters is what we learn and change after.

  • Weekly performance reviews
  • A/B tests, iteration loops, hypothesis-driven work
  • Monthly exec report tied to business outcomes
  • Quarterly roadmap review

Exit

Numbers moving, or an honest call to stop.

Phase zero

Discovery starts with your intake path.

Send the context. We review your site and how leads actually reach you, then reply within one business day with an honest read on fit.

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