How We Work

Start free. Go as deep as the work demands.

If you have a problem, we can probably help. Begin with our free software, purpose-made for the sector, then go as deep as a multi-year engineering partnership.

We build our teams to fit your problems. Every engagement type below is a rung on the same ladder. The further you want to go, the deeper we can partner with you.

Not sure where you fit?

Tell us what you're trying to do.

Select a goal on the left to see our recommendation.

The Engagement Ladder

Six rungs, lightest to deepest.

Lighter touch
Deeper partnership
00

Free Software

We create free AI-powered tools to help the sector. This is where most relationships begin.

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01

Discovery & Data Audit

We embed a senior team to audit your data, systems, and workflows, then hand you a prioritized roadmap specific enough to act on immediately. Often the right entry point before we partner on anything bigger.

Clarity before a big build
Timeline
4–8 weeks
Investment
From $18,000
02

White-Label Software Deployment

Take Funding Scout, the Interview Guide, or a future TDG platform and deploy a version configured for your context, brand, and workflows. We build it, configure it, train your team, and hand it off.

A proven tool, branded for you
Timeline
2–4 months
Investment
Custom scope
03

Project Sprint

A focused build with a defined deliverable. Build a new platform, a major feature, or a production-ready MVP. TDG assembles and manages a senior development team against a fixed scope and timeline.

A bounded, shippable project
Timeline
2–5 months
Investment
Fixed fee from $45,000
04

Fractional Executive Leadership

A TDG senior leader embeds as your fractional COO, CPO, or CEO. Senior product, technology, and operational leadership without the full-time cost. Ideal when you're navigating a transition, scaling a program, or covering a leadership gap.

Leadership gaps & transitions
Timeline
Ongoing retainer
Investment
From $11,500/mo
05
The Deep End

Long-Term Engineering Partnership

Some problems aren't sprints. When the technology you're building will define your organization for a decade, we become a sustained technical partner. We live to build beyond the MVP to find true product market fit, not just execute an arbitrary deliverable.

Dedicated senior team, multi-year roadmap Quarterly planning, continuous delivery Deep integration, not handoffs
Timeline
12–36 months
Investment
Scoped through conversation
In Practice

Proof, not promises.

Most of our clients start small then go all in, extending contracts by months or years.

White-Label Deployment

Global Nomads Group

We white-labeled Funding Scout with proprietary changes for district-level school sales around the world, then gifted it. They own and operate it independently.

Result: Production-ready software delivered quickly and affordably
Product Leadership & Advisory

Classroom Champions

Two acquisitions had sat in limbo for two years. We ran a senior leadership retreat, built a SaaS-inspired model around their hands-on program, and delivered a roadmap to scale.

Status: Strategy delivered · advisory ongoing
Long-Term Partnership

Private Client

A pioneering research org needed technology that didn't exist. We built the platform from scratch, then an AI intelligence layer on top. Now in year two.

Status: Active, multi-year engagement
Lead with service

Let's start with a free hour.

Our ethos is to lead with service. Tell us what you're building and what's in the way and we'll give you an honest hour or two and tell you which engagement, if any, we'd recommend.

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