You bring the idea.
A new product, a new market, a new feature. Something your business needs to test before committing serious resource.
Product Validation Sprints
Your idea deserves a real answer — fast.
Spike Labz takes your concept from idea to validated product in 4–6 weeks — IoT devices, connected hardware, physical prototypes, apps. One team. One process. No handoffs. No decks. Just something real.
- 4–6wk
- Sprint length
- 1
- Team, no handoffs
- 15+
- Years experience
- £0
- Wasted on the wrong thing
The problem
Most companies test ideas the expensive way.
Months of planning. Agency briefs. Build cycles. By the time you find out if it works, you've spent a fortune on the wrong thing.
A bad idea that dies in week two is a win. A bad idea that survives six months of development is a disaster.
We built Spike Labz because the market for honest, fast, hands-on validation didn't exist. So we created it.
What we do
Time-boxed validation sprints for established businesses.
How it worksWe design and build it.
Hardware, firmware, software — under one roof. Wearables, connected devices, physical products. You talk to the person who builds it — because they're the same person.
You get a clear answer.
Pursue it or kill it — with evidence. Fixed cost. Fixed timeline. No surprises. We kill bad ideas early; that's not failure, it's the point.
How it works
Discovery, build, validate.
Fixed cost. Fixed timeline. No surprises.
- Week 1
Discovery
We define the hypothesis and success criteria together. What does "validated" actually mean for this idea? We won't start building until we know.
- Weeks 2–5
Build
A working product — not a wireframe, not a deck. Something real that can be put in front of users, investors, or internal stakeholders.
- Final week
Validate
Real output, clear recommendation. Pursue it with confidence, or kill it before the real money gets spent. Either outcome is a good one.
Case studies
Latest sprints
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Planning a renovation starts with measuring. Home Design is our own product: an iPhone app that scans a room with LiDAR into a model with real measurements, and a studio in the browser where you shape the design on top of that scan.
Outcome
In development. Scanning, the web portal and the first four stages of the studio work end to end. AI-assisted design, real furniture and a public release of the app are next.
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A founder came to us with an idea for a connected wearable for cold water swimmers — real-time water temperature tracking with a social layer inspired by Strava. In two weeks we went from concept to working prototype.
Outcome
Working prototype delivered in 2 weeks. Client had something real to put in front of investors and early users — not a pitch deck.
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We ran our own sprint to prove the model. Flicka is an interactive lamp, app and book that uses light, sound and stories to support child development. We designed and built a working physical prototype — and tested it on the toughest users imaginable: our own kids.
Outcome
Working prototype built and iterated. Still in active development. Proved the sprint process works even for hardware.
Read the case studyWho it's for
Established companies with something to prove.
- You have an IoT or hardware idea and need someone who can build the physical thing, not just the app around it
- You're exploring a new market or product line and want evidence, not opinions
- You've been burned by agencies that take months and deliver decks
- You have budget and want to spend it on something real — with a person accountable for the outcome
- You need to know whether to pursue or kill — and you need to know quickly