Here's exactly how Scaffold takes you from rough idea to launched product.
Start with whatever you have. It could be a sentence: 'I want to help college students find better housing.' It could be more detailed. Either way, you also tell us your timeline (3-12 months) and your end goal—launch a prototype, pitch to investors, or generate first revenue. We take it from there.
Based on your idea, timeline, and goal, Scaffold creates a complete week-by-week roadmap. Not a generic template—a plan tailored to what you're actually building. A marketplace app gets a different roadmap than a B2B SaaS. A 3-month sprint looks different than a 12-month build.
Each week, you see exactly what to do. Not vague advice like 'do customer discovery'—specific tasks like 'Interview 5 potential users, document their responses, and identify 2 recurring pain points.' You know what to produce, how to submit it, and how you'll be evaluated.
When you complete your deliverable, you submit it through Scaffold. Our AI evaluates your work against the week's success criteria and gives you specific feedback—what was strong, what was weak, and what to dig deeper on. This isn't generic praise. It's real critique.
If you're ahead of schedule, we'll compress your timeline and accelerate your milestones. If you're falling behind, we'll adjust—breaking tasks into smaller pieces or extending your runway. The roadmap isn't static. It responds to you.
When you hit your end goal, you'll have something real: a prototype, a pitch deck, revenue. Then you can set new goals—your own OKRs—and Scaffold generates a fresh roadmap for your next phase. You've graduated from first-time founder to early-stage operator.