Find out if it will work before you spend the money.

ProductGurus is a Vancouver product research and build studio for founders and operators with a system to build or fix. We find out whether the product holds up, write the brief a developer can quote, and own the build until it ships. Eight products have gone through research here, five of them to release, and every number on this site traces to a case study you can read.

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8 products, end to end5 built and running3 stopped at discoveryVancouver, BC
ShiftFlow PRO interface, shown with illustrative data ShiftFlow PRO · live at v2.5

Numbers a skeptic can check

Every figure below traces to a case study you can read, question, and hold against us.

8Products owned end to end 5Products built and running 23Audit modules in Scrutas 3Products paused after discovery, on purpose

Want proof you can inspect rather than read? One of the eight is open source on GitHub, MIT licensed, with its 47 tests.

Three ways in, one pipeline

Start where the question is. Research before you spend, a brief before you build, an owner while it ships. Local businesses get the same research for a location, a website or a Google listing. Typical timelines are on each page; prices are quoted after a 30-minute call.

Research

Know before you spend

Product researchCustomer interviews that tell you what people will pay for. Feasibility researchMarket size, unit economics, and a build, wait, or no call. Competitor benchmarkingWhere you fit, what to charge, what they dropped and why.

Build

A brief a developer can quote, then an owner

Build briefProcess maps, user stories with acceptance criteria, a PRD, a vendor pick. Product ownershipBacklog, roadmap, UAT, and a fractional product owner month to month. PrototypeA clickable version tested with real users before anyone writes production code. Three to four weeks.

Local businesses

The same homework for a shop, clinic or café

Location and demographyWho lives, works, and spends near the address you're considering. WebsitesFast, search-ready service sites and a scored website audit. No e-commerce. Local SEOGoogle Business Profile, citations, reviews, and a local landing page. Website auditA one-week scored review of the site you already have, with fixes ranked by impact.

All services and how the work runs  ·  Engagement shapes and timelines

Built, measured, documented

Three of eight. The full set, including the honest unresolved parts, lives on the work page.

ShiftFlow PRO interface, shown with illustrative data

ShiftFlow PRO

Live, workforce scheduler

Union rules, hour guarantees, and statutory holidays enforced in code before a manager opens the board. Live at v2.5 and in active use.

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 Scrutas audit dashboard

Scrutas

In production, audits

23 audit modules behind a two-stage authorization model.

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2 of 9discovery interviews

Dwell

Validated concept, rental trust

A portable rental reputation for the 1.2M newcomers credit bureaus can't see.

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Council of AIs, Matchstick, Squint, PavIQ and GridSentinel

Plus five more

An open-source tool in production, a Chrome extension that scores resumes with evidence, a pitch generator with tested pricing, and two hardware concepts with footnoted market sizes. Screenshots, numbers, and the go or no-go calls included.

All eight on the work page

Outcome first. Method second.

Every engagement starts with the decision you need to make, then uses only the stages that get you there: discover, decide, define, build, grow. You see the evidence before you see the recommendation. See the pipeline

The fine print, in large type, on purpose

ProductGurus is a Vancouver product studio for founders and operators who would rather find out than guess. We don't build e-commerce stores and we don't run paid ads. We do run the interviews, size the market, write the brief, own the build, and put our name on the numbers. The eight products on the work page were owned end to end and double as the proof. Building a product team in Vancouver? Start on the About page.

Let's build something
worth shipping.

Opening a location, launching a product, or handing a developer a brief? Book a free 30-minute call or send an email. We'll tell you on the call whether we're the right fit and what it would take.

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