Five ways in.
Every engagement is fixed scope, with a defined deliverable, an end date, and a named next step. Pick the one that matches where you are.
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The engagements.
- Harvest SprintHarvestA findings memo that names your strongest product candidates, scores each one across six dimensions, and ends with a straight answer on whether to act.Fixed scope · 14 to 21 days
- Architect WorkshopArchitectA product specification you can hand to a developer, a BD team, or an investor, with pricing, sample CLINs, and a 90-day go-to-market plan settled.Fixed scope · Full-day session within 30 days, document within 10 business days
- Build PilotRisk-Proof + BuildA working MVP, a product requirements document you own, a founding-member offer you can use to close the first paying customers, and outreach support toward three signed letters of intent by day 90. The three letters are the target the engagement is aimed at, not a guarantee.Fixed scope · 90 days
- Federal Activation AuditCross-phaseA federal infrastructure activation plan: a full vehicle and certification audit, named open opportunities, a concentration-risk read, and a 30/60/90-day activation roadmap.Fixed scope · 21 days
- Operate + ReplicateOperate + ReplicateAn operating playbook with scope-creep controls, standardized delivery, and a replication model for taking the offering into additional markets. Where the Build Pilot is a 90-day engagement that ends at its day-90 checkpoint, this is a recurring phase: the work is measured in milestones, and it continues for as long as the offering keeps running and keeps expanding.Fixed scope · Milestone-defined
- 06AdvisoryOngoingA fractional product-strategy retainer for firms executing after a completed engagement.Three-month minimum
You cannot call a client. Here is what you can check.
Every engagement is confidential, so we do not publish names, logos or case studies. That is a real limit on your diligence, so here is the substitute: work that is public and checkable without asking us for anything.
The method is published.
Shrink-Wrap It sets out the six stages, with the failures named as plainly as the steps. Read the book, or the framework for the short version.
The software is live.
HARBOR Port, Helm's federal data layer answers without asking who you are. /healthz (opens in new tab) and /api/catalog (opens in new tab).
The diagnostic is free.
HARBOR Signal scores your readiness and tells you when the answer is not yet. Run it before you talk to us: /signal.
The credentials are checkable.
Registered in SAM.gov (UEI K4CVRY71WQZ8, CAGE 260D0). The full background.
The person who scopes the work delivers it. HARBOR is one principal, on purpose. If the principal is unavailable, you hear it within two business days, the schedule is re-based in writing, and nobody you have not met touches the work.
Not sure which one fits?
Start with HARBOR Signal. It is free, about eight minutes, and points you at the right engagement.
Free. About 8 minutes. A work email gets you the report.