Technical Co-Founder Program

You bring the vision, the market, and the customer relationships. We bring the architecture, the build, and the follow-through, as an embedded technical co-founder, not a vendor you have to manage.

Is this you?

Three signs you're the kind of company this was built for.

Not every company needs a co-founder — some genuinely just need a vendor. But if two of these sound like you, this program was built with you in mind.

You're vision-led, not engineering-led

You know your market and your customer cold — you just don't have the technical team to build the product yet.

You've been burned by agencies before

You've tried project-based dev shops and hit the same wall: they ship a deliverable, then disappear until the next invoice.

You want a partner, not a project

You're not looking for a one-off build. You want someone who still cares about the roadmap two years from now.

How the partnership works: embedded, not outsourced.

The program runs on two things: full technical ownership, and a cadence that keeps both teams honest.

01
Discovery.A real conversation about your business and where the technical gaps actually are, before any scope is written.
02
Embed.A blended team of US, nearshore, and offshore talent forms around your roadmap, sized to your budget.
03
Cadence.Weekly or biweekly calls keep roadmap, resourcing, and priorities aligned. You stay close to UX and product decisions.
04
Grow together.No hand-off after launch: ongoing maintenance, new features, and the next roadmap, for as long as it works for both sides.
Discovery We talk before we scope Embed A team forms around you Cadence Weekly, not radio silence Grow, together Still going, years later

This is a relationship built to outlast the first roadmap.

Most agencies measure success by the invoice. We measure it by whether you'd still pick up the phone in year eight.

Ask the founder who's been doing this with us since 2011.

From a client since 2011

Engagement started off slow, as many successful relationships do. But over the past 8 years it has really felt like Convene has become an extension of our team.

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David FarmerFounder, intice
14 yrsPartnership, ongoing
0Equity taken
1Technical co-founder, never a rotating vendor

Not an agency. Not a hire. Something in between.

Two familiar paths, and a third one built for founders who need both speed and commitment.

SPEED TO START → DEPTH OF OWNERSHIP → BOTH, WITHOUT COMPROMISE Traditional agency Weeks to start · ends at the invoice In-house hire Months to onboard · full ownership Technical Co-Founder 2–4 weeks to embed · ongoing ownership

In-house hire

Months to recruit and onboard
Full ownership, eventually
Fixed headcount and salary cost
This program

Technical Co-Founder

2–4 weeks to embed
Ongoing ownership & roadmap input
Scales with your budget, no equity

Traditional agency

Weeks to start
Project-based · ends at the invoice
Fixed scope, limited roadmap input

Tell us what you're building.

We'll tell you honestly whether the program is the right fit, and what the first 30 days would look like.

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