Scoping calls run 30 minutes. We'll either tell you what we'd ship in the first 90 days, or recommend you stay with your current vendor. Both are useful outcomes.
THE ENGAGEMENT MODEL
Embedded
Growth Engineering
The traditional agency-client relationship is managed by account executives, billed by the hour, and SOW'd every time priorities change. We threw it out. Reblend embeds a small senior squad directly in your Slack, sprints in two-week cadence, and re-ranks priorities without a paperwork tax. This page is the full mechanics - what you'd actually experience in week one, week three, and quarter two.
THE FOUR PHASES
From scoping call to quarterly review.
Each engagement passes through the same four phases. The only thing that changes is which pillar is in scope.
PHASE 01
Scoping call - 30 minutes, free
We listen for 20 minutes, ask three sharp questions, and tell you whether we think we can help. If we can't, we say so and recommend the firm we think can.
PHASE 02
Scoping sprint - 2 weeks, fixed fee
Paid discovery. We audit the data system, model the opportunity, and write a single page of "here is what we'd ship in the first 90 days." You own the audit and the recommendation regardless of next steps.
PHASE 03
Embedded sprints - 2-week cadence
Shared Slack channel goes live. Sprint planning Mondays, demos Fridays, retros every other Friday. Priorities can re-rank between sprints without a new SOW.
PHASE 04
Quarterly model review - 13 weeks
Every quarter we sit down with the data: what we shipped, what it moved in closed-won, what the next quarter's bet is. The only meeting your CFO will ask to attend.
WHAT WE INTENTIONALLY DO NOT DO
The traditional agency machinery we removed.
Every line below is something a working agency offers that we believe gets in the way. If you want any of them, we're the wrong firm.
NOT DOING
Account managers
You talk directly to the architect, the developer, and the AI systems engineer assigned to your squad. No relay layer.
NOT DOING
Billable hours
We bill per sprint or per outcome, never per hour. A senior engineer optimizing a query in 20 minutes is worth more than a junior thrashing for 8.
NOT DOING
12-month minimum retainers
Our default engagement runs a quarter. Roll, expand, or wind down at the model review. Locked-in retainers misalign incentives.
NOT DOING
Activity reports
No "hours by category" PDFs. The work is visible in the Slack channel and the demo. The quarterly review is the report.
NOT DOING
Vanity-metric dashboards
Impressions, click-through, reach - these aren't outcomes. We instrument closed-won and the inputs that move it, and we measure against that.
NOT DOING
Discount tiers
One price per sprint, posted on the proposal. We don't negotiate on senior engineer time.
PRICING
Two ways to engage. Posted, not negotiated.
Sprint-based for short, scope-bounded work. Subscription for ongoing product-development retainers.
Sprint
From Custom
Two-week, fixed-fee sprints. Most engagements start here.
Quarterly subscription
Custom / quarter
Embedded squad on quarterly priorities. Default after sprint 2.