How it works

We build from where the company actually is.

We assemble the people and capabilities a venture needs around the work.

Entry States

Start from where you are.

A company can come to Ighodalo Labs at different points. These are possible starting states, not steps in a linear lifecycle.

Start Here

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Ighodalo Labs

Start Here

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Ighodalo Labs

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Idea

A problem, conviction or opportunity worth exploring.

HOW WE BUILD · 02 / FORWARD

Prospect. Explore. Build. Scale.

The starting point can change. The direction is forward.

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Prospect

We get to know founders, ideas, products and businesses that could join the Studio.

Core Operational Activities

  • Founding team and opportunity discovery
  • Thesis formulation and customer problem sizing
  • Early fit and capability alignment
01Meet the company.

Prospect

We get to know founders, ideas, products and businesses that could join the Studio.

Core Activities
  • Founding team and opportunity discovery
  • Thesis formulation and customer problem sizing
  • Early fit and capability alignment
02Find the biggest uncertainty.

Explore

A short diagnosis of the customer, the evidence so far and what the venture needs. It ends with a decision to build or to stop.

Core Activities
  • Customer and market validation diagnosis
  • Bounded experiment design
  • Build admission or stop decision
03Turn the constraint into the work.

Build

Assemble the people, product and systems the venture needs, and run experiments that produce evidence.

Core Activities
  • Adaptive Pod assembly and deployment
  • Product systems and technical architecture
  • Customer experiments and commercial evidence
04Grow what is working.

Scale

The venture graduates and grows under its own team, through the route that fits.

Core Activities
  • Graduation to venture team operation
  • Sustainable distribution and operational telemetry
  • Capital syndication and strategic expansion

Evidence Review Strip

Every active venture gets an evidence review at least every 90 days. The review decides one of three things: ship it to Scale, iterate with a new target, or stop active support for that thesis. Stopping applies to the thesis, not the founder.

You lead throughout. We help build the company's capacity to stand on its own.

Each company moves through the model at the pace its evidence demands.

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The Next Company

Have something worth building?

We would love to understand where you are and what you are working on. Tell us about your company, your current constraint, and where you want to go.