The Research Piece.

What it is.

Building on the founder's instincts is fine for the first year. After that it's expensive guesswork. The Research Piece replaces guesswork with structured insight: who your users actually are, what they're trying to do, and whether the thing you're about to build will land.

It is delivered through a vetted network of specialist research studios and practitioners, matched to the specific question in front of you, and orchestrated by Product Pieces so the insight feeds straight into product decisions rather than sitting in a slide deck.

When you need it.

• The last real user research was the founder talking to a few friends.
• You're about to build something significant on an untested assumption.
• You have opinions about your users but no evidence.
• You need both generative discovery and evaluative testing, with the ops to run them.

Who delivers it.

The Research Piece is delivered through Product Pieces' vetted specialist network, matched to your question rather than a single fixed supplier:

We're adding a named research partner to the bench. In the meantime the Piece is delivered through the vetted network above, and the Diagnostic will tell you whether research is the piece you actually need.

How it works.

Start with the free Diagnostic. If research is your missing piece, we match the right specialist to the question and orchestrate the work, with Product Pieces owning the outcome so the findings change what you build.