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An engagement at MaxQ is a fixed-scope project run in four moves: audit, strategy, build, handoff. First, the audit: MaxQ reads the product, the code, the copy, and the numbers, and puts the findings in writing. Second, strategy: what to build, in what order, and why, with scope and a fixed price agreed before a line of code is written. Third, build: design and engineering as one team, weekly updates, working software rather than decks. Finally, handoff: code, assets, and documentation, all yours. Engagements start at $5,000, most land between $15K and $40K, and run two to twelve weeks. No hourly billing, no account manager, no surprise change orders.

MaxQ works with founders and product leads at companies between 2 and 200 people. The sweet spot is a team with momentum and a product under strain: a launch date, a raise, a rebrand, or an AI-built codebase the team can no longer extend cleanly. Past clients range from seed-stage startups to the US Air Force, Salesforce, Purdue University, and Elevance Health. Company size matters less than the moment. A three-person startup two weeks from launch and a 150-person scaleup mid-rebrand get the same three partners in the room, and the same fixed-scope pricing from $5,000.

MaxQ projects run two to twelve weeks. The short end is a focused sprint on one problem, for example a pricing page or a rescue audit. The long end is a full product build or a coherence pass across an AI-built product. The timeline is scoped honestly before the work starts and put in writing next to the fixed price, so a project running late is a MaxQ problem, not a client problem. Faster is possible when the decisions are already made. Most of the time, making the decisions is the work.

MaxQ engagements start at $5,000 for a focused sprint. Most land between $15K and $40K, and the largest builds are set by how much of the product needs the work. Everything is scoped to a deliverable and priced in writing before the work begins, then held: no hourly billing, no discovery retainer, no change orders arriving by surprise. For example, a Coherence Pass on an AI-built product is priced after a short audit, so the number reflects the actual codebase rather than a guess. A free five-minute diagnostic exists for anyone who wants a read before spending anything.

MaxQ works in your tools, your cadence, your channels. MaxQ plugs in; it does not reorganize.

Yes, and rescue work is a large share of what MaxQ does. The Coherence Pass is the fixed-scope version: one engagement across the code, the design system, the voice, and the roadmap of an AI-built or vibe-coded product, from $5,000. MaxQ improves an existing product when the foundation is solid. When the foundation is not, MaxQ says so in the audit, in writing, and scopes the smallest rebuild worth doing. Most products need less rebuilding than founders fear. The audit is where a founder finds out which case applies.