Discovery & Validation in Chicago.
De-risk assumptions before you build. Shipped by senior engineers in Chicago, async-first, fixed-price.
IRPR.io ships discovery & validation work for Chicago teams — engineering-led, async-first, and senior-only. De-risk assumptions before you build.
Our strategy practice has delivered discovery & validation projects across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise operators. Every engagement is fixed-price, fixed-scope, and ends with a production-grade handoff.
Chicago sits at the intersection of finance, logistics, and enterprise software. Home to Morningstar, Groupon, and a dense trading/fintech cluster, it's one of the most pragmatic, revenue-focused tech ecosystems in the country.
Types of discovery & validation we ship for Chicago teams.
Founder MVP
Full SaaS in 10-14 weeks: auth, billing, admin, email, analytics.
Vertical SaaS
Industry-specific SaaS with regulated workflows from day one.
Enterprise readiness
SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and SOC 2 controls in a 4-8 week sprint.
Usage-based billing
Metering, invoicing, and Stripe integration with Lago or Metronome.
B2B SaaS platform
Multi-tenant platforms with teams, roles, and enterprise billing.
Internal tool → product
Productize a working internal tool into multi-tenant SaaS.
Discovery & Validation for every Chicago business.
Search terms people type, matched to products we've built. Nothing on this list is hypothetical — every category here has shipped code.
SaaS by vertical
B2B SaaS categories
Consumer and creator SaaS
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Industries we build discovery & validation for in Chicago.
Why Chicago is a tech city.
Chicago sits at the intersection of finance, logistics, and enterprise software. Home to Morningstar, Groupon, and a dense trading/fintech cluster, it's one of the most pragmatic, revenue-focused tech ecosystems in the country.
Discovery & Validation that ships - on Chicago's terms.
Chicago-aware engineering
We know the fintech and logistics buyers in Chicago. Our roadmaps reflect what local operators actually ship.
Senior-only delivery
Every discovery & validation project is led by an engineer who has shipped this work in production. No junior delegation.
Fixed price, fixed scope
You know the budget and timeline before engineering starts. Change orders are priced transparently.
US-aligned async-first
We overlap Chicago work hours for standups, demos, and decisions. No overnight timezone drag.
Compliance by design
HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI, GDPR - baked in at architecture, not bolted on for audit. We've passed first-attempt audits for clients in your industry.
Your code, your IP
Every repo, piece of infrastructure, and document is handed off on day one. No proprietary frameworks, no lock-in.
Idea → Roadmap → Product → Release.
Every engagement runs through the same four-stage pipeline. Predictable by design.
More from Chicago.
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Other strategy work we ship in Chicago.
Questions clients ask first.
Your discovery & validation project in Chicago, shipped.
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