For small businesses, from first idea to next stage
Get established. Then get to what's next.
Sigma Foundry helps small businesses get off the ground, then scale into their next phase of growth. Concept validation, product development, platforms, process and policy, marketing and business development, from one partner who builds and runs businesses too.
Service-disabled veteran-owned · New Jersey based, working nationwide · A written, fixed quote before any work starts.
Where is your business right now?
Every business gets stuck somewhere different. Start with the stage that sounds like yours.
Stage 1
Getting started
You have an idea, a side business or your first few customers.
- Find out whether people will pay before you spend
- Shape the offer, the price and the brand
- Get a website and the basic tools running
Stage 2
Getting established
You're open for business and everything still runs through you.
- Write down how the work gets done
- Choose and connect the right platforms
- Set the policies that protect you
Stage 3
Scaling to the next phase
It works. Now it has to grow without breaking.
- Build a marketing engine you can measure
- Open new channels, partners and contracts
- Launch the next product or service line
The full spectrum, one partner
Most small businesses don't need an agency for marketing, a consultant for operations and a developer for the website. They need one partner who sees the whole picture and builds what matters next.
Validate
Concept validation
Customer interviews, demand tests and a competitor teardown, ending in a clear go, change or stop.
Build
Product development
Product strategy, requirements, MVP scope, build oversight, pricing and packaging, through to launch.
Platform
Platforming
Website, store, CRM, scheduling, payments, automation and AI tools, chosen to fit and wired together.
Run
Process & policy
SOPs, playbooks, onboarding, compliance basics and decision rights, so the business runs without you in every room.
Grow
Marketing
Positioning, messaging, site and listing copy, content and campaigns, measured against revenue, not likes.
Expand
Business development
Partnerships, new channels, proposals and pipeline, including readiness to sell to the government.
Ways to work together
Start small. Every engagement gets a written, fixed quote before work starts, and you own everything we produce.
1–2 weeks
Diagnostic
We find the biggest thing holding the business back and hand you a written, prioritized plan.
4–8 weeks
Project sprint
We deliver one thing end to end: the validation study, the launch, the platform, the playbook or the campaign.
Monthly
Ongoing partner
Fractional product, operations and growth leadership, without hiring a full-time executive.
Prefer to do it yourself?
We turn what we learn into tools. Pick your line of work to see the free tools, apps and help built for it.
I sell to the government
SAM.gov registration, size standards, SPRS and CMMC, bid/no-bid, pricing and proposals — for firms without a contracts department.
I sell online
Fees, margins, listings and live shows for Etsy makers, Whatnot sellers and marketplace shops — the profit math the platforms don't show you.
I run a small business or work for myself
Follow-up, outreach, pricing, content and landing pages — plus a front office for owners who run service crews.
I want AI to do real work
Get AI set up properly in your business, or build, test and monitor prompts and agents yourself.
I manage my own money
A trading journal that finds where the money leaks, and a withholding calculator for tax season.
Show me everything
Every app, pass and free tool in the store, grouped by the work it helps with.
Free tools that work the moment the page loads
No account and no email address. Open one, use it, leave. A few of the most-used:
- Capability Statement BuilderBuild and print a one-page capability statement, then export it as the profile the paid GovCon apps use.Free · no sign-up
- NAICS + SBA Size-Standard CheckerFind your NAICS codes and see whether you are small under each SBA size standard — the full 13 CFR 121.201 table.Free · no sign-up
- SPRS Score EstimatorTick the NIST 800-171 controls you have in place and get your estimated SPRS score with the biggest point-losers named.Free · no sign-up
- Lost Revenue CalculatorHow much a slow follow-up costs your business every month, by vertical — with the two biggest leaks named.Free · no sign-up
- Landing Page Copy GraderFour-dimension clarity scoring for a landing page.Free · no sign-up
- Cold Email Score CardScores subject, hook, offer and CTA.Free · no sign-up
Apps: one price, every feature
No tiers and no upsell ladder. Subscribe and cancel from your account page, or buy outright where that's offered. Checkout runs on Stripe; we never see your card.
Government contractors
Downselect
Bid/no-bid scorer for small federal contractors. Paste a SAM.gov notice and its attachments; get PURSUE, TEAM, RESPOND or NO-BID with every red flag named and quoted, and the one change that would flip the call.
Price: $79/mo · $790/yr
Government contractors
SPRS Score Coach
Walk the 110 NIST SP 800-171 controls with the DoD Assessment Methodology point values, get your exact SPRS score, and leave with a System Security Plan draft, a POA&M and your affirmation calendar.
Price: $1,290/yr
Government contractors
Bid Pricing Workbench
Wrap rates, fully burdened labor and side-by-side FFP / T&M / CPFF pricing for your next federal bid — DCAA-consistent, in a browser.
Price: $699 once
Government contractors
Proposal Kit
Three tools proposal writers at ten-person firms do by hand: a Sources Sought / RFI response builder, a CPARS-aligned past-performance library, and a Section L/M compliance-matrix shredder.
Price: $590/yr
Government contractors
Compliance Calendar
Every filing, deliverable and option window your contracts create, on one calendar with reminders.
Price: $39/mo · $390/yr
Online sellers
Listing Studio
Grade every Etsy listing against the current rules, and know exactly what to move where.
Price: $29 once
Online sellers
Planner Studio
Build a fully hyperlinked digital planner in minutes — and sell what you make.
Price: $39 once
AI builders
LayerDrop Pro
Place images on a canvas visually and export the layout as React Native, CSS or JSON — no hand-tuned style values.
Price: $33 once
AI builders
Commander's Intent for Coding Agents
Commander's intent is the purpose and the end state, stated up front, so whoever does the work can make good calls without asking. This kit brings it to coding agents: four gates you run before the agent writes code, and three checks you run after.
Price: $37 once
AI builders
AgentPulse
Heartbeat monitoring for scheduled AI agent loops. Your loop pings a URL when it finishes; if the ping stops arriving, you get an email. Uptime monitors watch servers — this watches whether the work actually ran.
Price: $19/mo · $190/yr
AI builders
CCAR-F Ready Room
Six full CCAR-F mock exams — 60 questions, 120 minutes, built scenario by scenario in the published exam format — with every option explained, a missed-question re-drill, a domain heat map, flashcards and a common-traps drill.
Price: $19.99 once
AI builders
CCAR-P Ready Room
Twelve full CCAR-P mock exams across all seven domains, with every option explained, a missed-question re-drill, a domain heat map, flashcards and a common-traps drill with architecture diagrams.
Price: $29.99 once
Online sellers
Show Desk
Know what every live show really made — after fees, giveaways and what the product cost you.
Price: $9/mo · $90/yr
Your own money
Trader Desk
Import your trade journal and find the edge leaks; build the day's pre-market plan; run the prompt library traders actually use with AI. Runs entirely in your browser — no broker connection, nothing uploaded.
Price: $19/mo · $190/yr
Need one thing built, or checked?
Smaller jobs at a fixed price: a single tool, an automation, or an audit of what you have.
Build
Custom tools & automations
A calculator, client portal, dashboard or workflow automation, built to your spec. You own what we build.
Fixed price, from $150
Check
AI search & agent readiness audit
What ChatGPT, Google's AI results and browser agents can and can't read about your business — and what to fix first.
From $497
Coming
Front Office for service businesses
One console to run several service brands and outsourced crews: offer-and-accept dispatch, live arrival times, per-job payouts.
Founding spots open
Why Sigma Foundry
Owned and run by an Army Special Operations veteran with 25 years across special operations, intelligence, defense technology and enterprise product. Plans get written down, owned and finished.
- We operate, not just advise. We launch and run our own products, apps and online stores, so our advice comes from things we've built and fixed ourselves.
- One partner for the whole path. You don't re-explain your business to a new firm at every stage.
- Free first. If a tool can be free, it is. Most of what we make works without an account.
- The price is on the page. One price per app, every feature included. No "contact sales".
- Leave any time. Cancel from your account page. No call, no retention offer.
- Built from the reviews. Before we build, we read the good and bad reviews of the leading products and fix what people complain about.
- Plain about AI. We use AI where it helps and say so. We don't sell hype.
Questions
What is Sigma Foundry?
Sigma Foundry LLC is a small, service-disabled veteran-owned company in New Jersey. We help small businesses get established and then scale into their next phase: concept validation, product development, platforms, process and policy, marketing and business development. We also make free tools and apps for the same problems.
Do you only work with new businesses?
No. We help founders test and launch, and we help established businesses reach their next stage: a new product, new channels or partners, government work, or operations that don't depend on the owner.
Can you help with just one piece, like marketing?
Yes. Most clients start with one diagnostic or one sprint. If something upstream would undercut the work, such as an offer nobody has tested yet, we'll say so before you spend.
Are you a law or accounting firm?
No. We write the processes, policies and playbooks and set up the systems, and we work alongside your attorney and accountant for legal and tax sign-off.
Are the free tools really free?
Yes. They run in your browser with no account and no email address. Some link to a paid app that goes further; you never have to buy it to use the free tool.
How does app pricing work?
Each app has one price with every feature included: monthly, yearly or, for some apps, a one-time purchase. Prices are listed on each app's page in the store. Your first payment has a 14-day money-back guarantee.
How do I cancel?
From your account page at account.sigmafoundry.io, in two clicks. There's no call and no retention offer.
Can you build something custom?
Yes. Small tools, dashboards and automations at a fixed price, starting at $150. Send a short brief from the Services page and we'll reply within two business days.
Is Sigma Foundry a certified SDVOSB?
Yes. The U.S. Small Business Administration certified Sigma Foundry LLC as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) in October 2026 (UEI P5BBREMVDLF6, CAGE 25AA2). Contracting officers can confirm it in SBA’s Small Business Search.
Tools for government contractors →Check your own VetCert eligibility (free)
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