“I help people with experimentation because I wasted years of my life building things nobody wanted.”

DAVID J BLAND, FOUNDER, AUTHOR AND CEO

pre·coil

noun

/prəˈkoil/

the action of reducing uncertainty before scaling.


Who We Serve

Corporate Innovators

Our solutions help you test real business ideas through rapid experimentation.

We offer workshops and coaching to get your team on the same page, speaking a common language, and testing your best ideas quickly, reliably, and without tarnishing your brand.

Startup Accelerators

Our solutions help you offer business testing resources and support to your startup founders.

We help your startups learn what they need to most efficiently and strategically test their ideas, while training your team to learn the skills needed to teach your startups for years to come.

Teaching you “how to fish” is who we are

A 10 year career in startups is where our founder, David J. Bland learned lessons the hard way. The first B2C (Business-to-Consumer) startup he joined in 1999 ended up being B2B (Business-to-Business) startup before being acquired in 2006.

In 2011 he set out on his own to empower companies from within, aiming to refine objectives, offer different points of view, and encourage experimentation in methodologies. Free of needless paperwork, reports, and big bills, David teaches methods for companies to find better answers - their own answers. With his personal and focused approach, the lessons David learned professionally and personally can steer companies clear from making the same mistakes.

At Precoil, we teach you an experimentation process to apply to your own ideas.

We provide the tools for you to facilitate with your teams, building the muscle to confidently carry out your product. We develop an experimentation framework that generates and illuminates evidence that deepens the understanding of the businesses needs and next steps. These processes are then repeatable by the companies themselves by design.

 

David J. Bland - Founder and Best Selling Author

David J Bland

Founder of Precoil, Lead Author of Testing Business Ideas.

David J Bland is an author and founder based in Northern California.

In 2015, he founded Precoil to help companies find product market fit using lean startup, design thinking and business model innovation.

David has helped validate new products and businesses at companies such as GE, Toyota, Adobe, HP, Behr and more.

David is the co-author of Testing Business Ideas, a Wiley business book with Alexander Osterwalder.

Prior to advising, David spent over 10 years of his career scaling technology startups. He continues to give back to the startup community by teaching at several accelerators in Silicon Valley.

Partners

  • Strategyzer

  • Draper University

  • ISBM

“David advises corporations on how to design business models and value propositions. Work with him to test yours before it’s too late!”

ALEXANDER OSTERWALDER - STRATEGYZER

2999 Douglas Blvd

Suite 180
Roseville, CA 95661

Hours
Monday–Friday
10am–4pm

Phone
+1 (844) 504 6064