About

Lakeside R&D Ltd is a boutique R&D team and tech-agency. We're on a mission to solve complex problems and help a new generation of business leaders capture value and improve people's lives. We specialise in web and mobile development of B2B applications with a focus on disruptive models in re-commerce and B2B SaaS.

An open letter to innovators

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Dear Founder,

Growing a software business is expensive, uncertain, and often more lonely than people admit. Most ideas don’t fail because they were bad — they fail because time, money, or momentum runs out.

If you’re reading this, you probably have a clear idea of the problem you want to solve, some capital to get started, and a lot of unanswered questions about what it will actually take to take the product to market, grow it and exit.

Product development is rarely a straight line. Plans change, assumptions get tested, and early decisions carry more weight than they seem at the time. The challenge isn’t just building something — it’s building the right thing, without burning more time and money than you can afford.

Our role is to help you navigate that uncertainty with clarity and discipline.

We don’t overbuild, and we don’t disappear when things get complicated. We focus on delivering robust, well-thought-through software that can evolve as you learn more about your users, your market, and your business. The goal is progress you can rely on — not just activity.

You don’t need to have all the answers at the start. You do need a team that takes responsibility for the technical decisions, explains trade-offs in plain language, and helps you move forward with confidence.

That’s what we do.

If you’re serious about turning an idea into a product — and doing it carefully, without unnecessary waste — we’d be glad to help.

Sincerely,
Vladimir Cvejanovic
A fellow founder
Lakeside R&D

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2017 Advisory Before Code

Lakeside begins by advising SaaS founders at board level. We saw a recurring pattern: most failures weren’t technical — they were timing, scope, and sequencing mistakes made before the first line of code.

2019 Shipping Less, Learning More

After several early launches, we deliberately reduced scope on new projects — fewer features, faster feedback, clearer kill criteria.
This is when our reputation shifted from “fast builders” to “teams that don’t waste runway.”

2021 Surviving the Funding Whiplash

As funding cycles tightened and expanded unpredictably, we helped founders pause, restart, and reshape products mid-flight — without burning everything down.We learned how to design systems that survive uncertainty, not just growth.

2024 Operating Beyond MVP

We embedded deeper into teams post-launch: owning critical systems, reducing operational drag, and preparing products for scale.

2026 Deliberate Growth Partner

Today, Lakeside works with a small number of startups and scalups who value:

1. Clear thinking over speed theatre
2. Optionality over polish
3. Partners who challenge them, not just execute

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Meet Our Clients

Thank you to our amazing clients for showing us what we are capable of.

Product development with Intent

Lakeside exists to solve real business problems, not just write code. We take responsibility for turning unclear requirements into working software, and for explaining trade-offs and decisions in plain language.

Our team focuses on understanding the problem first, then delivering only what’s needed to move the product forward — clearly, deliberately, and without unnecessary complexity.