Building an MVP
You have an idea. You have domain expertise. You need a technical partner who will help you validate before building, then ship something real in weeks.
How we build MVPs
Validate Before You Build
Most failed startups built something nobody wanted. Before writing code, we identify your riskiest assumption and design the smallest experiment that tests it. Sometimes that's a landing page. Sometimes it's a prototype. Sometimes it's conversations with potential customers.
Define the Minimum
An MVP isn't a bad version of your product. It's the smallest version that delivers real value to real users. We ruthlessly cut scope to get you to market fast, then add features based on actual user feedback.
Build Production-Grade
Speed doesn't mean cutting corners. We build real software that can scale if your idea works. No throwaway prototypes that need to be rebuilt later. Production-ready from day one.
Launch and Learn
The goal isn't delivery. It's learning. We help you get in front of users, collect feedback, and iterate. A shipped MVP is the beginning, not the end.
Common MVP mistakes
Building too much
Every feature you add before launch is a feature that might be wrong. Start with the core value proposition. Add features when users ask for them.
Hiring a dev shop
Most dev shops build what you ask for. They don't ask whether you should build it, or whether there's a simpler way. You need a partner who pushes back.
Waiting for perfect
Perfection is the enemy of learning. A shipped MVP teaches you more than six months of planning. Get something in front of users and iterate.
Ignoring business model
If you can't explain how you'll make money, you're not ready to build. Unit economics matter. Distribution matters. These aren't afterthoughts.
Why work with a founder who builds
Most developers will build what you ask for. That's the problem. You need someone who will ask hard questions first: Who's the customer? What's the unit economics? What happens if this works?
25 years of building bootstrapped businesses means I think about your product the way you do. Not as a code problem, but as a business problem.
"The goal isn't to build what you ask for. It's to build what actually validates your hypothesis."
Frequently Asked Questions
That's exactly who we work with. We translate your domain expertise and business vision into technical decisions. You don't need to know how to code. You need to know your customer and your market.
It depends on complexity. Simple MVPs start around $15,000. Complex products with multiple integrations or advanced functionality can be $50,000+. We scope carefully to give you a fixed price, not an open-ended hourly engagement.
That's actually valuable information. You've learned something important for a fraction of what it would have cost to build the full product. We help you interpret results and decide whether to pivot, iterate, or move on.
Not necessarily. Many successful products are bootstrapped. An MVP can help you validate the idea before seeking investment, and having working software with real users is much more compelling to investors than a pitch deck.
We can continue building based on user feedback, or help you hire your own team. We don't create dependency. The goal is to get you to a point where you can continue independently if that's the right path.
We pick the right tool for the job, optimizing for speed to market and maintainability. We're not religious about stacks. Common choices include Python/Flask, Node.js, React, and modern cloud platforms.
For very simple projects, that might work. But ask anyone who's tried it for an MVP. Security is a real concern—you're sending your data internationally, and who knows what's being built into your code. That $500 bid is telling you something. Worse, clients often can't exit the relationship: trouble getting code back, nothing committed to a repository, no documentation. Even if it works, you don't know how any of it works, and you have no one to maintain it—which is where the real work is. Would a professional developer even want to touch it? Odds are it's messy, disorganized, and undocumented. Are passwords hashed? Can it survive bots? Building as cheaply as possible often means rebuilding from scratch later.
Let's talk about your idea
No pitch deck required. Just a conversation about what you're building and whether we're a fit.
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