Trigger: MVP development

MVP development

A first version small enough to ship fast and real enough to charge for.

Pillar
Software
Typical timeline
4 to 10 weeks
Price
Quoted in a written scope after the first call
01Who it is for

Who it is for

Founders with a real problem to solve and a deadline: a pitch, a pilot customer, or a runway shorter than they would like.

02The problem

The problem

First versions grow. Every feature looks essential until launch slips by months and the money runs low. What you need is the smallest product that shows people will use it and pay for it.

03What you get5 deliverables

What you get

  1. 01A one-page scope naming what is in version one and what waits
  2. 02A working product: web app, mobile app, or both, with sign-up and payments if needed
  3. 03An admin view so you can see users and data without asking a developer
  4. 04Analytics on the few actions that tell you whether it works
  5. 05Code and infrastructure you own, ready for a team to grow
04How it works4 steps

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Cut the scope

    We go through your feature list together and cut it down to the core loop. It is the most useful hour of the project.

  2. Step 2

    Build

    Short weekly cycles, with a live staging link from the first week.

  3. Step 3

    Pilot

    Real users on the product, and us fixing what they run into.

  4. Step 4

    Hand over or continue

    You take the code to your own team, or we keep going on version two.

05Timeline

Timeline

4 to 10 weeks

A typical range for this kind of work. The written scope we send after the first call sets your actual dates.

06Related work

Related work

07Questions

Questions buyers ask

Is an MVP a cheap version of the product?

No. It does fewer things, but the things it does have to work well, or your test results mean nothing.

Will we have to rewrite it later?

Parts of it, once you learn what users want. We build on a common, well-supported stack so a future team can extend it instead of starting over.

Can you help us decide what to build?

Yes. Scoping is part of the work, and we push back on features that do not serve the test.

09Output: book a call

Tell us what you are trying to build

A 30-minute call. You explain the problem, we ask questions, and you leave knowing whether we are the right team and what the work would involve.