MVP development and product design for startups, from first prototype to launch

An MVP is priced on the scope of its first release, so there is no standard package price. The main drivers are the number of user roles, whether you need web, mobile or both, payments and third-party integrations, and any AI features. We start with a short discovery, then give a fixed quote for the agreed scope. Many founders split the work into stages, such as prototype first and build second, so each payment is tied to a clear result.

Sooner than a full MVP, because the first thing customers see can be a clickable prototype rather than production code, and prototype testing can start during discovery. The MVP timeline then depends on the number of user roles, web or mobile, payments, integrations and any AI features, and we set it out in the written proposal. During the build you review working software every one to two weeks, so pilot users can start on a limited release before every feature is finished.

Yes. We can build a working demo of the core journey on its own environment with realistic sample data, so investors can log in and try it rather than watch slides. We script the story with you, seed data that shows the product at its most useful and add a reset so every session starts clean. Where possible the demo shares code with the MVP, so the work carries forward after the round instead of being thrown away.

Most startups should launch on the single platform where their first customers do the core job. B2B tools used at a desk usually start as a web app. Products used on the move, relying on cameras, location or push notifications, often start on mobile. If you need both, Flutter or React Native lets one team ship iOS and Android, and a shared API keeps the web app aligned. We settle this in discovery, based on what your target users actually do.

Move when the platform starts limiting the business, not before. Common signals are per-user fees rising faster than revenue, pages slowing as records grow, permissions that cannot express who should see what, integrations the tool cannot support, and investors asking who owns the code and data. If none of those apply, keep it running. When a rebuild is due, we map its screens, data and automations, migrate users and records, and keep the old version live until the switch-over.

Your company should own all of it, and we set the engagement up that way. Ownership of code, designs and documentation is written into the proposal before work starts. Repositories, cloud accounts, domains, app store listings and third-party services are created in your company's name, with our team added as invited users you can remove. We also record the open-source libraries used and their licences, which is one of the first things investor due diligence asks about.

We hand over a product your new team can run without depending on us. Before the hire starts, we prepare setup guides, architecture decision records, API documentation and an honest list of known technical debt. In their first weeks we pair with them on real tickets and review their first pull requests. After that we step back gradually, or stay on for specialist work such as AI features, mobile releases or cloud operations, whichever suits your hiring plan.

Rarely the specific framework, but they do care about what the stack implies. Technical due diligence usually asks whether you own the code, whether it is maintainable, whether engineers can be hired to work on it, how customer data is protected and whether it can handle growth. We build on widely used technologies such as TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js and PostgreSQL partly for that reason, and record key decisions so they are easy to explain.

Yes. Many founders begin with a design-only engagement covering discovery workshops, user flows, a clickable prototype and testing sessions with target customers. You leave with a tested prototype, a written MVP scope and a fixed quote for the build, which you can use to raise funding, brief another team or continue with us. There is no obligation to proceed to development, and the design files belong to you.