Ship an MVP in weeks, not quarters
Applications Standard at $3,499 a month. One senior engineer, 2-4 day delivery cycles, cancel anytime. Same pattern I used at GigEasy: investor-ready MVP in 3 weeks versus the 10-week industry norm.
Who this is for
Non-technical founder pre-funding who needs something functional to put in front of design-partner users and early angels.
The pain today
- The idea is trapped in Figma and has been for months.
- Agencies quote 12 weeks and $80,000 for what should be a 3-week MVP.
- No CTO, no technical cofounder, no way to turn the design into a running app.
- Every week without a working prototype kills a design-partner call.
The outcome you get
- A narrow-scope MVP live in 3-5 weeks with auth, one core loop, and analytics.
- Weekly iterations driven by real reactions from the first 5-10 users.
- Monthly subscription I can cancel the moment the fit breaks.
- Work Made for Hire so the code is mine the day I pay.
What a 3-week MVP actually includes
A 3-week MVP is not the whole product. It is the smallest slice that lets a design-partner user complete the value action once. For GigEasy I built auth, the single core workflow, admin controls, and analytics. The investor demo worked end to end. The roadmap of 40 features stayed on the roadmap. I cut ruthlessly on the kickoff call so the build survives the timeline. Three weeks is a commitment, not a range. In 16 years I have not missed a launch date.
The cut 80 percent of the roadmap call
Every founder arrives with a 30-feature list. The first call is where I ask three questions and cut it to six. Which feature does the design partner need to say yes to the next call? Which two features protect that one? Which three are the smallest safe infrastructure to not redo later? Everything else waits. Founders push back, then the build ships on time, and the pushback turns into a thank-you email. Scope discipline is the single biggest predictor of an MVP landing.
Auth plus one core loop plus analytics
Every early MVP has the same skeleton. Auth with email and Google, no exotic providers. The single core loop that shows the value. Analytics (GA4 plus a product analytics tool) so we see real behavior in week one. Everything else is deferred. Deploy on Vercel or AWS, whichever matches your post-MVP path. I pick Next.js and Laravel where they fit, not a different stack every week. That stack powered GigEasy (3 weeks to demo) and many founder builds since.
Why monthly beats fixed for MVPs
Fixed price MVPs fail because the scope drifts and the agency renegotiates. Monthly retainers fail when the engineer phones it in. The Applications Standard model at $3,499 a month pairs the two: a fixed monthly number, a senior engineer on a 2-4 day delivery cycle, 14-day money-back if the fit breaks, cancel anytime after. That gives the founder the one thing they need: the option to stop without a contract fight. Most clients stay six to nine months because the velocity earns it.
Recent proof
A comparable engagement, delivered and documented.
Built and shipped an investor-ready MVP from scratch
Built the entire technological base and delivered MVP in just 3 weeks, enabling a successful rapid launch and investor demo.
Frequently asked questions
The questions prospects ask before they book.
- How does the 3-week timeline actually work?
- Week one: scope lock and design. Week two: core build. Week three: polish, deploy, and QA. I ship daily to a staging URL the founder lives on. No month-long stealth build.
- What if I am not technical at all?
- Most of my MVP clients are non-technical. I make every technical decision on paper first, walk you through the trade-off, and own the outcome. You do not need to know what a monorepo is.
- Can I pause or cancel after the MVP ships?
- Yes. Cancel at the end of any month. The code is yours (Work Made for Hire). Most founders keep me on for 3-6 months after launch for iteration, then scale down or off.
- What tech stack do you use?
- Next.js and React for frontend, Laravel or NestJS for backend, PostgreSQL or MongoDB, Redis for caching, deploy on Vercel or AWS. This is the same stack that shipped GigEasy and Cuez.
- Do you integrate with my existing tools?
- Yes. Stripe for billing, Resend or SendGrid for email, Auth providers (Clerk, Auth0, NextAuth), CRM (HubSpot, Attio), analytics (GA4, PostHog). I do not invent custom solutions for commodity problems.
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