Ship a production MVP for your Philadelphia startup in 10 weeks
I build custom web apps for Philadelphia founders who need to demo something real in 8 to 12 weeks without paying agency rates.
Who this is for
Philadelphia founder post-validation who needs a production MVP in 8–12 weeks before the next raise or pilot. Philly local agencies run slow and charge coastal rates without coastal senior talent.
The pain today
- Philly local agencies run slow and charge coastal rates without coastal senior talent.
- Offshore teams miss Philadelphia-time standups and break the weekly cadence
- You don't have a senior engineer on staff yet
- Your demo has to work for investors, not just for screenshots
The outcome you get
- Production-grade web app live in 10 weeks
- Clean code a future hire can pick up without cleanup
- $3,499/mo post-launch for features, fixes, and scale
- Regular standups and daily async updates
What 10 weeks actually looks like
Week one is scoping and design. Weeks two through eight are build with a working demo every Friday. Weeks nine and ten harden the product for your first real users. Same shape I used at GigEasy to ship an investor-ready MVP in three weeks and the same engineering bar I held at bolttech. You see progress every week. No black-box three-month silence where an agency disappears and shows up with something you never asked for. Philly local agencies run slow and charge coastal rates without coastal senior talent.
Why one senior beats a four-person agency team in Philadelphia
Agencies staff your project with a junior PM, a designer, and two mid-level developers. The senior who sold the work is on four other projects. I am the senior. I do the architecture, I write the code, I talk to you every day. You get the judgment you paid for instead of a project manager translating it through layers. For a 10-week MVP this is faster and produces a codebase you can hand to a future hire without three weeks of cleanup. I work the hours the engagement needs. Async-first with a recurring sync at whatever time works for your team — no fixed office schedule.
Post-launch, without the cliff
The Applications subscription at $3,499/mo covers ongoing feature work, bug fixes, infra, and on-call after launch. Most clients stay on it three to nine months until they have hired their first full-time engineer. Cancel any month with 30 days notice. Code is yours, repo is yours, docs are yours. All engagements contract through my US LLC. Payment structure is negotiated per engagement. No agency lock-in and no surprise $200/hr change requests.
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.
- Do you cover Philadelphia working hours for standups?
- I work the hours the engagement needs. Async-first with a recurring sync at whatever time works for your team — no fixed office schedule.
- How is payment handled?
- All engagements contract through my US LLC. Payment structure is negotiated per engagement.
- How does scope work on a subscription?
- One task at a time. When one ships, you queue the next. You set priorities each sprint — no scope-change stress, no estimates, no change orders.
- What language do we work in?
- English primary.
- Do we own the code and design?
- Yes, 100 percent, as work made for hire. Repo, design files, and docs transfer to you on payment.
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