For founders · Prototype Sprint
Your first version, before your first engineer.
I shape and build working alphas for founders who aren't ready to hire an engineering team. Scoped in a week, shipped in four to six, and handed off so you own every line.
- Step 1 · 1 week $3,500
Shape week
We define the smallest version worth building: users, core flows, tech plan, and a fixed build quote. The fee is credited toward the build.
- Step 2 · 4–6 weeks From $15,000
Build
Weekly demos, a deployed alpha real users can touch, and a clean handoff.
A good fit if you…
- Have a validated problem and early users waiting
- Need something real to show customers or investors
- Aren't ready to hire, or don't know who to hire yet
- Want to own the code and the decisions behind it
Not a fit if you…
- Need a production platform at scale on day one
- Want a fixed spec built without changes or input
- Are looking for the cheapest possible build
What you walk away with
A working product, and everything you need to keep going.
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Deployed alpha
Live, on your domain, ready for your first users.
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Your repo, from day one
Code lives in your account. You own all of it.
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Docs & architecture notes
So the next engineer can pick it up in days, not weeks.
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First-hire brief
Who to hire first, what to ask, and what they'll own.
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Questions founders ask
- Who owns the code?
- You do. It lives in your repository from the first commit.
- What stack do you use?
- Well-supported, easy-to-hire-for choices, picked during the shape week based on what you'll need next.
- What if the scope changes mid-build?
- The budget is fixed; scope is managed together every week. We trade, not pile on.
- What happens after launch?
- Two weeks of fixes are included. After that, hand off to your first hire or continue month to month.
Tell me what you're building.
30 minutes. You'll leave with a clearer scope either way.