01Service · 06 of 09

Eight weeks to a
working product.

Scoped tight, designed first, built by the same senior team from shaping week to launch. Without burning your runway.

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01Overview

From idea to working product in eight weeks.

Most MVPs take too long and cost too much because nobody cut the scope hard enough before starting. The result is a six-month build that proved the wrong thing and left no runway for the pivot.

We spend the first week shaping cutting everything that does not prove the core hypothesis, then designing everything before engineering starts. Eight weeks later you have a working product, real user data, and something you can put in front of investors.

02What's included

Shaping through investor-ready demo.

01

Shaping & scope reduction

We cut the scope until only what proves or disproves the core hypothesis remains. Less is the only way to ship in eight weeks.

02

Product design

Flows, screens and an interaction model that looks considered not like a first build.

03

Full-stack engineering

Front-end, back-end and the integrations your MVP needs to feel like a real product, not a prototype.

04

Auth & onboarding

Sign-up, email verification, onboarding flow and basic access control the plumbing every product needs.

05

Analytics & metrics

Event tracking wired up from day one so you have data to take to investors, not just screenshots.

06

Deployment & hosting

Deployed on scalable infrastructure. Not over-engineered for scale you do not have, but ready for it.

07

User testing

Two rounds of moderated usability sessions during the build. We fix what does not work before the demo.

08

Investor-ready demo

A clean, stable build your team can demo confidently. Recorded walkthrough and pitch deck support included.

03How we work

Shape first. Design next. Then build without changing either.

  1. Week 0
    01

    Shaping

    We take your idea and cut it to the smallest thing that would prove the hypothesis. Every feature that does not help with that gets parked for v2.

  2. Week 1
    02

    Design sprint

    All screens designed, reviewed and signed off before engineering starts. We do not design and build in parallel on an eight-week timeline.

  3. Week 2–6
    03

    Build

    Three two-week sprints. End of each sprint: a working build, a demo and the updated priorities for the next two weeks.

  4. Week 7
    04

    Polish & user testing

    Bug fixes, performance and two moderated user testing sessions. We address everything that blocks a confident demo.

  5. Week 8
    05

    Launch

    Deployed, monitored and documented. You leave with a working product and a recorded walkthrough.

  6. After
    06

    v2 planning

    A written plan for what we learned and what to build next before you raise, so you know how to spend the round.

04What it looks like

A recent build freight matching marketplace, 8 weeks.

FreightMatch · marketplace MVP
live · 8 weeks from kickoff
Build timeline
Wk 0Scoped & signed
Wk 1Design complete
Wk 3Auth & listings
Wk 5Matching & messaging
Wk 7User testing done
Wk 8Live
Shippers onboarded
84
Carriers signed up
31
Loads posted
207
Matches made
143
Investor outcome

Raised seed round within 6 weeks of launch. Deck included live demo with real transaction data.

8 wks
from first call to live product
$0
in agency fees wasted on a prototype that changed shape
Seed
round closed using live product data, not mockups
05Tools behind it

Managed services. Fastest path to working.

We default to the fastest path to a working product managed services over self-hosted, batteries-included over custom. You can migrate off Supabase when you have 100,000 users. You cannot get that time back.

Front-end
Next.jsReactTypeScript
Back-end
Node.jsSupabasePostgreSQL
Auth
ClerkSupabase AuthNextAuth
Payments
StripePaystack
Hosting
VercelRailwayFly.io
06Commercials

Fixed price. Eight weeks. One senior team.

Fixed fee

Eight-week MVP

One price. One timeline. No surprises.

  • Shaping week included in the price.
  • Design and engineering by the same senior team.
  • Working product deployed at week eight.
  • Four weeks of warranty support after launch.
Typical: £40K–£90K · 8 weeks
What we need from you
  • 01
    A founder in the room

    At least one decision-maker available for a weekly 30-minute review. Decisions delayed mean scope slipping.

  • 02
    Domain access

    Access to the users you are building for for two moderated testing sessions during the build.

  • 03
    A ruthless appetite for scope cuts

    The eight-week deadline is real. We will ask you to cut things. You need to be willing to say yes.

07Common questions

What founders ask us before starting.

Is eight weeks really enough?
For a focused MVP, yes. The shaping week exists to make sure we are building exactly what needs to be proven not everything you want. Most projects that miss the timeline do so because scope was not cut aggressively enough in week zero.
What is and is not in scope for an MVP?
In scope: the core user journey, the feature that proves your hypothesis, auth, basic analytics and a deployable build. Out of scope: admin panels, billing, complex permissions, anything a v2 can have.
Can we keep building with you after the MVP?
Yes. Most clients move onto a quarterly embedded team engagement after launch or a fixed-scope v2 build. We know the codebase, so there is no handover cost.
What if we already have a half-built product?
We do a short technical audit first. If the foundation is sound, we build on it. If it is not, we tell you honestly including the cost of both paths.
Do we own the code?
Yes. Repository, infrastructure, design files all transferred to you. You are not renting a product; you are building one.
08Next

Tell us what you are trying to prove.

A 30-minute call. We tell you whether eight weeks is achievable and what would need to be cut to make it work.