From MVP to a platform you can sell.
Products built to be sold. A scoped MVP first, then the multi-tenancy, billing, permissions, and AI features customers expect, on infrastructure that keeps up. For founders and product teams who need senior engineers without a senior payroll.
Who we work with in SaaS & Startups
- A founder with a validated idea who needs a product in front of users within a quarter.
- A startup whose MVP has customers and now needs billing, roles, and enterprise features.
- A product team asked to add AI features without breaking what already works.
- A company whose growth has outrun its infrastructure and its on-call rota.
What slows SaaS & Startups down, and what we build for it
Four problems we see in nearly every SaaS & Startups engagement. Pick one to see how we approach it and what you would have at the end.
The problem
The idea is clear but every conversation adds scope, and the budget will not survive a nine-month build before the first customer.
How we approach it
A written scope that fits six to ten weeks, weekly releases to a staging URL you use daily, and a product with auth, billing, and an admin panel that you can charge for.
What you get
- Written scope with what is in and what is out
- Authentication, billing, and an admin panel
- Weekly releases and a Friday summary
- Analytics and error tracking from day one
A typical SaaS & Startups scope. Tick what you need.
The artefacts most SaaS & Startups projects end up with. Tick the ones yours needs and send the list with your enquiry; we reply with a written scope in your vocabulary.
Related reading
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- Postgres is enough, until it is notOne database can be the queue, search index, vector store, and analytics layer for most products. The boring-stack case, and the signals that say add something.
Questions SaaS & Startups clients ask
Can you build the MVP and then hand it to a team we hire?
Yes, and that is the usual path. The codebase is documented and tested so a new hire is productive in their first week, and we can stay on as a dedicated team until they are.
How do you keep scope from growing?
The written scope lists what is in and what is out. Small changes are absorbed; large ones are re-quoted in writing, so the trade-off is visible before it is made.
Do you work with technical founders?
Often. We work in your repositories, follow your conventions, and are comfortable being one part of a larger engineering effort.
What happens after launch?
The first 30 days of fixes are covered. After that, most clients keep a dedicated engineer or two for the next milestones, or hand the documented codebase to their own team.
Tell us what you are building.
We reply within one business day with how we would build it, what it would cost, and which engagement model fits.
- 01Tell us what you are building
A short form or an email. No deck required, and "not sure yet" is a fine answer.
- 02A call with an engineer
Within one business day. Technical questions get technical answers, from the person who would build it.
- 03A written scope and quote
Fixed price where the scope is defined. The document is yours whether or not you go ahead.