Idea to Production in 4–8 Weeks
20+ MVPs shipped for FinTech, EdTech, healthcare, and marketplace startups. One engineer owns the full stack — architecture, frontend, backend, cloud, and launch — so founders get a working product without the overhead of hiring a team.
How to Ship an MVP That Actually Validates Your Idea
Most MVPs fail not because of technical problems, but because of scope problems. They try to validate five different hypotheses at once, take six months, and by the time they launch the market has moved. The MVPs I've shipped in four weeks had one thing in common: the founder could describe the single user action that proves their product works. That becomes the scope. Everything else is iteration.
The technical choices for an MVP matter more than most founders realise. A prototype in no-code tools or a spaghetti codebase might get you to a demo, but it can't be handed to an engineering hire, can't be extended without rewrites, and often can't handle real production traffic. I build MVPs on the same stack I'd use for a funded product — Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL — because the cost difference over four weeks is negligible and the cost of the wrong choice later is enormous.
I've shipped across FinTech (payment platforms, DeFi banking), EdTech (language learning SaaS, tutoring marketplaces), HealthTech (voice-transcribed consultation platforms, patient portals), and B2B SaaS. Each domain has regulatory, security, and UX considerations that first-time founders don't know to ask about. Domain experience is as important as technical execution in getting to launch without costly surprises.
20+
MVPs shipped from scratch across FinTech, EdTech, HealthTech, and marketplace verticals.
4–8wk
Consistent delivery timeline from discovery kickoff to live production URL.
Core Capabilities
Proven engineering solutions for complex, real-world business problems.
Hypothesis-Driven Scoping
Structured discovery to identify the one user workflow that validates your business hypothesis — and a clear backlog for everything else.
Full-Stack Development
Next.js frontend, Node.js API, PostgreSQL database, and all third-party integrations (auth, payments, email, storage) under one engineer's ownership.
Payments & Monetisation
Stripe integration from day one — one-time payments, subscriptions, and usage-based billing — so your MVP can charge real users from launch.
Production Deployment
CI/CD pipeline, staging and production environments, SSL, domain configuration, and monitoring — a real production setup, not a localhost demo.
Analytics from Day One
User event tracking, funnel visibility, and error monitoring wired in at launch — so you learn from real user behaviour from day one, not six weeks later.
Clean Handoff
Documentation, architecture diagrams, and a knowledge transfer session — so your engineering hire can onboard and extend the codebase without rewrites.
The Engagement Process
Discovery (Week 1)
Define the core user journey, data model, third-party dependencies, and launch criteria. Agree what 'done' looks like before any code is written.
Foundation (Week 1–2)
Monorepo setup, CI/CD pipeline, authentication, database migrations, and design system — the scaffolding every subsequent feature builds on.
Core Build (Week 2–5)
Sprint-based development of the primary user workflow with weekly demos. You see working software early, not a big reveal at the end.
QA & Polish (Week 5–6)
Cross-device testing, edge case handling, performance pass, and UI polish. Analytics and error monitoring wired in before any users arrive.
Launch & Learn
Production deployment, domain go-live, and a post-launch support window. Then iteration based on what real users actually do.
Primary Technology Stack
Pricing & Investment
MVP pricing is fixed-scope to give you certainty from day one. The engagement begins with a scoping session to define exactly what goes into the MVP — scope creep is the number one reason MVPs go over budget.
Lean MVP
£4,000 – £10,000
Core user journey, one primary feature set, basic auth, and deployment. Designed to test a single hypothesis with real users within 4–6 weeks.
Ideal for: Pre-seed founders, idea validation, investor demos, hackathon-style builds
Launchable MVP
£10,000 – £25,000
Full MVP with auth, payments, onboarding, and enough polish to retain early users. Shipped in 6–10 weeks with a production deployment and basic analytics.
Ideal for: Seed-stage startups, freelancers building a productised service, agency tools
Market-Ready MVP
£25,000 – £45,000
A product you can confidently market from day one — multi-role auth, Stripe billing, email notifications, admin dashboard, and documented API for future integrations.
Ideal for: Series A preparation, B2B SaaS launches, marketplace platforms
All MVP engagements include a post-launch support period and a clear handover so your team can continue development independently. Fixed pricing means no hourly surprises — scope changes are discussed openly before work begins.
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Ready to Ship Your MVP?
Tell me about your idea and I'll tell you honestly what can be built in 4–8 weeks, what that should cost, and what the right architecture is to avoid rebuilding at scale. No pitch, just an honest engineering conversation.