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MVP development for founders and businesses testing a product idea

Find out if people want it before you build all of it.

We are an MVP development company for founders, startups, and established businesses with a product idea to test. We build the few flows that answer your question, put them in front of real users, and hand you the code. If it lands, the same codebase grows into production.

The short answer

An MVP, or minimum viable product, is the smallest working version of a product that real users can try. A proof of concept shows an idea can work. An MVP shows people want it. Production is the full, hardened product a business runs on. We build the middle step, narrow on purpose.

Release
tally-appbeta⋮

beta.tally.app · 40 testers

Build

v0.1.0main@4f2c9a1DeployingLive
EventsLast 5 min
ana.rsigned_up2m
dev.kcreated_invoice1m
mia.tcreated_invoicenow
Activation · 7dtarget 30%
42%

Production

v0.1.0 → app.tally.app

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What it does

  • Builds the one or two flows that answer your riskiest question
  • Puts a working product in front of the people you hope will pay for it
  • Tracks the numbers that say whether it is working
  • Hands you the code, the hosting, and the accounts
  • Grows into production on the same codebase if it lands

Best for

Founders, startups, and businesses that have a product idea and want evidence from real users before committing to a full build.

What you provide

  • The idea, and the question you most need answered
  • Access to a handful of real users or customers to test with
  • Someone who can make product decisions quickly during the build

[CAPABILITIES]

A small product with a clear job

What ships

The flows that answer the question, and nothing padded around them

Discovery names the one thing the MVP has to prove. The build covers sign-in, the core flow, and the tracking that measures it, working end to end on real data.

  • Accounts and the core user flow
  • Real data, not placeholder screens
  • Tracking on the number that matters

What waits

Left out on purpose, and written down

Admin consoles, role systems, edge-case settings, and scale work stay out until users show they are needed. The spec lists each one, so nothing is forgotten, only deferred.

  • A written list of what comes later
  • No scale work before there is load
  • Nothing that blocks a later upgrade

Yours to own

Your repository, your hosting, your accounts

The code lives in a repository under your account and runs on hosting you control. There is no platform fee and no lock-in, whether you grow it with us or another team.

Path to production

Built so the second version starts where the first one ends

We pick a stack and a data model that can carry a production build, so a successful MVP gets extended, not rewritten. The deferred list becomes the production roadmap.

[IN PRACTICE]

From idea to evidence, one step at a time

By product and industry

MVP development by product type and industry

[THE PROCESS]

From first call to a build that ships.

  1. Step 01 · Free call

    A short call about the work itself.

    • You walk us through the process as it runs today.
    • We ask the questions a builder asks, not a salesperson.
    • You get our honest view on whether a discovery is worth doing.
  2. Step 02 · Paid discovery

    Two weeks, then the plan and the price in writing.

    • Scope, milestones, and cost, spelled out before you commit.
    • You see the number before any code gets written.
    • Trim it, change it, or pass on it. No obligation.
  3. Step 03 · Build

    Working software early, not a reveal at the end.

    • You review real screens against the spec as we go.
    • Changes to scope get written down and priced, not absorbed quietly.
    • Progress lands weekly, in software you can open.
  4. Step 04 · Handoff and support

    Handed over, with us on call.

    • Documentation and a walkthrough so your team can run it.
    • Most clients keep us on a monthly plan to tune it and build what comes next.
    • Either way, the software stands on its own.

[TALK TO A BUILDER]

Bring the idea, and the question it has to answer

Describe the product and the people you hope will use it. If the idea looks worth testing after that conversation, discovery puts it in writing and prices the build.

Narrow on purpose

Only the flows your riskiest question needs make the first version.

Real users early

First customers get access as soon as the core flow works.

The code is yours

Your repository and hosting from day one, with no lock-in.

Evidence, then scale

The production build starts from what users actually did.

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[QUESTIONS]

Answered before you ask.

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