MVP Development for
Bootstrapped Founders
Bootstrapped founders win by getting to revenue before the bank balance gets uncomfortable. We ship a complete, payment ready MVP for a fixed $7,499 in 14 days. Stripe is wired in during sprint one, so you can start charging customers before our 30 day support window even closes. Every dollar is accounted for upfront.
Why Bootstrapping Is Different
Building without outside money is the hardest mode of company building. The margin for error is measured in weeks of personal runway, not quarters of investor patience.
Every Dollar Is From Your Pocket
You are spending savings, a friends and family round, or revenue from your day job. There is no Series A to absorb scope creep, no investor to pad the budget, no reset button if a freelancer ghosts you mid build.
Cannot Afford a Failed Build
A $20,000 freelancer engagement that delivers nothing usable can end the company before it starts. The Reddit founder threads are full of these stories. You need a partner with a delivery track record, not a portfolio of work-in-progress projects.
Revenue Must Start Before Runway Ends
A pre-revenue product is a liability that bleeds your savings every month. A revenue-positive product, even at small numbers, buys you the most valuable thing in bootstrapping: time. Days to first dollar matter more than feature count.
No VC Safety Net If This Goes Sideways
If the build goes over time or over budget, there is no warm intro to your next investor who will paper over the burn. Precision matters more for you than for any other founder type because the cost of getting it wrong is the entire venture.
Time Is Already Stretched Across Every Function
You are running sales calls, writing support replies, posting on Reddit, doing your own bookkeeping, and shipping product all at once. A dev partner who needs constant hand-holding is not a partner. It is a second job that you cannot quit.
Scope Creep Will Eat Your Savings
Without disciplined upfront scoping, you end up with a half-built product, a depleted account, and a partner asking for another invoice. Bootstrapped builds need a team willing to say no to features that do not directly drive revenue.
How We Protect Your Runway
We operate like a trusted co-founder, not a billable vendor. Every decision is filtered through one question: does this protect your runway or burn it?
$7,499 Fixed Price, Zero Overruns
One scoped price, full product, written into the agreement. We scope on the first call, lock it before any code, and absorb minor adjustments inside the original number. The price you see is the price you pay. No hourly billing, no change order surprises.
Stripe Wired From Sprint One
Payments are not the last 5 percent of the build, they are the first. Stripe Checkout, subscription billing, and webhook handling all ship in sprint one so you can sell to your waitlist during week two while we polish the rest of the surface area.
Revenue-First Scope Discipline
On the scoping call we cut every feature that does not lead a user to entering a credit card. Landing page, signup, payment, core action, retention loop, done. Nice-to-haves get a backlog. Bootstrapped MVPs ship lean and earn while you iterate.
30 Day Bug and Tweak Window
After launch we are on call for bug fixes, small copy adjustments, Stripe webhook debugging, and email template tweaks. You are not abandoned the moment the code ships. We respond within 24 hours during the 30 day window.
Clean Code Your First Hire Inherits
Built on Next.js plus Hono plus PostgreSQL with TypeScript across the stack. When you eventually hire your first developer, they open the repo, run pnpm install, and ship a feature on day one. No spaghetti, no mystery framework.
Async First, No Standup Tax
Daily written updates in Slack or email. One 30 minute kickoff, one mid-build checkpoint, one launch handoff. Total founder time across the 14 days is under 3 hours. You stay focused on talking to users and growing the audience.
The Day-by-Day Revenue Timeline
Most agencies show you a delivery schedule. We show you a revenue schedule. Here is what your 14 days actually look like.
Kickoff Call
30 minute scoping call. Lock the feature list, agree on pricing model, sign the SOW. You wire 50 percent.
Sprint One: Payments and Auth
Stripe Checkout, subscription billing, webhook handler, signup, login, email confirmation. By Friday you can take a real payment from a real card.
Sprint Two: Core Product
Customer dashboard, the main value mechanic of your product, transactional emails, admin panel. Beta access goes out to your waitlist on day 10.
Sprint Three: Polish and Launch
Marketing landing page, mobile responsiveness, SEO basics, analytics, deployment to production. You start collecting MRR from real customers.
Handoff
Source code transfer, deployment credentials handed over, walkthrough call, support window begins. You wire the remaining 50 percent.
30 Day Support Window
Bug fixes, small adjustments, Stripe webhook debugging, copy changes. You focus on customers, we keep the lights green.
Services Sized for Bootstrapped Budgets
Every option is fixed price and revenue oriented. No retainers, no minimums, no procurement theater.
MVP Development
Full stack production MVP in 14 days for $7,499 fixed. Auth, database, Stripe billing, admin dashboard, deployment included.
POC Development
Validate the core mechanic in 7 days for $3,999 before committing the full MVP budget. Smart move when you are spending personal cash.
AI MVP Development
AI native product without the AI tax. LLM calls, RAG, and cost optimized model routing built in from day one.
AI Integration Services
Add a Claude or GPT workflow to your existing product without a full rebuild. Useful when you are already shipping and want to layer AI on top.
Internal Tools Development
Build the admin dashboard, ops tool, or CRM that lets you serve 100 customers without hiring. Automation before headcount.
$7,499
Fixed MVP Price
Day 6
First Payment Possible
3 hrs
Founder Time Required
0%
Equity Asked For
Get to Revenue Before You Get to Empty
Book a 30 minute scoping call. We confirm the price, agree on the 14 day plan, and you walk away with a fixed quote in writing. No commitment until you sign the SOW.
Lock In Your $7,499 BuildProven Results
Real projects. Real numbers. See what we delivered.
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