MVP development for founders who need to validate, not impress
An MVP is not a smaller version of your future product. It's the smallest thing that lets you learn whether the business works. I build MVPs that respect that distinction.
MVPs done pragmatically
Most failed MVPs aren't failed products — they're products that were built before the team knew what to build. Either the scope was too broad (it took 9 months to get to market and ran out of runway), or the scope was too thin (it shipped fast but couldn't even prove the hypothesis).
I help founders find the line between those two failure modes. The MVP should be honest about what it's testing, structured enough that paying customers don't churn on bugs, and small enough that you can change direction without throwing it away.
What a good MVP engagement looks like
- Week 1: Understand the business goal and what specifically needs to be validated — not the feature list, the hypothesis
- Week 2–3: Define the smallest cut that genuinely tests that hypothesis and design an architecture that won't block the next 12 months
- Week 3–12: Build, ship to real users, iterate based on what we learn
- Throughout: Keep the technical decisions honest about the stage — no premature scale, no premature complexity
Who this is for
- Non-technical founders who need a trusted technical partner from day one
- Operators leaving a corporate role to build something — without burning 6 months figuring out the stack
- Existing businesses launching a new product line and wanting to avoid the typical agency 'build everything' trap
- Investors who need a credible technical lead in front of customers before the next round
Stack & approach
I don't enforce a predefined stack. I select the right tools for the stage, the team you'll inherit, and the business model. In practice that usually means Next.js, Node.js, .NET or Go, with PostgreSQL, hosted on AWS — but the choice is always downstream of the problem.
What stays constant: the MVP gets you to real users fast, the foundation doesn't need to be ripped out when traction shows up, and you understand every technical decision well enough to defend it to investors and customers.
FAQ
How long does an MVP take?
Typical range is 8–14 weeks from kickoff to shipping to real users. Faster is usually a sign that the scope is wrong; slower is a sign that we're building features instead of testing the hypothesis.
Do you work with my agency or developers?
Yes. I often come in as the senior technical partner alongside an existing dev team or agency, owning architecture and direction while they execute.
30 minutes to talk through the idea, the constraint, and whether this is the right time to build.