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For Founders · The Engagement Brief

You bring the insight. We build the product.

Founder-friendly, engineering-focused, commercially grounded. We build the technology so you can build the business.

The engagement

The founder journey

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Six phases from first call to handover. Each one has a fixed scope, a clear deliverable, and a date — so you always know what you're paying for and when it lands.

01

Discovery & Strategy

Deep dive on the business model, validate assumptions, define MVP scope. No code is written until the strategy is solid.

2–3 wk
02

Architecture & Design

Database schema, API architecture, user flows. You leave with a complete technical blueprint.

1–2 wk
03

Agile Build

Weekly sprints. Demo every Friday. Speed and code quality treated as equally non-negotiable.

6–10 wk
04

Launch & Pilot

Production deployment. We onboard your first users, monitor performance, fix bugs in hours not weeks.

1–2 wk
05

Iterate & Scale

Real user data refines features. Infrastructure scales as the user base grows. We measure what compounds.

Ongoing
06

Handover or Retainer

Code handover to your internal team, or we continue as your fractional CTO. The exit is clean either way.

Your call

What you walk away with

Not just code — a business asset

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Documented, tested, and ready for your team to extend on day one. We hand over the keys, not the dependency.

The Promise

A codebase your CTO would write — if you had hired one with twenty years of experience and the time to do it right.

  • →Technical architecture document
  • →High-fidelity wireframes
  • →Production-ready codebase
  • →CI/CD pipeline + observability
  • →Admin dashboard + CMS
  • →Analytics + event instrumentation
  • →API documentation
  • →3-month post-launch warranty

Engagement models

Three ways to work together

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Fixed Fee

Strategy

Blueprint your product before building. Validation, architecture, prototype.

Most chosen

Milestone Based

Build

Full MVP development and launch. Most common engagement.

Monthly Retainer

Grow

Ongoing CTO support, scaling guidance, hiring.

Operator questions

Frequently asked

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Yes. Once the project is fully paid for, you own 100% of the intellectual property. We do not hold your code hostage. The clause is in every contract from day one.

Still on the fence?

Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll tell you honestly whether your problem is the kind we should be building together — or whether you'd be better served by a different team.