Prove your product works, for a small, fixed price.
Before you commit a big budget to a full build, start with a Validation Sprint. In about four to six weeks you get a working core of your product, a clear roadmap, and a fixed quote for the rest. You see it working before you decide.
Book a discovery call →The problem it solves
Committing to a full software build is the scariest spend most teams make. You approve a large budget and a long timeline before you have seen anything work, before you know the team can deliver, and before anyone has de-risked the hard parts.
The Validation Sprint flips that. It puts the smallest, cheapest, most provable step first, and produces something real you can judge us on.
Fixed scope, fixed price, no surprises
We agree exactly what the sprint will build and what it will cost before we start. One known number, a clear finish line, and a working result. No "it depends," no creeping invoice, no open-ended risk.
Whatever you decide afterwards, the sprint is yours to keep.
A few focused weeks, five clear steps, zero leaps of faith.
Each step is visible and bounded. You are never committing to more than the step in front of you.
Scope it together
On a short call we agree exactly what the sprint will build and prove, and we fix the price. You know the number and the finish line before any work begins.
Build the core for real
We start building the most important part of your product as real, running software. Not slides, not wireframes. Working code, on the same foundation we would use for the full build.
Prove the hard part first
A tricky integration, an uncertain workflow, a performance question. We tackle the riskiest thing early, so the unknowns are gone before any big commitment is on the table.
You see it working
You get a clickable MVP you can put in front of real users, plus a technical roadmap for the full product. You watch us deliver instead of taking quality on faith.
Get a fixed quote, then decide
A real, fixed price for the full build, based on what we learned rather than padded guesswork. Continue with confidence, or stop here with a working MVP and a clear plan. Your call, either way.
Three things, whatever you decide next.
A working MVP
The core of your product, running, that you can click through and put in front of real users. Not a prototype you throw away afterward.
A technical roadmap
A clear plan for the full product, written by the engineers who just built the hardest part of it, not by a salesperson.
A fixed full-build quote
One real number for the complete app, grounded in what the sprint proved, not in guesswork and a padded margin for the unknowns.
Who it's for
- Funded startups and non-technical founders making their first serious build decision.
- Teams that need to de-risk a hard part: a tricky integration, an uncertain workflow, a performance question.
- Anyone who wants to find out whether we are the right team before signing a large contract.
How it fits the bigger picture
The Validation Sprint is stage one of our Proof-First Method. It is the bridge between a free discovery call and a full build: the step that removes the leap of faith, so the big decision becomes an easy one.
See the full Proof-First Method →Fixed scope. Fixed price.
Your Validation Sprint is a fixed price, agreed before we start, with a fixed quote for the full build and a flexible dedicated team after. See the full breakdown.
See full pricing →What is an MVP, really?
A minimum viable product is the smallest version of your idea that proves the one thing you are unsure about. It is not a cheap or half-built app. It is a focused, working slice of the real product, built well enough to put in front of real users and learn something a slide deck never could.
How do you decide what goes into the MVP?
We find the single riskiest assumption in your idea, the part that would sink it if it does not hold, and we build exactly that. Everything that can wait, waits. The goal is not to build a lot; it is to answer the scariest question for the least money.
What makes a good MVP?
A good MVP proves one important thing convincingly. It uses real data, handles the real edge cases of the risky part, and runs on foundations you can build on. A bad MVP tries to look finished everywhere and proves nothing. We optimize for the first.
What if we do not continue after the sprint?
That is a completely valid outcome, and it is the point. You keep a working MVP, a roadmap, and a clear-eyed decision, for a small fixed cost. There is no pressure to continue.
Will the MVP scale into the full product, or will we rebuild it?
It scales. We build the sprint on the same Rails and React foundation we would use for the full product, so the work carries forward instead of being rebuilt. This is the main difference between us and a two-week low-code MVP, which often has to be thrown away the moment it succeeds.
What happens after the MVP?
Your decision, made with evidence instead of optimism. If the proof holds, we move into the full build at a fixed price agreed up front, with a 90-day post-launch guarantee, then ongoing support or a dedicated team. If it does not hold, you stop and keep the working MVP and roadmap. Both are good outcomes.
Can the sprint validate a tricky integration?
Yes, and that is one of its best uses. If your project depends on connecting to an ERP, a CRM, or another system, we prove that connection first. See Integration and Automation.
How is the full-build price fixed after just a sprint?
Because the sprint removes the unknowns. We have built the hard part, so the quote is based on what we actually learned, not on padded guesswork.
How much does a Validation Sprint cost?
A Validation Sprint starts from $7,900, fixed scope and fixed price, agreed before we start. The exact figure depends on what we need to prove; we confirm it on the discovery call, so you know it before you commit to anything.
Start small. See it work.
Book a discovery call and we will talk through what a Validation Sprint would prove for your product, at fixed scope and fixed price.
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