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MVP and SaaS development for startups
For startups we help you get from idea to paying users with as little wasted build as possible: cut the scope to the one job that matters, ship an MVP on foundations that will last, and iterate on evidence. We run our own SaaS product, DeskZap, so billing, onboarding and support are familiar ground.
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Common problems we solve
- Too much scope
- We help you decide what not to build in version one.
- No technical co-founder
- Senior technical input on architecture, hiring and roadmap while you find one.
- Proving it to investors
- A working product with real usage data beats a deck.
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How we work with you
- Weekly demos from the first fortnight
- Code you own, ready for your first hires to take over
- Honest advice on whether the idea needs code yet
- Help preparing for technical due diligence
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Relevant services
- 01MVP developmentA minimum viable product built in weeks: the smallest version that real users can pay for or use, so you learn before you spend more.
- 01SaaS developmentSaaS product development: multi-tenant architecture, subscriptions and billing, onboarding, admin and the operations behind a product people pay for.
- 02AI integrationAdd AI features to software you already have: summarising, classifying, extracting data from documents, drafting replies and natural-language search.
- 03DevOps and hostingDeployment pipelines, hosting, backups and monitoring set up properly: UK hosting options, infrastructure as code and no lock-in to one provider.
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Questions
Do you take equity instead of fees?
We work on fees. That keeps advice independent and the product fully yours.
Can our MVP qualify for R&D tax relief?
Possibly, but routine software development usually does not qualify. It depends on whether the project seeks an advance in science or technology. Speak to a specialist adviser; we can supply technical records to support a claim.
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Talk it through with us
A free 30-minute first chat, with no obligation. Tell us what is getting in the way; we tell you honestly what we would do, roughly what it would take, and whether it is worth doing at all.