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Building for a year before launch
Feature lists grow, launch keeps slipping and the money runs out before anyone pays.
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A focused first version, built properly, launched fast and ready to grow with your first customers.
An MVP isn't a cheap version of your dream product; it's the smallest product that solves the core problem well enough for people to pay. We help you cut scope ruthlessly, design it properly and build it on a stack that won't need rewriting when customers arrive.
- Typical time to a launched MVP
- 8–16 wks
- Typical time to a launched MVP
- Between working demos
- 2 wks
- Between working demos
- Of code and IP owned by you
- 100%
- Of code and IP owned by you
Validate
Design
Build
Launch
Now
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Sound familiar?
The problems we hear most often before someone asks us about SaaS MVPs.
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A prototype that can't scale
A quick no-code build or rushed code works for a demo, then needs rewriting as soon as customers arrive.
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No idea if anyone wants it
Products launch without validation, then struggle to find their first customers.
What's included
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Scoping workshop
We define the core problem, the essential features and what can wait.
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Product design
User flows and interface design, tested with target users before build.
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Core features
The handful of features that deliver your product's main value.
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Accounts and billing
Sign-up, teams, roles and Stripe subscriptions ready for paying customers.
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Admin and analytics
An admin panel and product analytics to support customers and learn fast.
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Launch-ready infrastructure
Hosting, monitoring, backups and security set up for real users.
How we do it
You follow every step live in Mission Control, your project dashboard: tasks, files, approvals and a launch forecast.
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Scope
A workshop to agree the smallest valuable product and success measures.
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Design
Flows and screens designed and tested with real users.
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Build
Two-week sprints with a working demo after each one.
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Launch and iterate
Launch with analytics, then improve based on how customers use it.
8–16 wks
Typical time to a launched MVP
2 wks
Between working demos
100%
Of code and IP owned by you
Built for
Who this is for.
Founders with a validated idea
Businesses turning a service into software
Startups replacing a no-code prototype
Corporate teams launching a new product
Tools we useNext.jsNode.jsExpressPostgreSQLPrismaStripeAWSSupabase
Helpful extras
Try it yourself, or see what's built in.
Questions
SaaS MVPs, answered.
Something else on your mind? Ask the Zelvorm Concierge in the corner, or talk to the team.
It depends on scope, integrations and complexity. After a scoping workshop we give a fixed quote for the first release. Our guide to commissioning a SaaS MVP explains what drives the cost.
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- 04Payments & subscriptionsStripe checkout, plans, trials, invoices and failed-payment recovery, built properly from day one.
- 05Cloud architecture & DevOpsAutomated deployments, infrastructure as code and monitoring that keep your software fast and safe.
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