"We launched in 5 weeks and raised our seed round. MindEncoder moved fast without cutting corners."
— Placeholder Testimonial (TODO Phase 9: Add real founder quote + photo)
For Startups
Launch Your Startup Faster: From Idea to Production-Ready Product
Focus on product-market fit. We'll handle the engineering. MVP development from $8K, launch in 4-8 weeks, on foundations you won't outgrow as you scale.
✓ Trusted by 50+ founders · ✓ MVPs from $8K · ✓ Launch in 4-8 weeks
Why Startups Choose Us
Engineering Built for Startup Speed
We've been there. Our founder built and sold 2 startups. We understand your journey.
🚀 Launch in Weeks, Not Months
AI-accelerated development means MVPs in 4-8 weeks. We scope the smallest version worth building and ship it fast.
Typical timelines:
- • Landing page + waitlist: 1 week
- • Simple web app: 2-3 weeks
- • Mobile app MVP: 4-6 weeks
- • SaaS MVP: 6-8 weeks
💰 Startup-Friendly Pricing
Fixed-price scoping means no surprises. Know costs upfront before committing to a project.
Typical investments:
- • MVPs: $8K - $25K
- • AI prototype hardening: $8K - $15K
- • Monthly retainers: $6K - $15K/mo
🎯 Grow as You Scale
Code, repositories, and cloud accounts stay in your name. When you raise and hire, your team can take over—or keep us on as your product engineering partner.
What you own:
- • Source code (full access)
- • Git repositories
- • Cloud accounts (AWS, Vercel, etc.)
- • Documentation + handover
Funding Stages
We Work With Founders at Every Stage
From pre-seed to Series A, we adapt to your runway and growth goals.
Idea → MVP
Goal: Validate your idea with real users
We help you:
- • Scope smallest testable version
- • Launch in 4-8 weeks
- • Get user feedback fast
- • Bootstrap-friendly pricing
Typical budget: $8K-$15K
MVP → Traction
Goal: Scale to 100-1K users, prove traction
We help you:
- • Harden AI-built prototypes
- • Add features based on feedback
- • Scale infrastructure
- • Monthly retainer or fixed projects
Typical budget: $6K-$11K/mo retainer
Traction → Scale
Goal: Scale to 1K-10K+ users, hire team
We help you:
- • Modernize tech stack
- • Support in-house team
- • Build complex features
- • Dedicated engineering squad
Typical budget: $15K+/mo or custom
Sound familiar?
Where founders usually get stuck
I have an idea but no technical co-founder
My AI-built prototype works in the demo, not with real users
Investors want to see a real product
My first developer left and nobody understands the code
From idea to launch
The path we take with founders
1
Validate
Scoping and prototype.
How we work2
Build the MVP
SaaS and product engineering.
SaaS & Product Engineering3
Make it production-ready
Audit, secure, test and deploy.
AI Prototype to Production4
Grow it
Continuous product engineering.
Continuous Product Engineering
What you get
An MVP you won't have to throw away
- Sign-in and roles
- Payments and subscriptions
- Analytics
- Tests and a release pipeline
- App-store submission
- Code and accounts in your name
Proof
Products we've helped launch
Grocery delivery platform
Web, iOS, and React Native for on-demand commerce. Built for scale with sub-second response times at peak.
Mobile app developmentLanding-page builder
SaaS product with 500+ templates. Multi-tenant architecture, subscriptions, and admin tooling.
SaaS product engineeringFounder references
Named client reviews (including founder engagements) are shared on the scoping call when they match your project type.
Book a scoping callTechnical guidance
A senior engineer on your side
Architecture decisions, stack choice, hiring advice and fractional CTO support from a senior engineer.
FAQ
Questions founders ask
Most MVPs we scope land between $8K and $25K, fixed price after a scoping call. Platform (web vs mobile), auth, billing, and integrations move the number. You get a written quote before any build work starts.
A focused MVP typically takes weeks, not months. You get a timeline with the quote, never a promise without a scope.
Yes. Hardening an existing prototype is often 2–6 weeks. We start from what you have already built, and the first step is a fixed-price scope before any build work.
You do. Code, repositories, cloud accounts and app-store listings stay in your name.
You own the code, repositories, accounts, documentation and handover, so your team can take the product in-house. You can also keep us on through Continuous Product Engineering.
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