MVP development for founders without an engineering team.
You bring the idea and the domain knowledge. We bring design, engineering, AI, and growth — one team, $15,000 to $60,000, 6 to 16 weeks, milestone billing.
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What an engagement covers.
MVP development here means the whole arc, not a ticket queue. Discovery, a hard scope cut, design, build, launch, and the first weeks of tracking after launch. One team carries the product from first call to live URL.
The scope cut is where most of the value sits. On LaunchProd, four of the original forty-two features were never rebuilt after launch; users did not miss them. We push back on scope before we write code, because every feature you don't build is a month you don't pay for.
The feature list shrinks. The odds improve.
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How the build runs.
A staging URL goes live on day one and stays live for the whole build. Demos happen every Friday. Builds run 6 to 16 weeks on a fixed scope with milestone-based billing, so you always know what has shipped and what it cost.
Your point of contact is a co-founder, not an account manager. Technical questions go to the person who wrote the code, which is why answers come back in minutes, not meetings.
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What it costs.
The market, honestly: no-code tools run $2,000 to $10,000 and take 2 to 5 weeks. A freelancer builds a defined scope for $8,000 to $30,000 in 4 to 12 weeks. A founder-led studio ships a full product for $15,000 to $60,000 in 6 to 16 weeks. A full-service agency charges $60,000 and up over 12 to 24 weeks.
We sit in the studio tier. Email us what you're building and we reply with a pricing estimate within 24 hours — before any call, before any deck.
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What we won't do.
We won't take on a project we don't believe will ship. We won't layer account managers between you and the team doing the work. We won't disappear post-launch without an explicit conversation about what happens next. And we won't work on more clients than we can give full attention — four or fewer active engagements per co-founder, capped on purpose.
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Proof over promises.
12 shipped products across gaming, travel, healthcare, education, e-commerce, finance, and AI. The most recent MVP, ONETAPP, went from concept to a live cohort in ten weeks — including the three scope cuts in week one that made the deadline possible.
The portfolio is public. Judge the work, not the pitch.
Questions founders ask
- How much does MVP development cost?
- For a founder-led studio like ours, $15,000 to $60,000 depending on scope, shipped in 6 to 16 weeks. Email hq@singlebit.xyz what you're building and we send a pricing estimate within 24 hours.
- How long does MVP development take?
- 6 to 16 weeks on a fixed scope. A staging URL is live from day one and demos run every Friday, so progress is visible weekly rather than at the end.
- Do you work with non-technical founders?
- That's who the studio is built for — the product team for founders who don't have one. You bring the idea and the domain knowledge; we carry design, engineering, and launch. No CTO required to start.
- Who owns the code?
- You do. IP transfers with payment, the repository is yours, and there is no lock-in to keep working with us after launch.
- What happens after the MVP launches?
- Launch is a phase, not the end. We measure, tune, and iterate — most clients continue on a growth retainer, and the ones who don't keep full ownership of everything we built.
- Why hire a studio instead of a freelancer for MVP development?
- A freelancer builds what you spec. A studio helps you decide what to build, then designs, builds, and launches it as one team. If your scope is already exact and small, a freelancer is cheaper — we'll tell you that on the call.
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Tell us what you're building.
Two paragraphs is enough. We reply with a pricing estimate within 24 hours — before any call, before any deck.