Reference design
MVP for founders
“I have a product idea and need a team for the first version.”
- For
- Founders and startups
- Timeline
- 6–12 weeks
- Indicative budget
- €3,000–9,000
The problem
Time and money are limited. The risk isn’t the code — it’s months of features nobody uses.
How the system fits together.
Who uses it
- Users
- Founder
Interfaces
- Web / mobile app
- Admin
- Landing page
Core
- Accounts, core feature, data
Connected to
- Payments
- Analytics
- App Store / Google Play
Version 1 first.
The rest when it’s needed.
Version 15
- Product workshopThe problem, the user, the smallest product.
- Clickable prototypeTested with real people before any code.
- Version 1Accounts, payments, admin — done properly.
- Analytics from day oneWhat users do, not what they say.
- Architecture that growsNo rewrite after the first thousand users.
Later1
- LaunchApp Store, Google Play, a landing page.
What we’d ask you.
The answers change the solution.
- Who exactly is the first user, and how do they solve this today?
- What must happen in three months for this to count as a success?
- What can we leave out of version 1?
- Web, mobile, or both — and why?
Reference design — how we would approach the problem. Not a client case study.