An MVP built in 12 weeks became the product that closed a $180k annual enterprise contract.
The client used a fixed-price MVP to prove the concept, raise a pre-seed round, and close their first enterprise customer — all before hiring any in-house engineering. The architecture we built in week 1 held up through 50x the initial load.
Needed a production-quality MVP fast enough to use in fundraising conversations and enterprise sales demos
The client was a 2-person founding team: one domain expert (a former supply chain consultant) and one business development professional. Clear problem, strong network in the target vertical (logistics), and a PowerPoint deck that had generated genuine investor interest. What they lacked: a product to show.
The investor conversations were going well in concept but stalling at "do you have something I can look at?" The enterprise prospect they were in conversation with wanted a sandbox they could test workflows in before signing. The founding team needed an MVP — not a prototype, not a clickable mockup, but a working product — in under 3 months.
MVP launched in 12 weeks, used in fundraising to raise $600k pre-seed, first enterprise contract closed 4 months after launch
Week 1–2: Architecture, data model, Clerk + Convex setup
Week 3–6: Core exception queue, carrier API integrations (FedEx, UPS, USPS)
Week 7–9: Tenant admin, Stripe billing, user management
Week 10–12: Reporting, polish, performance testing **Month 4 after launch:** Ent
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
MVP launched in 12 weeks, used in fundraising to raise $600k pre-seed, first enterprise contract closed 4 months after launch
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Results
- MVP delivered in 12 weeks
- Pre-seed round closed 6 weeks after launch: $600k
- First paying customer: 8 weeks post-launch
- First enterprise contract: 4 months post-launch
Related engagements.
Questions, answered.
The multi-tenancy architecture from day 1 added 2–3 weeks compared to single-tenant. That was the right call — retrofitting multi-tenancy after an enterprise prospect is in the door is one of the most painful and expensive rebuilds. The decision to build it correctly upfront directly enabled the enterprise sale.
The TDD process was 2 hours: architecture review, security model review, code review of two representative modules. The Convex data model was self-documenting. The Clerk authentication setup had no custom code surface area to audit. Clean pass.
Production-quality SaaS MVP: from $25k. Fixed-price.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.