Founder engagements, done honestly.

When the problem is real (you've spoken to customers, not just had the idea), the scope can be honest (we agree on what v1 is and what it isn't), and you'd rather pay for senior engineering than try to manage a cheaper team for twice the time. Best when you have a budget for a focused twelve-week sprint and want a v1 that won't need rebuilding inside a year.

When you need a code factory to ship a fully-specified design with no room to push back. When the budget assumes offshore-rate pricing. When you want equity-for-build (we don't take equity — we charge for work). When you need a CTO replacement — we'll point you at fractional CTOs who fit better.

No. Equity-for-build creates a relationship where neither side is honest — we're never sure if we're shipping for the customer or for the cap table. We charge fixed price, in cash. If you want a long-term technical advisor with skin in the game, we'll introduce you to people who do that.

A live product your first customers can use and pay for. Discovery, design, build, and a production deploy — all by the same team, in one flow. Plus documentation, observability, and a thirty-day post-launch window where we're still on call.

Sixty minutes. Bring the problem you're stuck on — not a polished pitch. We'll leave you with a one-page memo on how we'd approach it. If we're a fit, we book a paid scoping week within the next two weeks. If we're not, we'll usually suggest someone who is.

An agency runs many projects at half-attention and ships them with juniors. A freelancer ships fast but can't carry the design / infra / handover the way a small senior team can. We're closer to an in-house early team you rent for a quarter — same depth, none of the hiring.

Distributed, with an anchor presence in [primary hub] and team members across [secondary hubs]. We work async-first, but we'll fly to you for kickoff if the engagement is right and the geography makes sense.