OFFER 03 — ZERO-TO-ONE BUILD
Version one, built like it has a future.
You have a product idea and no engineering team. I design it, build it, and ship it. Production grade from the first commit, not a prototype that needs rebuilding the moment it works.
The agencies quoted you six figures and six months, and you would still need someone technical to check their work. The freelancer marketplaces want a spec you do not know how to write. No-code got you a demo, and then it got you a ceiling.
And every technical co-founder conversation ends the same way: a third of your company, for someone you met twice.
There is a simpler path. Hire someone who has shipped version one before, let him build it like it has a future, and keep your cap table to yourself.
HOW THIS GOES
No mystery. Here's the shape of it.
WEEK 0
We scope it together in plain language: what version one must do, what it absolutely will not do yet. You get a fixed scope and a real price.
WEEKS 1-2
Architecture and design. I make the decisions that are expensive to change later, and write them down. You get a build plan you can read without a translator.
WEEKS 3-10
I build and ship weekly. You see working software every Friday, not a status deck. Scope changes get a conversation, not a change-order ambush.
LAUNCH
You get a production application, the documentation, the keys, and a handoff plan, whether that handoff is to your future team or back to me on retainer.
A FAIR FILTER
This works best when it fits.
FOR YOU IF
- You are a funded founder who needs version one shipped by someone who has done it before
- You are a domain expert with real customers already waiting
- Your no-code or AI prototype proved the idea and hit its ceiling
NOT FOR YOU IF
- You want a technical co-founder, not a builder. Equity is not a line item here
- The idea has not been tested on a single real customer yet
- You need the whole thing for $5K. I will point you at better options for that stage
WHY ME
I've done this before. On the record.
2M
USERS IN SIX MONTHS, FROM ZERO, AT HONEY
2
STARTUPS BUILT AND ACQUIRED — TWITTER, PAYPAL
4
CODEBASES IN THE BUILD ON MY DESK RIGHT NOW
The current build: a privacy-first behavioral health platform. Native iOS app, web dashboard, backend, statistical alerting engine. Four codebases, one engineer, shipping every week.
THE NUMBERS
Where this lands on the rate card.
Zero-to-One Build
Scoped per project
Fixed scope, real price, weekly shipping. We define it together in week zero.
Fractional CTO
$4K-$20K+/mo
For after launch: I stay on as your technical leadership while you grow.
Prices are honest ranges, not bait. The full rate card, including what each engagement covers, is on the home page.
NEXT STEP
Tell me what you want to exist.
30 minutes. Bring the idea, the napkin sketch, the no-code prototype, whatever you have. I'll tell you what version one should be and what it would take to build.
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