MVP Build & Hosting
Get a working product in front of real users fast. I design, build, deploy, and host your MVP end to end so you can validate the idea instead of managing a build.
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Startup Consultancy Services
Most early-stage teams do not need a full-time CTO. They need a few hours with someone who has already made the decision in front of them, and made it wrong once before. Pay As You Go consultancy gives you that judgement on demand, priced by the hour rather than by the quarter.
When this helps
You are probably reading this because of one of these.
- You are about to pick a stack, a cloud, or a build partner and cannot afford to get it wrong
- Your first engineers are shipping, but nobody owns architecture, standards, or release process
- An investor has asked for technical due diligence and you have no artefacts to hand over
- Delivery has slowed and you cannot tell whether it is people, process, or the platform
How we help
A delivery sequence, not a discovery phase that never ends.
Every stage produces something you can act on independently, so the engagement can stop at any point without leaving you stranded mid-programme.
Frame
A short intake call to pin down the actual decision, the constraints around it, and what a good answer would unlock.
Assess
I read the code, the cloud bill, the backlog, and the org chart - whichever of those the question actually turns on.
Advise
A working session with a recommendation, the trade-offs I rejected, and the cost of being wrong in each direction.
Hand over
A written summary your team and your board can act on without me in the room. No dependency created.
Efficiencies driven
The measurable change this engagement is aiming at.
Where teams usually start
- Decisions stall for weeks waiting for someone senior
- Architecture lives in one engineer's head
- The board asks technical questions nobody can answer
Where the engagement leaves you
- Decisions closed in a session, with the reasoning written down
- Documented architecture the whole team can build against
- A due diligence pack ready before the investor asks
0
Retainer or notice period
Days
From question to written answer
24+ yrs
Experience behind every call
What you receive
Artefacts that outlive the engagement.
- Written recommendation with costed options and a clear default
- Target architecture sketch and stack decision record
- Hiring plan: roles, sequence, seniority mix, and interview loop
- Delivery operating model - cadence, environments, and definition of done
- Due diligence pack: architecture, risks, licences, and remediation plan
Next step
Buy consultancy time.
A short call is usually enough to work out whether this is the right engagement, and what it would cost. If it is not, I will say so.
Engagement
Pay As You Go
Minimum booking