How It Works

Custom software development that gets better every month — not a project that ends with an invoice.

Stage 1

Start with a Working Prototype

Every engagement starts with an Activation Sprint — a paid, fixed-price engagement where we build a working prototype against your real data. Not wireframes. Not a proposal. Software you can touch, click, and show your team. Often delivered in under 2 weeks.

Working software, often in under 2 weeks

Real software running against your data, not slides or mockups.

Fixed price, starting at $2,500

No hourly billing, no surprise overruns.

Low risk to say yes

See results before committing to a full build. Walk away with the prototype either way.

Activation Sprint Timeline

1

Discovery

Deep dive into your problem, data, and goals. We map out what the prototype will do.

2

Build

We build the working prototype, integrating with your real data. You see progress along the way.

3

Deliver

Working prototype deployed. You use it, test it, and decide if it's worth building further.

Your Backlog

User authentication & roles
Delivered
Dashboard with live metrics
In Progress
Report builder & PDF export
In Progress
Email notification system
Queued
API integration with QuickBooks
Queued

You prioritize. We deliver. Reprioritize anytime.

Stage 2

Subscribe to Continuous Development

Once the prototype validates the approach, you subscribe to a monthly development plan. We maintain a prioritized capability backlog — everything your system needs, ordered by what matters most to you right now.

You're not buying a fixed number of deliverables. You're buying development momentum. Your system gets meaningfully better every month.

Think of it like your IT support contract. You pay a flat monthly fee for the capability to be there — not for a ticket ledger. This is the same concept applied to custom software.

Standard

$3,500/mo

~1 major capability per month. Steady, focused development.

Accelerated

$5,500/mo

~1.5-2 capabilities per month. For aggressive timelines.

Reprioritize your backlog anytime — no change orders
Scale between tiers based on current needs
Shared backlog — always see what's queued, in progress, and delivered
Predictable monthly cost
Stage 3

Your System Keeps Getting Better

There's no sharp line between "development is done" and "maintenance." Once the core system is built, the subscription scales down. Your system stays healthy, secure, and improving — growing with your business.

Maintain

$750/mo

Bug fixes, support, minor adjustments. Your system stays healthy.

Evolve

$1,250/mo

Maintenance plus ongoing enhancements. Steady improvements every month.

Need a burst of new capability? Bump back to a Build tier for a month or two, then scale back down. No contracts, no penalties.

Scale up for feature bursts, scale down during quiet periods
Your software never goes stale
Change tiers anytime

Flexible Scaling

Jan — Maintain $750
Feb — Maintain $750
Mar — Build Burst $3,500
Apr — Build Burst $3,500
May — Evolve $1,250
Jun — Maintain $750

Scale up when you need features, scale back down when things are stable. No penalties, no contracts.

The Value

What You're Actually Paying For

You're paying for your system to get meaningfully better every month. That's the value test — not whether a number on a ledger matches.

Transparency without accounting

You see a shared backlog at all times — what's queued, what's in progress, what's been delivered. We use effort points to size work for prioritization conversations, but they're context, not currency.

The real measure is outcomes

Are your top priorities getting addressed? Are deliveries happening regularly? Is the system meaningfully better than it was last month? That's what matters.

AI-accelerated development

We use AI-powered tools that accelerate delivery without sacrificing quality. The subscription model means you benefit from this efficiency through faster progress — not penalized by hourly billing.

Start with an Activation Sprint

See your idea come to life — often in under 2 weeks. Fixed price, starting at $2,500. No commitment beyond that.

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