MVP DEVELOPMENT SPRINTS
Turn your software idea into something real with a focused, fixed-price development sprint. From initial planning through to deployment, work directly with an experienced senior developer to build the first usable version of your product.
Each starts as a focused first release. What matters is the outcome for your users, not the technology underneath.
Launch the first version of your subscription-based software product.
Give customers a secure place to manage accounts, bookings, documents or services.
Connect different types of users through a focused platform.
Turn an AI concept into a functional application with real workflows and integrations.
Build applications handling bookings, availability, payments and customer management.
Replace spreadsheets and manual processes with software designed around your business.
Tell me what you're building, who it's for and what problem it solves.
Agree the essential features, user journeys, fixed scope, price and delivery schedule.
Your MVP is developed with regular progress updates and opportunities to review.
Test the agreed functionality, deploy the application and receive your source code.
For founders at the idea stage
£295
For founders who need help turning an idea into a practical development plan.
The £295 is credited against an eligible MVP build commissioned with THACKR.
Plan my MVPBuild
From £3,500
Includes the agreed core functionality, development, testing and deployment.
Typical delivery target: 10 working days for a suitably scoped project.
Discuss my projectFinal prices and delivery schedules depend on scope. You will have a fixed figure and schedule in writing before any work starts.
THACKR is an independent UK software consultancy built on more than a decade of professional development experience.
You'll work directly with the developer responsible for planning, building and delivering your application.
No unnecessary layers of account management. Just clear communication, practical technical advice and software built around what you actually need.
No, and I would rather say so now than after you have paid. Ten working days suits a focused first release: a small number of user journeys, one type of user and a handful of integrations. Complex marketplaces, mobile apps, advanced AI systems and extensive third-party integrations usually need more than one sprint. The 10 days also start once scope, access, content and any other dependencies are agreed, not on the day you enquire.
We split it. I will help you pick the smallest first release that still proves the idea, build that as the first sprint and plan the rest as later sprints, each with its own fixed scope and price. If the idea is still fuzzy, the MVP Blueprint is the place to start: it turns it into a prioritised plan before any build money is committed.
Yes. You own the source code and the accounts it runs on, with no lock-in. It is delivered to you with handover documentation so you, or any other developer, can carry on with it.
Often, yes. If you have a prototype or an existing codebase, I will review it first and tell you honestly whether to build on it or start fresh. A sprint can then add a clearly defined piece of functionality to what you already have. The AI prototype to production page explains how that works for prototypes built with AI tools.
Yes. A sprint ends with a working product and handover, not a goodbye. Many people carry on with further sprints as real users show what to build next, and I can provide ongoing support. If you would rather take it in-house or to another developer, the documentation and code ownership make that straightforward.
No. Most people arrive with an idea and a rough list of features. Shaping that into an agreed scope is part of the first stage. If you already have wireframes, designs or a written brief, that saves time. The software brief generator is a useful way to get your thinking down first.
A sprint delivers a responsive web application that works on phones, tablets and desktops. For many ideas that is the fastest way to put something in front of real users. Native iOS and Android apps normally need more than one sprint, so we would plan them separately. See app development for how I approach that.
I choose technology to suit the product, not the other way round. Most of my web applications use Laravel, with React and TypeScript where a richer interface is needed, a MySQL database and Stripe for payments. These are mainstream, well-documented tools, which is deliberate: any competent developer can pick the code up later.
Tell me what you're planning and I'll help you work out the most practical route to launch.
A few details are enough. I'll come back with an honest view on scope, price and the best place to start.
It comes straight to me, not a sales team. I usually reply within one working day.
By email or a free introductory call, whichever you prefer. I'll tell you honestly if I'm not the right fit.
What's included, the price and the delivery schedule, agreed before any work starts.
Prefer email? josh@thackr.co.uk
I read every enquiry myself and usually reply within one working day.
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From £3,500
Discuss your MVP
