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This conversation happened this week.
A client needed a full infrastructure app.
Multiple modules. Local and production testing.
Bug-free delivery. 3 month timeline.
We spent days going through the scope.
Not hours. Days.
Architecture. Integrations. Edge cases.
What the product needs to actually survive
in production with real users.
My team even reverse-engineered their
existing scripts to understand what
we'd actually be working with.
Then the budget conversation came up.
"My max budget is $25K
for the whole app with all modules."
My honest response?
"That's about 50% of what I was thinking."
I could've said yes.
Taken the $25K.
Cut scope secretly.
Delivered something half-baked.
Blamed the client later for "unclear requirements."
That's what most teams do.
I've never done that.
And I never will.
Because I've been on the other side.
I've cleaned up projects where the previous team
said yes to a budget they knew was too low.
The client always pays twice.
Once for the cheap build.
Once for the rebuild.
So what happened next?
We talked it through.
Found a realistic scope that respects his budget
without compromising what matters.
No fake promises. No inflated timelines.
Just an honest conversation between
two people trying to make it work.
That's the screenshot below.
That's how every project should start.
#SoftwareDevelopment #StartupFounders
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I believe it’s best to ask about the project budget in advance—even if it’s just a rough estimate—so we can understand the client’s intentions.
Our team has adopted the practice of offering the client several “packages,” one of which includes their budget. In other words,...
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