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Founders: before spending $50K on development
Make sure you have these five things clear:
• MVP scope
• User journey
• Technical architecture
• Development roadmap
• Launch strategy
A lot of software projects fail because development starts before these decisions are made.
At M TECHUB LLC, we can help with discovery, prototyping, development, launch, and ongoing engineering.
Building something this quarter? I’m always interested in meeting founders working on serious products.
Would add a sixth before the $50K: a clear one line of who it is for and why they would switch. Scope and architecture go wrong fastest when that line is still fuzzy, because every feature request sounds reasonable.
100% agreee If the target user and reason to switch aren’t crystal clear, everything downstream gets expensive fast. We usually try to validate that before touching architecture. Curious, what kind of products are you working with these days?
Mostly founder led companies where the brand and the product have to be built as one thing. Recent ones: MedCompare, a healthcare comparison platform where the hard part was decision architecture, and Artistto, a music app plus its identity. Validating the one line before architecture is exactly the order we push for too.
That’s exactly the kind of work we like too. When brand, product, and positioning are built together, the outcome is usually much stronger. We handle product strategy, UX/UI, engineering, and AI development, so there may be a good fit for collaboration on future founder-led products.
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I designed and built Shiplog, a free Framer template that helps founders launch in public and grow a waitlist before launch day.
The problem: Most pre-launch pages give visitors nothing to follow. People sign up once and forget the product exists.
My approach: A launch page built around progress people can watch. Visitors see a live countdown, a dated build log, a public roadmap with votes and a note from the founder. That gives them a reason to sign up and come back.
What’s inside
• Waitlist forms in the hero and in the closing section, plus a countdown and a progress bar
• A build log and a roadmap, both managed from the Framer CMS
• A product preview section and FAQ
• Light and dark modes, plus desktop, tablet and phone layouts
Design choices: a bold headline font with a yellow highlighter on key phrases, and monospaced labels for dates and status.
Free on the Framer Marketplace: https://incredible-tone-549125.framer.app/
Launching soon? I design and build launch pages, SaaS sites and custom Framer components. Message me here on Contra or email asadhussainsyedi101@gmail.com.
A dated build log is a smart answer to the dead waitlist problem, it gives people a reason to come back before there is a product. The monospaced labels for dates and status is a nice touch too, it makes the progress feel real rather than decorative.
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