About the studio
An independent software studio built around one promise.
A production-ready MVP in 10 working days for a fixed $2,490, owned entirely by you. We publish our process, our pricing and our work instead of a logo wall.
Free 1-minute fit check · no equity · no retainer
- $2,490
- fixed price
- 10 working days
- to launch
- 100%
- code ownership
- No equity
- ever taken
- No retainer
- no hourly billing
Who we are
Small, senior and deliberately independent.
Shiftmind Build works with founders and small businesses across the United States. We build one thing well: the first production version of a software product, delivered inside two weeks at a price agreed before we start.
We stay small on purpose. There is no account management layer, no sales team and no bench to keep busy, which is why the price can be $2,490 instead of five figures.
We are also deliberately low-profile about our clients. Most are early and would rather not announce what they are building, so we publish the work and keep the names confidential.
How we work
Six principles that decide everything else.
Scope is the product
Most failed builds are scoping failures, not engineering failures. That is why every project starts with a written blueprint and a locked price.
Fixed price, or it is not a promise
Hourly billing moves risk onto the founder. A fixed price moves it back onto us, which is where it belongs.
Production or nothing
We do not deliver clickable prototypes. What ships is deployed, secured and usable by real customers.
You own everything
Code, repository, cloud accounts, domain and data are transferred into your name. No licences, no lock-in, no dependency on us.
Honest no over easy yes
If a 10-day sprint is the wrong answer for your idea, we say so at the free fit check rather than taking the money and disappointing you later.
Modern tools, senior judgement
We use current build tooling to move fast, with senior engineers owning architecture, security and every line that ships.
Who we work with
And who we turn away.
Turning down poor-fit projects is why the ones we take finish on time and on budget.
We work with
- Non-technical founders with a clear idea and no engineering team
- Founders validating one core workflow with real users, not a slide deck
- SaaS founders who need a first paid-ready version
- AI product founders wrapping a model in a usable product
- Founders with an app built on Lovable, Bolt, v0 or Cursor that needs to be made production-ready
- Businesses replacing spreadsheets with a custom internal tool
- Teams that want to launch without hiring in-house engineers first
We turn away
- Large enterprise systems with heavy compliance programmes
- Highly complex multi-sided marketplaces with payments at scale
- Very large legacy codebases that need a months-long migration
- Products that genuinely need months of engineering before launch
- Anyone looking for an ongoing outsourced dev team on retainer
Next step
Find out if your idea fits in 10 working days.
Tell us what you want to build. We reply the same day with a straight yes, no, or here is what we would cut.