MVPs that can grow
A real codebase from day one: accounts, payments and an admin panel, ready to extend when you find traction.
Software for Startups
From first prototype to the platform after.
MVPs and prototypes that real users can try, built without spending your round on an agency. Then the product that follows, by the same people.
- Pricing
- Custom, scoped to your project
- Timeline
- 2–12 wks
- First call
- Free, 30 minutes, with the people who'd build it.
Sound familiar?
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The idea is ahead of the product
Investors and early users want to click something, and a slide deck isn't it.
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Agency quotes eat the runway
Six-figure estimates for a version one that might change next month.
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The MVP can't grow up
A no-code or AI-built first version that has to be thrown away to scale.
What we build for startups
Clickable prototypes
Test the flow with users before writing production code. Free for a few founders a year.
Investor demos
A polished, working demo of the core idea.
Launch sites & waitlists
Explain it, collect sign-ups, measure what lands.
How we approach startups
How we approach it
Most first versions fail for the same reason: they try to be everything at once. We start by finding the single journey a paying customer walks, from first visit to the moment they get value, and we build that properly before anything else.
That usually means a signup flow that doesn’t leak users, onboarding that reaches the first useful moment without a human holding their hand, and enough CRM wiring that leads don’t die in a spreadsheet. Admin dashboards, integrations and edge cases come after the core loop is proven. You keep the same two people afterwards, which matters when the product changes shape six times in the first six months.
Before and after
Today With Northport
A pitch deck and a Figma file
A working product link to send users and investors
Rebuilding the MVP to scale
Extending the same codebase as you grow
Hiring before you know what to build
A two-person team until the product is proven
Works with what you already use
We connect to your existing tools instead of asking you to replace them. Anything with an API is usually fair game.
- Stripe
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft 365
- Mailchimp
- Slack
- App Store & Google Play
- Any REST API
Startups questions
What startups clients usually ask before they start.
Still wondering? Ask us on the first call. It's free, 30 minutes, no obligation. Start a brief-
No. We work on fixed quotes, and a few prototypes a year are pro bono with no strings.
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Yes. That's our AI Cleanup & Rescue service: an audit first, then we stabilise and finish it.
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Yes, before the first call if you'd like.