MVP and prototype: your idea live in 48 hours.
Sometimes you've had a good idea for a long time, but getting it built stalls. You suspect it'll be really complex. We get where that comes from, and these are exactly the projects we love. Lock ourselves in together for two working days, 48 hours, and walk out with a really good result. Whether web portal, mobile app or integration.
What is an MVP, and what is a prototype?
An MVP (minimum viable product) is the smallest version of a product that already delivers real value. A prototype shows how something should work, an MVP is already in use. Both share one goal: finding out whether the idea holds up before serious money goes into the full version.
A click dummy only shows screens. We build prototypes that actually run, with real data.
From web portal to mobile app.
We build whatever makes an idea tangible. What counts is that it runs in the end.
Web apps and portals
Customer portal, internal tool, dashboard. In the browser, ready to use. If it should become more: websites and portals.
Mobile apps
For iOS and Android, to test on your own phone. We build an app prototype in 48 hours too.
Integrations and automation
Connect two systems, automate a process. Simple connections often run after one day. More on API interfaces.
AI tools
An assistant that knows your data, or a process AI takes over. Where AI pays off is covered under AI consulting.
How the 48 hours work.
Four steps, two working days, one result.
Day 1
Understand and sketch the goal
We ask questions until it's clear what the thing needs to do. We sketch the goal together.
Day 1 and 2
Get going
We build. You're there, in the room or on a call, and see every step.
Day 2
Review and fine-tune
We test with real data, look at it together and sharpen it until it fits.
Afterwards
Keep using it
You use the prototype, test it with customers or build it into the full version. With us or on your own, without unnecessary dependencies.
Why 48 hours work.
A prototype doesn't need a project plan, it needs focus. When everyone who decides spends two days together, alignment loops disappear. Questions get answered right away, ideas get tried right away.
It's the hackathon principle, just with your problem. On MacNorris TV we build things like this on camera, mistakes included.
What you want to know about MVPs and prototypes.
MVP has two common meanings. In product development it stands for minimum viable product, the smallest version of a product that already delivers real value and gets tested with real users. In sports, MVP means most valuable player. We play football, so we like both. This page is about the first one.
A click dummy shows screens, nothing happens behind them. A prototype works and shows whether the idea holds up, technically and in everyday use. An MVP is already used by real users and delivers insights from real operation. In 48 hours we build a working prototype, often close to an MVP already.
Yes, even for a mobile app. In two working days you get a prototype that runs and that you test on your own device. Not a finished product with every edge case, but the version that shows you whether the idea holds up. What comes next, you decide with the result in your hands.
We name the price after a first conversation and an effort estimate. Then we know what the prototype needs to do and which systems need connecting. Our goal is a fixed price for the 48 hours, and you know it before we start. Hourly rates that double along the way don't exist with us.
You have a running prototype and the code that goes with it. You can keep building it internally, test it with customers or expand it into the full version with us. We build so your team understands what's running, without unnecessary dependencies on us. Sometimes the prototype shows the idea doesn't hold up. That's a result too.
Your idea has been sitting around for months?
Tell us about it. We'll tell you honestly whether it works in 48 hours and what you'll have in hand afterwards.