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MVP Development in San Francisco, CA

Lean first versions that prove your idea with real users — before you over-invest.

SF founders know the difference between a demo and a product. Lean, well-scoped MVPs that prove traction are the currency of the Bay Area.

FNA Marketing Solutions is a US-registered, remote-first development company working with San Francisco businesses across time zones — senior-level delivery with transparent pricing that starts from $600, a fraction of typical CA agency rates. Every project begins with a free AI-generated roadmap reviewed by a human consultant.

What you get

✓ Scope cut to the features that matter
✓ Launch in weeks, not months
✓ Payments, auth and analytics wired in
✓ Built on a stack that scales when you do
✓ Honest advice on what NOT to build yet

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Frequently asked questions

Do you have an office in San Francisco?

FNA Marketing Solutions is a US-registered company (30 N Gould St Ste R, Sheridan, WY 82801) with a remote-first engineering team working with San Francisco businesses across time zones — daily communication in English, overlap hours with CA, and significantly better pricing than downtown agency rates. All meetings happen on Google Meet.

What does MVP development cost for a San Francisco business?

Projects start from $600 for a focused first version. The free assessment gives you a personalized range for your exact scope in 3 minutes — no calls required to see it.

How does the free project analysis work?

You answer a few focused questions (about 3 minutes). Our AI generates a personalized roadmap with features, phases and a readiness score — then a human consultant reviews it with you on a free call before any scope or price is final.

Do I own the code?

Yes. On full payment, the source code, hosting and all accounts for your project belong to you. No lock-in.

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How we scope MVPs for pre-seed and seed-stage founders

Pre-seed and seed-stage founders face a specific scoping problem: investors want evidence of demand, but budgets don't support building a full product. We approach this in three steps. First, we run a constraint session — you tell us your runway, your target user, and the one behavior you need to prove. Second, we strip the feature list to the smallest deployable slice that can generate a real signal: a signup, a purchase, a repeated action. Third, we document what the MVP will not include and why, so scope creep doesn't quietly double your timeline. The output is a written scope document you can share with co-founders or advisors before a line of code is written. Pricing starts at $600 for early scoping work, scaling with complexity. We don't pad scope to increase billing — a tighter MVP that proves your hypothesis faster is better for both sides.

What 'lean' actually means in a Bay Area funding context

In San Francisco, 'lean' isn't just a methodology buzzword — it shapes how investors evaluate early-stage products. Most seed and pre-seed conversations here center on evidence: retention curves, activation rates, and whether real users return without being prompted. A bloated first release obscures that signal. When your MVP ships with ten features, you can't tell which one drove the behavior that matters.

Lean in this context means scoping ruthlessly to the single workflow that tests your core assumption. Not a landing page, not a prototype — a working product narrow enough that usage data is interpretable. That might be one user role, one integration, one conversion path.

FNA's AI roadmap tool is built around this constraint: it surfaces which features belong in v1 versus a later sprint, based on your stated hypothesis and target user. The output is a prioritized scope document, not a wish list — something you can hand to an investor or a developer without ambiguity about what gets built first and why.