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Your product on the market in weeks, not months.

Overview

A solid MVP that validates your idea with real users, without mortgaging what comes next.

An MVP (Minimum Viable Product) is the first working version of your product, reduced to the essential features so real users can test it. Built in weeks rather than months, it validates the idea, convinces investors and lets you learn from the market before investing further. MAWT builds MVPs in French-speaking Switzerland, on clean technical foundations that support what comes next.

Target

For startups, founders and Swiss SMEs that want to test a product idea — web app, mobile app or SaaS — without committing the budget of a full build.

Details

Most product ideas die in one of two ways: too much money spent before the first user, or a prototype so fragile it must be thrown away after validation. A good MVP avoids both.

We identify the core of your value proposition with you, cut everything else, and build a working version in a few weeks — with Next.js, Node.js or Python as needed, and React Native when mobile matters. The foundation is clean: if the market responds, the next version is built on top, with no rewrite.

Why an MVP rather than a full build

Until it meets its users, every product is just a hypothesis. An MVP turns that hypothesis into learning: what do people pay for, what do they actually use, what do they ignore? Every extra week of development before that confrontation is risk, not progress.

An MVP is also a persuasion tool: a working product, however small, is worth more than fifty slides in front of an investor or a pilot client.

Our approach: fast, but on sound foundations

The classic MVP trap is the disposable prototype: quick to demo, impossible to grow. We build differently — a deliberately narrow scope on a clean architecture: structured TypeScript code, a well-modelled database, automated cloud deployment.

The result: if your market responds, V2 is built on V1. If you have to pivot, you haven't over-invested. Either way you learned fast and kept control of the budget.

What we actually deliver

A MAWT MVP is not a clickable mockup: it is a product in production, usable by real customers.

  • The working product, deployed and available online
  • Authentication, payments or integrations needed for the test
  • A simple dashboard to track real usage
  • Documented code that is entirely yours
  • An iteration plan for the weeks after launch
What it includes
  • Product scoping: the core, nothing but the core
  • Web development (JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Python)
  • Mobile apps (React Native)
  • SaaS and cloud architecture ready to grow
  • Production deployment and first users
  • Fast iterations after launch
Deliverables
  • A working product in production, within weeks
  • An architecture that supports growth without a rewrite
  • Complete, documented source code that belongs to you
  • Usage metrics to decide what comes next
  • A technical partner who stays available after launch
Takeaways
  • An MVP confronts your idea with the market in weeks, not months.

  • Narrow scope, clean foundations: V2 is built on top.

  • The code is yours — no lock-in to a closed platform.

  • Ideal to convince investors and pilot customers.

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Frequent questions

How much does an MVP cost in Switzerland?

Depending on complexity, an MVP typically runs from a few thousand to a few tens of thousands of francs — a fraction of a full build. Initial scoping, which is free, defines the minimal scope and fixes a firm budget before any code.

How long does it take to build an MVP?

Four to ten weeks in most cases, scoping included. Duration mostly depends on how many user journeys must be covered: our scoping work is precisely about keeping only the essential ones.

Which technologies do you use for an MVP?

Proven, easy-to-evolve technologies: TypeScript and Next.js for the web, Node.js or Python on the server, React Native for mobile, Swiss or European cloud infrastructure. No exotic framework your first hire would have to rewrite.

What happens after the MVP launches?

You decide with real data: iterate, pivot or industrialize. Because the foundation is sound, the next stage builds on the existing one. Many clients continue with us in short iterations; others bring it in-house — the code and documentation make that possible.

Can an MVP include AI?

Yes — and it is often a strong differentiator at launch: an embedded assistant, automatic document processing, smart search. We integrate the right models (Claude, GPT, or open source) with cost control from day one.
Next steps

Your idea deserves better than a deck. Let's test it.