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Hiring a developer takes months. Finding a good one takes luck. Most founders are still waiting a year later, with nothing live.
MVP Design & Development Agency
Zero to MVP
Idea to live product. One team. Four weeks.
Booking spots in Q3 2026
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Product Strategy
Brand Identity
UX/UI Design
Web App Design
Front-End Build
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MVP Development
Product Strategy
Brand Identity
UX/UI Design
Web App Design
Front-End Build
Launch Support
MVP Development
Product Strategy
Brand Identity
UX/UI Design
Web App Design
Front-End Build
Launch Support
WhymostMVPsnevership
The idea is rarely the problem. Waiting is. Every month you don’t ship, you burn runway proving nothing.
AIcanbuild.Itcan’tdecide.
AI writes code and draws screens in seconds. It has no view on what your product should be. You end up with the wrong thing, beautifully built.
Thesix-month,$50,000build
That budget makes sense for a product people already want. For an idea you’re still testing, it buys a very expensive guess you never put in front of users.
Adeckonlygetsyousofar
A deck gets you a meeting. A working product gets you a yes. Without one, you walk into every room empty-handed.
All four cost you time you don’t get back. Scope comes before code.
Sobuildsomethingreal.
Going from idea to product used to take six months. It doesn’t now.
Something people can use
Real code, live on the web, with a sign-up that works. You end the sprint with a product to put in front of customers.
One team instead of three freelancers
A designer, a developer, and a brand person working from three different guesses is how scope quietly doubles. Here it’s one team, one thread.
A price you can plan around
From $10,000. The number is fixed in writing before we start. Half up front, half at the end. No hourly billing.
A brand people trust
A name, a mark, and a look your product can grow into. Users decide whether to trust you in about four seconds. A placeholder logo costs you sign-ups.
You own all of it
Code, files, accounts, docs. Yours on day one of week five. No lock-in and no need to keep paying us.
AI for speed, people for judgment
We use AI across design, code, and copy. That’s what makes four weeks possible. Our team directs it and checks it, which matters most if you can’t read the code yourself.
Threestepstoaliveproduct
No deck needed to start.
Bookacall
Thirty minutes on your idea, your users, and what you need to prove. No deck needed.
Approvethescope
We write up what you get, when, and what it costs. You change what you want. Then you sign.
Ship
Discovery, brand, design, build. You’re in the room for every real decision. You own everything at the end.
Insideafour-weeksprint
Week 1
Discovery
What you’re building, who it’s for, what it has to do. Scope, user flows, and what comes first, all locked before anyone draws a screen.
Week 2
Brand
A name, a mark, and a visual system. Built for where you’re going, not just where you are. You can use it on the product, the site, and the deck.
Week 3
Product design
Flows, screens, and a prototype you can use to sell the thing before it exists. You’re in the room for every real decision.
Week 4
Build and launch
Real code, deployed. AI-assisted, engineer-reviewed. Handed over with docs and full ownership.
Why us
We’vebeenwhereyouare
Skydea builds its own products. Bento Japanese launched in 2025 and has 2,000 users growing. Creative Tokyo has run since 2018: 6,000 members, 70+ events, and a sponsored job board. Creator World, a gaming job platform we co-created, went live in 2026.
So we know the feeling. You believe in the idea. You have no idea what to build first.
That’s why we scope the way we do. Your money runs out. The first version is a bet. Our job is to make that bet cheap and useful.
- Bento Japanese users
- 2,000+ Bento Japanese users
- Creative Tokyo members
- 6,000+ Creative Tokyo members
- years in business
- 8+ years in business
Remote team, EST hours, English and Japanese.
Bento Japanese
2,000 users and growing. Reading-first Japanese app, launched 2025.
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Creative Tokyo
6,000 members, 70+ events, job board with sponsors. Community and platform since 2018.
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Creator World
Co-created gaming industry job board platform. Live since 2026.
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From past clients
Skydea was the dream team to work with. We used Skydea's service to build our website for our new cafe, shop, and event space. Many elements of the business were not exactly fixed causing delays to our overall website development however they were patient, and understanding throughout the whole process while executing all of our wishes for the website. Skydea will find a way to get your website the way you want it, promptly and most importantly in great spirit.
Skydea did everything from strategy to coding, and had excellent communication. They were not only fast but flexible, and we were able to massively improve our website's UX/UI and SEO. We're seeing SEO growth and it's only been a few months! We'd love to continue working together!
I'm delighted to share that our Tokyo Portfolio website has been thriving since its launch. The traffic has consistently been on an upswing, moving from nearly no visitors to a 30k views per month. We are aspiring to reach even higher goals.
We are happy with the outcome, having received a site that is not only visually appealing but also versatile and user-friendly, allowing us to easily create landing pages and effectively showcase the Ship&co App. Our heartfelt thanks to the Skydea team for their great work.
This is the first time we've been able express ourselves so clearly.
Investment
From$10,000
$10,000 is the starting point. Many MVPs land there. More moving parts cost more, and we’ll say which ones on the first call.
The price is fixed in writing before we start. Half up front, half at the end. No hourly billing.
What you get
- Discovery and scope
- Basic Branding
- Product design: flows and screens
- A built, deployed MVP
- Hosting set up
- Docs and full ownership of code, files, and accounts
What pushes it up
Moving parts, not effort. Roughly in order:
- Log-ins and user roles, especially more than one kind of user
- Payments or anything touching money
- A custom back end instead of an off-the-shelf one
- Outside tools you don’t control
- Native iOS or Android on top of web
- Regulated data, like health or finance
- A thorough Brand Book
We typically offer three rounds of feedback per deliverable. That keeps the work moving and the decisions clear.
The short version
How to go from an idea to an MVP
An MVP is the smallest product that lets a real user do the main job, and tells you if the idea works. Not a rough draft of everything. Just enough to learn.
Before you build, get clear on four things: who it’s for, what problem you solve, what success looks like, and the riskiest assumption. If those aren’t clear, more screens won’t help.
Skydea takes you from idea to live MVP in four weeks: strategy, brand, design, and build, from $10,000. Fixed scope. You own everything at the end.
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FAQs
Zero to MVP means taking an early idea to a working product that can test a real user need. Zero is the idea. MVP is the smallest usable version that proves whether it holds.