Start a project
Tell me what is not working.
The best first message is not a feature list. It is the sentence you would use to complain about it to a friend.
- You send this Rough is fine. A paragraph about what is not working beats a spec document.
- We talk for 30 minutes No deck, no discovery fee. I ask where the data lives now and who touches it. You find out whether this is worth building.
- You get a written scope What gets built, what it costs, how long it takes, and what is explicitly out. Free, and yours to keep whether or not you hire me.
- Then you decide No retainer, no minimum term. If the scope is not worth the money, say so and we part on good terms.