Your Engineers Are Building Product. Your Launch Window Won't Wait.
If you're a founding team watching your go-to-market slip while devs fight fires, you've hit the build-vs-buy inflection point.
We shipped a SaaS startup's marketing site in 11 days last month -- landing page, pricing, docs, blog, changelog. They'd spent 3 months trying to build it internally on Next.js but their founding engineers kept getting pulled into product work. The site launched on Vercel at Lighthouse 98 and their demo requests doubled in two weeks. CB Insights reports that 42% of startups fail because of no market need -- but another 17% fail because of poor marketing. Your website is your first pitch deck, your always-on sales rep, and your hiring page. According to First Round Capital's annual survey, 68% of seed-stage founders say their website is their primary lead generation channel. We build startup sites on Next.js and Astro that ship in 2-4 weeks, not 2-4 months.
Your site goes live the week your fundraise starts, not three months after. Startup website development gives your business a production-grade digital presence built with the same stack Notion and Vercel ship on -- Next.js, React, and edge-hosted infrastructure. You get server-side rendering for SEO, static generation for speed, and component architecture your team can edit without pulling in contractors. This isn't a Webflow template clone or a WordPress site held together with plugins. It's custom code designed for your positioning, scalable from 100 visitors to 100,000, and ready to integrate with Stripe, your CRM, and analytics tools from day one. What it won't do: replace your product roadmap or turn a weak value prop into a funded company. But it will stop your site from being the reason investors ghost you.
What is holding your current website back?
Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.
What Your Website Could Look Like
Custom-designed for your industry. No templates. No stock photos.
How We Build This Right
Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.
Edge-Deployed Architecture
Your site runs on a global CDN, not a single server. Pages load in under 1 second regardless of where your users are.
Headless CMS Integration
Marketing owns the content. Engineering owns the code. No one steps on anyone's toes. We wire up Sanity, Contentful, or your CMS of choice.
Conversion-Optimized Structure
Every page is built around a clear CTA hierarchy. We structure information architecture to move visitors from awareness to signup.
SEO From Day One
Server-rendered pages, semantic HTML, structured data, and automated sitemaps. You start indexing properly from launch day, not six months later.
Security Hardened by Default
No exposed admin panels, no plugin vulnerabilities, no SQL injection surface. Static-first architecture eliminates entire classes of attacks.
Analytics & Event Tracking
PostHog, Mixpanel, or GA4 wired into every meaningful interaction. You'll know exactly what's working before your next board meeting.
What We Build
Purpose-built features for your industry.
Server-side rendering, static generation, and API routes unified in Next.js
Your pages load in under 2 seconds with 95+ Lighthouse scores that convert paid traffic
Component library built with TailwindCSS that your team extends independently
Your team updates landing page copy and publishes A/B tests without developer tickets
Stripe checkout, subscription billing, and customer portal integrated from launch
Your checkout flow processes subscriptions and invoices without third-party billing hacks
Custom forms with webhook sync, validation logic, and CRM automation
Your waitlist captures leads with validation and CRM sync instead of broken spreadsheet exports
MDX-powered blog with RSS feeds, Open Graph images, and SEO metadata
Your blog ranks for long-tail keywords and generates qualified inbound leads organically
Investor-facing pages with team bios, press mentions, and milestone timelines
Your /about page tells a fundable story with clarity VCs expect and competitors can't copy
Built on a Modern, Secure Stack
Our Development Process
From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.
Strategy & Scope
Week 1We map your positioning, target audience, and conversion goals. You'll walk away with a sitemap, wireframes, and a fixed quote.
Design Sprint
Week 2High-fidelity designs in Figma for every unique page template. Two rounds of revision. No surprises.
Build & Integrate
Weeks 2-3We develop in Next.js, connect your CMS, wire analytics, and integrate your third-party tools. You get a staging URL to click through every day.
QA & Performance Audit
Week 4Cross-browser testing, accessibility review, Lighthouse optimization, and load testing. Nothing ships under a 95 score.
Launch & Handoff
Week 4DNS cutover, production deploy on Vercel, documentation, and a 30-minute walkthrough with your team. Plus 30 days of post-launch support.
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