MVP for a new product
Accounts, payments-ready structure, an admin panel and the core feature that proves your idea, shipped in sprints you can review.
PretendMind LLC · Web apps and MVPs
Your first version in weeks, not months
We design and build web apps, internal tools and MVPs with modern, mainstream technology, using AI to move faster and people to keep the quality. You see working software every week. Quoted and invoiced in US dollars by PretendMind LLC.
Built and run first for our own group of businesses
See it working
An example of the kind of exchange you get once we hand it over. Your version runs on your own data, in your own accounts.
AI
Your weekly demo · sprint 2
online
- Sprint 2 is live on your preview link: sign up, bookings and the admin calendar.
- Can staff see only their own bookings?
- Yes. Roles are in: owner sees all, staff see their own. Tests added for both.
- Great. Payments next sprint?
Example conversation
Sound familiar?
- You have an idea or an internal process that needs software, but a full in-house team is too slow and too expensive.
- Your team runs on spreadsheets and copy-paste that no longer scale.
- A previous developer left you with code nobody understands.
- You need a working product to show customers or investors soon.
Exactly what you get
The handover checklist for a typical project. Your written quote lists the same items for your scope.
- 1A written scope, screen designs and a fixed quote from the discovery week
- 2The working app deployed on your own hosting, with your domain
- 3The full source code in your own Git repository, with automated tests
- 4An admin panel for your team, with roles and permissions
- 5A weekly demo link so you see real progress, not slides
- 6Technical notes: how to run, deploy and change it, written for the next developer
- 730 days of bug fixes after launch, included
What we build for you
Internal tools and portals
Dashboards, client portals, booking and order systems that replace spreadsheets and connect to the tools you already use.
AI features in your product
Search, summaries, document generation, voice input or chat built into your app, with sensible limits on cost and data.
Rescue and improvement
We read the existing code, write down what we find, and fix, test and modernise it step by step.
Your timeline
- Step 1 · Week 1
Discovery: scope, screens, data model, fixed quote
- Step 2 · Weeks 2 to 3
Core features, first demo you can click
- Step 3 · Weeks 4 and after
Weekly sprints, a demo at the end of each
- Step 4 · Launch
Deploy to your hosting, handover of code and notes, 30 days of fixes
Proof from our own stack
We built it for ourselves first
These are systems our team built and runs every day for our own group of businesses. We do not show client work without written permission.
Case study 1
This website and marketplace
pretendmind.com: a live multi-vendor marketplace with accounts, orders, messaging, an admin panel, two languages and automated tests, on Next.js 16, Postgres and Vercel.
Case study 2
A learning platform
Our sister company's course platform: video lessons, enrolment, payments, certificates and an admin panel, on the same modern stack.
Case study 3
AI tools inside our products
Voice-to-brief, AI proposal and ebook generation, and automatic translation of briefs and chats, running in production on our own servers.
Typical budgets
Indicative ranges in US dollars to help you plan. Your written quote is the price, and nothing is owed until you accept it.
Discovery and plan
From US$490
We map the scope with you and deliver a written plan, screens and a fixed quote for the build. Credited to the build if you go ahead.
Usually 1 week
Request a quoteMost chosen scope
Internal tool
US$2,500 to US$6,000
A focused tool for your team: data, roles, forms, reports and the integrations you need.
Usually 2 to 5 weeks
Request a quoteMVP
US$5,000 to US$15,000
A first public version of a product, built in weekly sprints with a demo at the end of each.
Usually 4 to 10 weeks
Request a quoteJobs under US$500 are paid in full before work starts. Larger projects are paid 50% when you accept the quote and 50% before the final files are delivered. How pricing works
Tools we use
- Next.js and React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL / Supabase
- Prisma
- Vercel and Linux VPS hosting
- Automated tests and CI
Tool names belong to their owners and are listed only to describe how we work.
How a project works
- 1Tell us what you need
Send a short brief through the contact form or by email: what the work is for, what you already have, and when you need it.
- 2Get a fixed quote in US dollars
Within 2 business days we reply with a written quote: scope, deliverables, delivery date, revisions and the total in USD. Nothing is owed until you accept it.
- 3Accept and receive an invoice
PretendMind LLC issues an invoice in USD for the amount in the quote. Jobs under US$500 are paid in full before work starts. Larger projects are paid 50% when you accept the quote and 50% before the final files are delivered.
- 4We make it, you review it
Our production team in Dhaka does the work, with AI tools and a person checking every stage. You review drafts and ask for the revisions the quote includes.
- 5Delivery and handover
You receive the final files or access to what we set up. The intellectual property in the work made for you passes to you once the invoice is paid in full.
Questions
Who owns the code?
You do. The code lives in your repository, and the intellectual property passes to you once the invoice is paid in full.
How do we stay in control of the project?
Work is split into weekly sprints. At the end of each you see a working demo and decide what comes next. Scope changes are quoted before they are built.
How do you use AI in development?
Our engineers use AI coding tools to write, test and review code faster. A person designs the system, reviews every change and is responsible for what ships.
Can you work in our time zone?
Our team is in Dhaka (GMT+6). We overlap with European mornings and US evenings, reply within one business day, and schedule calls at a time that suits you.
Tell us what you need
Send a short brief. Within 2 business days you get a written quote in US dollars, with scope, delivery date and revisions.
Who you are dealing with
PretendMind LLC is a New Mexico, USA company that delivers AI production and automation work for businesses outside Bangladesh: AI agents, chatbots and workflow automation; web apps and MVPs built with AI-assisted engineering; AI video, motion graphics and voice-over; and Founder's Orchestra, a done-for-you AI operating setup a founder runs from WhatsApp, quoted and invoiced in US dollars. The production team works from Dhaka through our affiliate PretendMind Ltd., which also runs the Bengali marketplace on this site in Bangladeshi taka.
- PretendMind LLC
- Registered office: 1209 Mountain Road Pl NE, Ste R, Albuquerque, NM 87110, USA
- Operations: Dhaka, Bangladesh, through our affiliate PretendMind Ltd.
- hello@pretendmind.com
- +1 (302) 520-5838