What happens in the first week of a build
From signed quote to first demo: a day-by-day look at week one.
Founders often ask what they'll actually see in the first week of a build. Here's how week one runs on a typical web app.
Monday: kickoff
A 45-minute call with your delivery lead, designer and engineers. We walk through the plan, confirm the first milestone and open a shared Slack channel. Your GitHub organization, cloud account and Figma team are connected or created in your name.
Tuesday to Thursday: flows and screens
The designer turns the scope into user flows and the first screens. The engineers set up the project, the database and deployment, so there's a working link to check early in the week.
Every evening: a written update
What shipped, what's next and anything we need from you, in a few lines. No status meetings needed.
Friday: the first demo
A recorded walkthrough of the clickable prototype and the working setup. You approve the designs, and only then is the first milestone invoiced.
Open the sample documents every client gets.
The Idea Lab turns a two-sentence idea into a build plan: why it could work, what to get right first, the first version worth building and its price. Two minutes, from our published rates.