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Startup Founder's Guide
Ship Like a $50k Team

MVPs that impress investors. Professional design in hours, not weeks. $0 designer cost. Your unfair advantage from Day 1.

Who This Guide Is For

🚀First-time Founder building your MVP
💰Pre-seed / Seed Founder preparing demos
🏗️Serial Entrepreneur launching ventures
🎯Solo Technical Founder coding alone

⚡ MVP Design in Hours

Approach Time Cost
Traditional 4 weeks $5K-$15K
UX Master 4 hours $0
# Hour 1: Extract from best-in-class reference
python scripts/wizard.py --url https://linear.app --name "Inspiration"

# Hour 2: Customize brand colors
# Hour 3: Generate component library
python scripts/component_generator.py --input output/Inspiration/design-system.json --all

# Hour 4: Build with production-ready components

💎 Investor-Ready UI Polish

What investors see: Inconsistent UI → "sloppy". Polished design → "this team is serious."

Quick Polish Checklist


📈 Scaling as You Grow

Pre-Seed

Extract → Customize → Ship. Focus on building, not designing.

Seed

Generate DESIGN.md for new hires. Consistent from day one.

Series A

Export to Figma for design team. Shared source of truth.

Scale

Monthly audits prevent drift. Enterprise-grade consistency.


🏆 Case Studies

"Investor said: 'The product looks incredibly polished for a solo founder.' Raised $2M pre-seed."
"Complete visual pivot in 48 hours. New landing page converted at 28% (vs 8% before)."
"#4 Product of the Day on Product Hunt. 'Beautiful UI' mentioned in 12 reviews."

Ready to ship like a $50k team?

Extract a design system, generate components, and start building your MVP today.