The 48-hour quote: how we scope a project without a single call

What we need from you

Three things:

• What are you building? (One paragraph is fine.)
• Who uses it? (Even rougher.)
• What's your rough budget range?

That's it. No tech stack debates. No feature matrix. No 14-page RFP.

What happens on our end

We read your brief. We spend two to three hours as a team pulling it apart — what's load-bearing, what's fluff, what's the riskiest assumption. Then we draft three scopes at three price points.

By hour 48, you have:

• A written project brief, in our words (so you know we understood)
• Three scope options with fixed prices
• A proposed 4–8 week timeline
• Our honest opinion on what to cut

No call required. No sales pitch. If you like it, we schedule a kickoff. If not, you've got a solid brief you can shop around.

Why we do it this way

Sales calls are a tax on founders. You've already had fifteen. You know what you want — you just need someone to quote it, ship it, and not waste your time.

Writing a real brief is work. Reading one carefully is work. But it's honest work, done once, instead of the theatre of 'discovery' strung out over two weeks.

We've done this 60+ times. Our close rate on written quotes is higher than when we were doing calls. Turns out when you respect founders' time, they notice.