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The 25-Point Startup App Development Checklist
The exact playbook Ubikon uses to help founders ship their MVP in 12 weeks — without burning runway on the wrong tech stack.
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- Run 5 customer discovery interviews (scripted questions)
- Build a landing page with a waitlist form
- Validate willingness to pay with a pre-order
- Benchmark against 3 competitors (features, pricing, UX)
- Write a one-page product memo for team alignment
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Five phases, 25 steps. Every item is field-tested with real startups we've worked with.
1Phase 1 — Validate the Idea
- Run 5 customer discovery interviews (scripted questions)
- Build a landing page with a waitlist form
- Validate willingness to pay with a pre-order
- Benchmark against 3 competitors (features, pricing, UX)
- Write a one-page product memo for team alignment
2Phase 2 — Design the MVP
- Define the 3 core user journeys (no more)
- Cut every feature that is not P0 for launch
- Create clickable Figma prototype
- Test the prototype with 5 real users
- Lock final feature scope in writing
3Phase 3 — Build (Weeks 1–10)
- Choose tech stack optimized for iteration speed
- Set up CI/CD and staging from day 1
- Integrate analytics and error tracking immediately
- Ship every Friday to staging, every 2 weeks to prod
- Weekly demos with the founder to catch drift
4Phase 4 — Launch
- Beta test with 20 real users for 7 days
- Fix top 10 issues before public launch
- Prepare launch assets: Product Hunt, press, social
- Set up 5 KPIs to track from day 1
- Monitor on-call for first 72 hours post-launch
5Phase 5 — Post-Launch Growth
- Run retention analysis within 30 days
- Establish a 2-week release cadence
- Build a product feedback loop (NPS + interviews)
- Set up paid acquisition experiments ($500 budget)
- Plan the next milestone: seed round or revenue target
“We followed this checklist phase by phase and shipped our MVP in 11 weeks — on budget. The validation step alone saved us from building the wrong feature set.”
Priya Sharma — Founder, LoopDeck
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