Questions before you build.
Short answers. If you want hours-only or pitch-deck guarantees, we are not it. If you care about taking an idea all the way to market (customers, numbers, sleep), start with the long answers.
Before we start
I have an idea but I'm not technical: is that a problem?
No. You bring the idea and you know your market, how it's built inside is on us. We explain our choices in plain words, and in the end you decide.
How much does it cost?
It depends on what there is to do, and we tell you before we start with a written proposal, price and timeline included. You know what you'll spend before you spend it, no hourly billing that never ends.
How long before I see something?
Weeks, not months of meetings. ADSuite went from idea to online in less than a month, Cosmico had its new onboarding in three months.
And if my idea doesn't convince you?
We tell you straight away, and it doesn't cost you a cent. Better a no now than six months of work on something we don't believe in.
While we build it
How do we work together during the project?
You have one person who answers, a version to try with your own hands every few weeks, and we make decisions together. No lectures: you see things done.
Can I change my mind halfway?
Yes, it always happens. We tell you what the change costs and how long it takes, and you decide whether to do it now or later.
An app for the phone, the computer or the browser?
Whatever the people using it need: native apps for iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows, or web apps, on phone, tablet or computer. ADSuite lives on installers' phones, CoverCraft on the computers of people who make music.
Do you disappear after the launch?
No, we stay. We watch what people do with it, keep what works and cut the rest, one version at a time.
The long answers
All articles →- Validating an idea is not enough: if data and live do not hold, you just wasted time
- Your MVP validates nothing (and often is not even in production)
- AI lets you build sooner: it does not tell you if anyone pays
- “Everyone can use it” means you still do not know who you are building for
- AI does not help you sleep better: every extra layer you pay for in production
Artificial intelligence
Do you put artificial intelligence into products?
Yes, when it really helps the people using them and not just to say it in a deck. We work with Claude, OpenAI and Jev, and pick the right model for the job. In Soource the AI reads and sorts supplier replies on its own.
Isn't artificial intelligence too expensive?
It is if you use it at random. We keep it under control from day one: in Soource we built a system specifically to get the best result while spending as little as possible.
Wouldn't it be quicker to build it myself with AI?
To test an idea, maybe. For a product people use every day you need someone who knows what's underneath: people often call us right after, to get back on its feet what was born in a hurry.
Brand and direction
Do you do the brand too?
Yes: name, logo and symbol, colours, voice, brandbook, site and materials. And we have over 50 ready startup domains, short and easy to remember, ready to become yours.
I already have a brand: does it make sense to redo it?
If it no longer tells what you are, yes. ADevolution was selling services and already had a system in its hands: after the rebrand it closes 70% of its contracts.
What does direction mean, in practice?
Deciding who you talk to, what you tell, how you get to market and what you throw away. It starts from mission, vision and values, which are often already there and just need to be pulled out and written clearly.
Do you also do social media and ads?
No, there are already a thousand agencies for that. We decide with you what to say and to whom, so whoever runs your social media knows exactly what to do.
Who you're working with
Who's behind Snowinch?
Manuel Tardivo and Eneo Meci, from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Manuel has been building digital products for more than ten years, from Notarify to Soource to Cosmico.
How many projects do you take at once?
A few, because when we take one we dive in with our heads, our nights and everything else. With twenty clients you can't do that.
Do you only work with Italy?
We work mostly with Italian founders, but also in Spain and the Canary Islands, in Italian, English and Spanish.
Is the product mine?
Yes. Once you've paid for it, what we built specifically for you is yours: the app, the design, the brand.
Tell us the idea everyone tells you to drop.
A couple of lines on what you have in mind and what budget you have. If it keeps us up at night we talk, if not we tell you straight away, no beating around the bush.