The 12-week MVP plan

Weeks 1–2: discovery, wireframes, architecture. Weeks 3–9: build core flows, auth, payments, dashboard. Weeks 10–11: QA, security review, performance. Week 12: launch + analytics instrumentation.

Recommended modern stack

Frontend: React + TanStack Start or Next.js, Tailwind. Backend: Node/TypeScript or Go. DB: Postgres + Redis. Hosting: Cloudflare or AWS. Auth: Supabase or Auth.js. Payments: Razorpay (India) + Stripe (global).

Team you actually need

1 product designer, 1 senior full-stack, 1 mid full-stack, 0.5 QA, 0.25 DevOps, 0.25 PM. Total burn for a 12-week MVP in Pune: ₹14–22 lakh including infra.