Agencies offering free MVP builds struggle to establish credibility with early customers
Early-stage development agencies face a chicken-and-egg problem: no portfolio means no clients, but no clients means no portfolio. Offering free MVPs is one acquisition strategy but creates its own sustainability questions. This is a marketing/positioning challenge, not a user pain point.
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