Product & Growth Team for Founders

    You have the idea. We build the software and grow it.

    Engineers, operators, marketers.

    One team for software development and go-to-market, owning your idea like their own, from MVP to your first million users. Built for non-technical and technical founders alike.

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    Trusted by entrepreneurs & executives from

    Google
    Apple
    Microsoft
    Amazon
    X
    Sequoia
    Techstars
    Capital One
    MIT
    Stanford
    Google
    Apple
    Microsoft
    Amazon
    X
    Sequoia
    Techstars
    Capital One
    MIT
    Stanford

    Why it matters

    Most ideas don't fail for lack of ambition.They fail for lack of execution.

    Turning an idea into a business takes a rare kind of team: people who have shipped before, who make the early architecture and positioning calls correctly, and who treat the outcome as their own.

    That's what Better is. Founders, engineers, and operators who start with a blank page and stay through scale, so the decisions made early still hold when it matters most.

    What we do

    We build the product
    and the demand for it.

    Custom software development and growth marketing, two disciplines in one team, running together from the start, so you reach the market with traction, not just a launch.

    Who We Work With

    Two kinds of leaders hire us

    Founders starting from zero

    You have an idea and domain expertise, but no technical co-founder

    You've been burned by an agency that delivered code you can't maintain

    You're unsure how to evaluate your first engineering hire

    You want engineering foundations that future engineers can inherit, not rewrite

    Technical leaders needing velocity

    Your roadmap is moving faster than your hiring pipeline

    You need operators who ship, not consultants who advise

    You don't have time to manage another vendor relationship

    You need reliable execution while building internal capacity

    The work

    Products with real users and real revenue

    A unicorn, multiple acquisitions, and companies still scaling. Each one started from zero.

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    Products built & shipped

    $0M+

    Cumulative revenue enabled

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    Engineers & operators

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    Acquisitions & a unicorn

    20 products built and shipped

    Unicorn
    Valon logo

    Valon

    Home mortgaging, now a unicorn

    Fintech
    5x Revenue
    Sunny Energy logo

    Sunny Energy

    5x revenue growth through custom software

    Clean Energy
    45+ Practices
    Apex Dental Partners logo

    Apex Dental Partners

    Dental network operations platform

    Healthcare
    SaaS
    7 Avenue Media logo

    7 Avenue Media

    Amazon compliance SaaS for brands

    E-commerce
    Sequoia-backed
    Nettle logo

    Nettle

    Autonomous data processing platform

    AI/ML
    Techstars
    Spynpay logo

    Spynpay

    Debt management, Techstars-backed

    Fintech
    Category Leader
    Academia logo

    Academia

    Explore and share research papers

    EdTech
    Profitable
    UTR8 logo

    UTR8

    Trading firm in Hong Kong

    Finance
    Profitable
    AllOptions logo

    AllOptions

    Netherlands-based trading firm

    Finance
    Acquired
    Nesh logo

    Nesh

    AI knowledge graph for enterprises

    AI/ML
    Acquired
    PastureMap logo

    PastureMap

    Ranch management for US ranchers

    AgriTech
    Rising Star
    Recco logo

    Recco

    Social recommendation platform

    Social
    Acquired
    Included logo

    Included

    Diversity & inclusion for enterprises

    Enterprise
    Profitable
    Caterspice logo

    Caterspice

    MVP for US-based catering chain

    F&B
    Rising Star
    Pinch logo

    Pinch

    Facility management software

    PropTech
    Rising Star
    Kizuna logo

    Kizuna

    Community visibility for caregivers

    Healthcare
    Picwipal logo

    Picwipal

    Social betting for sports events

    Gaming
    Uber-backed
    Ambee logo

    Ambee

    Uber for ambulance, funded by Uber

    Logistics
    Peer Street logo

    Peer Street

    Home mortgaging platform

    Fintech
    Woven Money logo

    Woven Money

    Credits for healthy spending

    Fintech

    In their words

    What the people we built for say

    Founders and technical leaders, on what it's like to build with us.

    1

    "The quality of work they deliver is very impressive and a step above their peers."

    Jonathan Hsu

    Jonathan Hsu

    CTO, Valon

    2

    "The items were delivered on top, and any issues that arose were quickly addressed."

    Tommy Kranwinkle

    Tommy Kranwinkle

    Co-Founder, Kizuna

    3

    "They have always been receptive to feedback, which is the most important thing for us."

    David Hanson

    David Hanson

    CIO, Apex Dental Partners

    4

    "Good pool of talent. Easy to work with. Their culture is in alignment with ours and their processes allow for easy onboarding."

    Siddhartha Gupta

    Siddhartha Gupta

    CEO, Nesh

    Founder-Led

    You work directly with the person responsible for outcomes

    We take on 5–7 engagements per division at any time. Not because we can't scale, but because the work requires focus, not volume.

    Founder involvement exists to prevent early architectural and hiring mistakes from compounding later. No account managers. No project coordinators relaying your priorities. When decisions need to happen, they happen in the room.

    Jai Jalan

    Jai Jalan

    Founder & CEO

    9 years building products at Microsoft, Google, and across venture-backed startups. IIT alumnus.

    Built platforms contributing to $100M+ cumulative revenue. Now leading a 40+ team of engineers and growth operators who think like founders, not vendors.

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    Next Step

    Discuss your product stage

    A working session with our founder to assess where you are, what decisions matter most right now, and whether we're the right team to reduce your execution risk. No pitch deck. No sales process.

    Schedule a working session

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    Work like a founder

    We hire people who take ownership of outcomes, not tasks. If you think across disciplines and want to build things that matter, we want to talk.

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