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We build things that work.

BUILD+SHIP exists because we kept seeing the same pattern: teams that know technology matters but don't know where to start, what to build first, or how to make it stick.

Mark Darling, founder of BUILD+SHIP
Mark DarlingFounder, BUILD+SHIP
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20 years building technology teams and products. The last two, deep in agentic development, rethinking how fast a small team can ship.

Most recently Head of Mobile Engineering at Gymshark, leading the team that built the app used by millions. Before that, two decades hands-on across development, architecture, engineering leadership, and product at scale, including roles at Next, McCann, and Zonal.

The pattern was always the same. Smart people, real budget, and months of process before anything reached a customer. The building was never the problem. Everything around it was.

BUILD+SHIP is the answer to that. I partner with founder teams to build and ship real products. Fast. The 2-week sprint model exists because that's how long it actually takes to go from "we have an idea" to "here it is, working" when you cut out the noise.

+How we work

Principles, not process.

Ship over slideWe don't write strategy decks. We build working systems. If it doesn't ship, it didn't happen.
Partner, not vendorWe're not here for a transaction. The sprint is the start of a relationship. We care about what happens after handoff.
Clarity over complexitySimple systems that work beat complex systems that might. We cut scope ruthlessly and build what matters.
AI-native by defaultWe use AI in everything we build and how we build it. Not as a buzzword. As a genuine multiplier on what a small team can ship.
+The name

BUILD+SHIP

The name is the philosophy. Build something real. Ship it to production. Everything else is noise.

The + is the connection. Two things coming together to make something better. That's how we think about every engagement. Your knowledge of your business, combined with our ability to build and ship.

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