From the idea to a functioning event app in just 6 weeks - Pulsify & IT Titans
Most good ideas aren’t born in the conference room, but somewhere between coffee, enthusiasm and a dose of “Why doesn’t this exist yet?”.
That’s exactly how it felt when a LinkedIn contact reached us in August 2025: CEO Roman Indra and his CTO Michael had a vision that smelled like a startup, like energy – and like a lot of potential.
The basic idea?
Pulsify – an app that rethinks the event market.
Instead of endless lists and FOMO scrolling, Pulsify actively shows you events in your area. You can immediately see where something is going on, which friends are going – and can suddenly turn a gray Wednesday into a really nice evening.
Financial support from Austria? Check.
Ambitious team? Check.
Time pressure? Of course – as befits a real start-up.
And we were allowed to help.
Initial situation
When Roman and Michael approached us, they were at one of the most exciting points in product development:
The idea was crystal clear – “only” the architecture, infrastructure, backend, app and everything else around it were still missing.
Pulsify should:
Display events automatically and based on location
Social features such as “Who of my friends is going?” offer
Enabling an intuitive user experience
Run on a cloud infrastructure that scales before success sets in
Quickly deliver an MVP that convinces stakeholders, investors and early adopters
The challenge was not so much the what, but the how quickly and how cleanly.
Implementation
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Phase 1: From zero to architecture - in 48 hours
The first two days consisted of intensive workshops, whiteboards, architectural sketches and the famous question:
“How do we build it so that it not only works, but also doesn’t explode later?”
The result: a clear, scalable architecture plan – including cloud setup, backend structure, auth flow, API design, deployment pipeline and data models.
The technical foundation stone was laid. Time for the actual building work.
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Cloud, backend, login - live after 14 days
After just two weeks, we not only had an environment that could be called a “cloud” – it was also stable and close to production. Already implemented:
Backend with all basic functions
Secure authentication & login
CI/CD pipelines
First API endpoints
Monitoring & logging (so that later nights remain more relaxed)
Foundations for event and social features
Meanwhile, Pulsify evolved from “exciting idea” to “it feels really real”.
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Phase 3: The MVP - completed after 6 weeks
Startups rarely have time to waste – and in this case, we didn’t have to.
After six weeks, it was there: Pulsify’s first working MVP, developed in close collaboration with Roman, Michael and their think-big mindset.
The MVP contained:
Live view of events in the area
Friends features (Who is going where?)
Basic push logic
The first complete backend
App flow with intuitive UI
Stable cloud infrastructure including deployments, security and scaling
Everything you need to collect feedback from real users
Everything from a single source. Everything made by IT Titans.
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Result
The collaboration led to an impressive sprint from idea to market launch:
Architecture + infrastructure in 2 days
Cloud + backend + login live after 2 weeks
Fully implemented MVP after just 6 weeks
A decisive competitive advantage for a funded startup:
The MVP was presented to investors, early user feedback was obtained and the product vision was fleshed out – long before many other startups even set up their first repository.
And best of all:
Roman and Michael always had full transparency, clear roadmaps and a technical basis that not only works for now, but is ready for growth, scaling and new features.
Conclusion
Sometimes it doesn’t take years of planning, but the right team, clear decisions and a turbo that pushes from day one.
Pulsify shows how quickly a strong idea can become reality – when architecture, implementation and communication work hand in hand.
And the best thing about it:
We were allowed to accompany part of this journey.
From the first LinkedIn chat to the “Wow, that really looks like an app” in just six weeks.
If that’s not a good start.