About Build Me App

Founded in Toronto.
Built to Stay Small.

A founder-led product studio, not a 200-person agency. Here's who's actually on the call, how we're structured, and what committing to a build with us really means.

Not an Agency.
A Studio.
Why we built it this way

Build Me App started in 2023 because Imran kept seeing the same pattern: founders hire an agency, get passed to a junior team they've never met, and spend months chasing updates instead of shipping product. We built the studio we wished existed: a dedicated team you meet before we start, limited active projects, and the founder on every strategic call.

We deliberately stay small. Not because we can't grow, but because scale changes how you work. Every client gets a dedicated team, a fixed scope, and direct access to leadership. No account managers buffering the conversation. No surprise hand-offs mid-build.

What that means for you
Imran on every discovery call Capped roster, we say no at capacity One dedicated team, start to finish Full IP ownership on handover
"We limit how many builds we take on, so the ones we do get our full attention."
Imran Salahuddin, Founder & CEO of Build Me App
Leadership
Imran Salahuddin
Founder & CEO · Toronto, Canada LinkedIn

Imran leads every engagement at Build Me App: scoping, strategy, client communication, and escalation. If something needs a decision, it goes through him.

Before founding Build Me App in 2023, he spent years building products for founders and operators who needed a team they could actually trust to deliver. That experience shaped how the studio runs today: limited active projects, direct access, and personal accountability when things get hard.

Role
Founder & CEO, leads every engagement personally
Based in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Studio founded
Build Me App Inc., 2023
On every
Discovery call, strategy session & weekly check-in
How we work

One Delivery Model, Every Engagement.

Build Me App runs on a single operating model on every project. Product strategy and client management are based in Toronto and work in your timezone; engineering is a dedicated in-house team based in Pakistan that works in the Eastern timezone.

01

Toronto strategy, product & client management

Scoping, product direction, and all client communication are led from our Toronto headquarters, in your timezone.

02

A named escalation contact

Imran Salahuddin, our founder, is your direct contact and escalation point during Toronto business hours — not a ticket queue.

03

A dedicated engineering team in Pakistan

Your product is built by a dedicated in-house team based in Pakistan that works only on your project. You meet them by name and review their LinkedIn profiles before you sign.

04

Full workday overlap

Our Pakistan engineering team works Eastern hours, so you collaborate in real time through the day — no overnight lag, no waiting until tomorrow for answers.

05

Daily updates, weekly video check-ins

Progress is documented daily in a shared workspace — Slack, Notion, or your tool — with a live video check-in each week.

06

Independent QA

A dedicated QA engineer — not the developer who wrote the code — runs functional, regression, and device testing before any milestone is signed off.

07

Formal UAT before release

Every client-facing release goes through a formal user-acceptance testing phase where you validate the build before it goes live.

08

A limited number of concurrent projects

We cap active work to protect focus; your lead developer runs no more than two projects at once, and we tell you if we’re at capacity.

09

Juniors never own critical architecture

Your build is led by a senior or mid-senior developer with 3+ years of production experience. Juniors may support specific tasks but never own critical architecture or core features.

Ask every partner two questions

When you evaluate any development partner, ask whether the engineering is done in-house or subcontracted to another agency, and where the engineers actually sit. The answers tell you who is accountable for your code and how directly you can reach them. Ask us the same — the answers are above.

The Team

Dedicated Team. Every Engagement.

No hand-offs, no outsourcing. The people you meet on the first call are the ones who build your product.

100% IP yours on handover
1 team No hand-offs
0 agencies No subcontractors
12 Disciplines covered
What our team covers
Product Strategy UX & Design Frontend Engineering Backend Engineering iOS Development Android Development AI & Machine Learning QA & Testing DevOps & Infrastructure Digital Marketing SEO & Content Project Management
Our principles

Three Things We Never Compromise On.

These aren't aspirational values on a wall. They're the way we actually work, every project, every time.

01
Speed

We move fast without cutting corners. Deadlines are commitments, not targets. If we say 8 weeks, we mean 8 weeks.

"Slow delivery kills momentum. We treat your launch date like it's ours."
02
Craft

Every product we ship is something we're proud to put our name on. Design, code, and copy, all held to the same standard.

"We don't ship things we'd be embarrassed to show our own clients."
03
Ownership

We treat every product like it's ours, until it's yours. No blaming briefs, no hiding behind process. We own the outcome.

"If something goes wrong, we fix it. No invoices for the obvious stuff."
Working together

What an Engagement Actually Looks Like.

No vague process diagrams. This is the path from first conversation to a product in your hands, and what happens after.

Where we are

Canada & United States

One team, on both sides of the border. We operate from our Toronto studio, and US clients contract with and pay our US entity in Texas — a domestic agreement and domestic payment, with no international wires or cross-border contracts.

Ontario, Canada
Toronto

Our founding home and primary studio. Where most of our product strategy and client work is led from.

180 John St, Toronto, ON M5T 1X5, Canada
Texas, USA
Frisco

Our US entity is registered in Frisco, Texas, so American clients can sign and pay domestically instead of dealing with cross-border contracts or international wires. US correspondence reaches us here.

6136 Frisco Square Blvd Suite 400, Frisco, TX 75034

Think we'd work well together?

Tell us what you're building. We'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit, and if we're not, we'll say so.