About

We exist so that "someday" becomes day one.

Startup From Scratch is a step-by-step app that takes people from "I've always wanted to start something" to their first real sale, ten minutes at a time.

The problem we set out to solve

Most people who want to start a business never do. Not because they lack the ideas, the talent or the drive, but because starting is made to feel complicated, expensive and risky. The advice out there is either a forty-hour course you never finish, or vague inspiration that leaves you with a notebook full of theory and no idea what to actually do on Monday morning.

We think that's backwards. Starting a business isn't one giant leap. It's a sequence of small, ordinary steps taken in the right order, and almost anyone can take them if someone shows them how.

How we're different

Startup From Scratch isn't a course to sit through. It's a path to follow. Open the app, read for ten minutes, do one real action, close it. Repeat. By the end you don't have a certificate. You have a validated idea, a properly set-up business, an offer you can sell, and your first customers.

Every lesson is short, plain-English and built around a single next step. No jargon, no filler, no videos you have to plan your day around. It's designed for real people with full-time jobs and limited evenings.

What we believe

The principles behind every lesson we write.

Momentum beats motivation

You don't need to feel ready. You need one small step you can take today. Do that enough times and a business appears.

Sell before you build

Prove someone will pay before you pour weekends into a product. Validation first, everything else second.

Clarity over completeness

A short lesson you finish beats an exhaustive course you abandon. We cut everything that isn't the next move.

Honest, not hype

No get-rich-quick promises, no fake urgency. Just the real steps, including the boring but essential ones.

Who it's for

  • The person who's wanted to start "one day" for years and is ready to make it this year.
  • Anyone with an idea but no clue what the actual first steps are.
  • Busy people with a full-time job who can only spare ten minutes a day.
  • Early founders who've started but keep stalling on the parts nobody explained.
Why I built this

I didn't learn how to start a business from a book. I did it.

In 2022 I left a comfortable job at a fast-growing tech company, and with two others started our own business from scratch. No customers, no playbook, just an idea and the will to make it work. A few years on it's an international company with a team spread across the UK, US, Europe and the Middle East.

Along the way I learned that starting isn't about being fearless or having the perfect idea. It's about knowing the right next step and taking it, day after day. Most people never start because no one ever shows them that sequence.

Startup From Scratch is the guide I wish I'd had: the exact steps, in the right order, small enough to fit around a full-time job.

Fergus MagennisFounder, Startup From Scratch

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