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UrbanTechDC

You're paying for software you barely use. We rebuild the part you need so you can stop paying for the rest.

Less software. More mission.

Mission-driven organizations in the DC area are spending tens of thousands a year on platforms to access a small slice of functionality that matters. We build that slice. You cancel the contract. We split what you save.

The Problem

Sound familiar?

You bought a donor management platform, or a case tracking system, or some other enterprise tool, because five years ago it looked like the right answer. Today your team uses ten to twenty percent of what you're paying for, and the renewal still goes up every year.

The features you actually depend on are narrow and specific. Donor records. A few reports your board sees every quarter. The annual giving workflow. Everything else is overhead you'd cancel tomorrow if you could.

"It's not just expensive. We're paying full price for capability our team never touches."

You've thought about switching. The numbers never quite work because the migration is terrifying and the new tool has the same problem in three years. Meanwhile your program staff didn't take this job to feed software. Every hour they spend in the CRM is an hour the mission doesn't get.

The Approach

Three steps. A few weeks. One contract cancelled.

1

Discovery

Before any long-term partnership, we run a paid discovery for a fixed fee which includes working sessions, a workflow audit, and a proof of concept web application. We sit with your team and map the ten to twenty percent of your current platform that actually serves the mission. The rest is overhead we plan to cancel.

2

Build the replacement

We rebuild that slice as a purpose-built application, usually in a few weeks. We host it, maintain it, and support your team. You never see a server or a renewal notice.

3

Cancel the contract

You cancel the legacy contract. We split the annual savings on a declining curve. Your costs reach a low maintenance floor and stay there.

What's Next

Beyond the legacy tool

Once your team sees what's possible, you'll think of workflows you've never had before. Member portals. Program tracking. Donor journeys. Things your current platform can't do, or can do badly.

We build those too, priced separately. Before we scope a new workflow, we ask you to find the closest commercial tool that does what you want. If that tool costs between $25,000 and $200,000 a year, the value is established and we can build a one-time replacement for a fraction of that. If the closest tool costs $5,000 a year, we are probably not the right vendor for the job. We will tell you so and point you elsewhere.

Net-new workflows enter the same declining-cost curve once delivered.

Pricing

We charge a declining percentage of what you save.

No build fee. No hourly billing. No recurring license. We charge a fixed fee for discovery, then a declining percentage of savings for the build and ongoing system.

Before any long-term partnership, we run a paid discovery for a fixed fee which includes working sessions, a workflow audit, and a proof of concept web application.

If you're paying $2,500 a month for a legacy platform, year one with us is $1,250 a month. Year two is $625. Year three is $312. After that, you pay a maintenance floor of around $250 a month, forever, for hosting, security patching, support, and the occasional small fix.

Over five years, a customer paying $30,000 a year for a legacy tool recovers roughly $130,000 and pays us roughly $32,000. After that, they pay a low floor and we keep their software running.

For your board

The questions we expect from a careful reader.

A board member doing due diligence on a vendor that touches donor data is asking a specific set of questions. Here are the answers, in writing, before the call.

Who builds it

UrbanTechDC is led by Matt Webster, a DC-based technology executive with two decades of experience building and operating software for federal and commercial clients. The firm is registered in the District of Columbia and is in the process of CBE (Certified Business Enterprise) certification.

You can verify the principal's professional background through public sources before the first call. We expect this and welcome it.

Where data lives

Applications run on secure cloud servers in US-region data centers, with data encrypted in transit and at rest. Backups are automated and geographically separated. Access to your production data is logged and limited to named principals.

You receive a written data handling summary before any system goes live. A standard mutual NDA covers the scoping conversation.

If the firm is unavailable

The risk a board cares about is continuity. What happens to your software, your data, and your operations if UrbanTechDC ceases to operate, for any reason.

  • If the firm dissolves, the application source code is transferred to your team or your designated successor without additional fee.
  • Your data is exportable in standard formats at any time, on request, with no notice required.
  • Hosting configuration and operational documentation transfer with the code, so a successor vendor or in-house developer can take over the running system.

These commitments are in the contract. We are happy to send the relevant clauses before any commercial conversation.

If you choose to leave

The continuity commitment above covers the case where we go away. This section covers the reverse: you decide UrbanTechDC isn't the right fit anymore.

You receive a complete data export in standard formats. Migration to a successor system is your responsibility. There is no termination fee and no minimum term beyond the current month.

The two commitments differ by design: a forced exit deserves more support than a chosen one.

Is this you?

This is you if:

  • ✓ You're paying $25,000 or more a year for an enterprise platform, or a stack of tools that totals to that floor.
  • ✓ You're willing to start with a paid discovery before the long-term partnership begins.
  • ✓ Your team can name the specific workflows that actually matter to your mission.
  • ✓ You're willing to cancel a vendor contract once a replacement is working.
  • ✓ You'd rather pay for outcomes than for software seats.
  • ✓ You treat your team as your most expensive resource and want their time back.

This isn't you if:

  • — You need the full breadth of your current platform.
  • — You're shopping based on a feature checklist.
  • — You want the cheapest possible build.
  • — You're not in a position to cancel an existing contract.
  • — You need someone embedded in your team as ongoing fractional engineering.

What we don't do

We don't do staff augmentation. We don't do fractional CTO retainers. We don't do hourly consulting. We build, we host, we maintain, and we expand by project. If you need someone embedded in your team, we're the wrong fit, and we'll tell you so on the first call.

Get Started

If you can name the two workflows that matter most, send them over.

We'll come back with a number for what you could save and a short list of clarifying questions. Most replies arrive within two business days.

Optional, but it helps us prepare for the call.

A sentence is fine. We don't need budget figures or platform names yet.