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Daniel R.

#1 Startup Partner - AI, Mobile App, Website, MVP Developer & Designer

🥇 Most developers will build exactly what you ask for—even if it's the wrong thing to build. I'll help you avoid that expensive mistake. I'm an entrepreneur first and a tech partner second. I've spent 15+ years learning what makes startups succeed. ⭐️ I've taken products from 0 to hundreds of thousands of users. I've been featured by the App Store, Cosmopolitan, Elite Daily, and E! News. ❤️‍🩹 I've been in your shoes. I've built startups, raised money, grown businesses, made expensive mistakes, failed, and exited ventures. I've learned what separates software that burns cash from software that actually grows a business. I'm not here to just build your software. I'm here to help you make the right decisions so your business has the best possible chance of succeeding. 🌎 I genuinely care about the founders I work with and treat their businesses like my own. I want to partner with passionate entrepreneurs building products that could change the world... or at least an industry! That's why I'm selective and only take on a handful of projects each year. How do we get to our first 100K users? We start by getting the first 100 right. 🧠 You bring the vision and knowledge of your industry. I'll help turn that into something people actually want to use. Together, we'll figure out what to build, what to cut, and what matters most. We'll validate the idea, prioritize the MVP, launch, measure real user behavior, and make smarter decisions based on the KPIs that actually matter. No wasting money on 100 unnecessary features. No building for months without knowing if anybody wants the product. Just a thoughtful, step-by-step approach to building something valuable, with a clear path to growth. Need a coder? Plenty here. Need a software partner who can take you from idea → strategy → build → launch → growth? That's where I'm different. ⚡ Speed and quality are my #1 priorities. That's why I'm not a one-man show. I own ScaleUp Software and have my own team of specialists. Instead of one freelancer trying to do everything, you get an experienced, coordinated development team, with me helping guide the bigger picture. We've built products across all types of industries and technologies, including: ✔ Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Chatbots, Automations, Voice Operators, AI Agents, and much more... ✔ iPhone & Android - Native or Hybrid - React Native, Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, Java ✔ Custom Web Apps- AngularJS, ReactJS, JavaScript, Python, NodeJS, PHP, Django, Laravel, Ruby on Rails ✔ 3rd Party Builders - Shopify, WordPress, Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce ✔ Google Chrome Plugins 🔐 I stand behind my team and our work. I'm so confident in the working relationship we provide that I offer a 100% money-back guarantee on my service fees if you're unsatisfied during the first 30 days, under terms we'll agree on before starting. 🎁 Here's something I'll do for you right now, completely FREE. Send me a message and tell me what you're building. I'll give you an honest audit of your idea, including what I would build first, what I'd cut, and any shortcuts or expensive mistakes I think you should know about. Whether we end up working together or not, I'm happy to share what I've learned. Shoot me a message—let's build something that shakes up this crazy world! 🤝⚡️🌎

🇺🇸Freehold, United States$49/hr100% JSS4.97 (59)Since Sep 2021
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$11k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#1,043 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#503 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$5.4k

Last 6 months: $65k

World#4,880 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,647 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$399k

Billed in all: $403k

World#4,454 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,358 / 62.1k
Per project
$3.3k

$2.5k in the last 6 months

World#51,592 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,656 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
26

Across 28 contracts

89% fixed11% hourly
World#3,755 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#663 / 62.1k
Projects in all
122

Across 141 contracts

81% fixed19% hourly
World#21,214 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,444 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$403k+$5.4k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$395k$400k$405kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Dotted: longer than usual between two readings.

Skill rankings: #1 in 2 skills of 15

Rarest: top 0.38% in Web & Mobile Design Consultation, of 784. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

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  6. #17Mobile App3,535 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #8Top 0.48%
  7. #21iOS3,908 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #8Top 0.54%
  8. #26Android4,975 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #9Top 0.52%