Your dev agency could be paying you more now, so it’s worth more later.
We fix how your work is priced, sold and run, then build a business that’s worth more and depends less on you. Start with the 3-minute diagnostic to see where you stand.
Or go straight to the one that fits you
A normal week at $3M.
The overnight bug
A critical ticket landed at 2 AM. You fix it yourself because it’s faster than explaining it. Nobody bills those 90 minutes, and nobody else learns the fix.
The “small tweak”
The client wants one change to the payment flow. It’s really a database migration. You say yes to avoid the awkward conversation.
The free architecture
Your rep can’t answer the integration questions, so you join the call and design the whole solution. Then the prospect asks for your hourly rate.
The budget check
The flagship project was budgeted at 1,500 hours. It’s at 1,800. Somewhere along the way, you started paying the client to work with you.
Then there’s the vacation you could take, if you didn’t mind spending two weeks afterward unwinding the decisions your team parked for you. Your team is good and so is the work. Revenue simply grew faster than the systems underneath it.
Same talent. Very different margins.
Average net margin for development agencies
Average net margin for agencies that narrowed their service mix
Of projects experience scope creep
On a $3M agency, the gap between an 11% and a 30% net margin is worth $570,000 a year. Your diagnostic shows what’s shaping yours.
Sources: Promethean Research, 2026 State of Digital Services Report (119 agency leaders surveyed). PMI, Pulse of the Profession (2018).
Your team got faster. Is your margin showing it?
In a controlled experiment, developers using an AI assistant finished a coding task 55% faster. Bill by the hour and that speed comes straight out of your revenue. Price the outcome and the same speed becomes margin.
Source: GitHub research (2022).
The business you meant to build.
You know your number
True cost per developer hour and margin on every project, live. You see a problem while you can still fix it.
Scope holds without you
Change requests get priced by a process your PM runs. You stop being the one who has to say no.
You can step away
Your leads make the calls they’re equipped to make. Take a week off and come back to progress instead of a queue.
Three ways in. All of them start with the Diagnostic.
Your Diagnostic results decide which fits, not a sales pitch. If you don’t need us, we’ll say so.
MVG Console
The software under both engagements. Live margin and cost visibility for agencies that want the numbers on their own.
- Margin by project, client and sprint
- True loaded cost per developer
- Client portfolio tiers
- Connects to Harvest, Toggl and Clockify
The Refactor
FLAGSHIPFor founders whose revenue has outgrown their systems. Keep more of what you already earn.
- Your real cost per developer hour
- Change orders that fire without you
- A team that decides without escalating
- Positioning that earns a premium
The Ascent
For agencies with healthy margins that want a business someone would buy.
- Exit Readiness Score across seven pillars
- A data room that stays ready
- Less key-person risk
- IP and contracts organized for your attorney
Ben leads every engagement personally, so only a few run each quarter.
“Ben built the automated client acquisition systems that were instrumental in taking my financial education company from zero to $10 million in fifteen months, including the white label build on my Saxo Bank platform licence. His hands-on expertise across business systemisation, e-commerce, cryptocurrency and cloud systems sets him apart. He understands how a business actually makes its money and what systems are required to maximise that potential. I recommend Ben with confidence.”
Nik engaged Ben to build these systems for his own company before MV&G Systems existed. His results reflect his business and are not typical of any engagement.
Ben Waldeck
Ben built and scaled tech service businesses before he practiced law. He advises founders as someone who has run a business, not only papered one.
He’s admitted to practice law in Queensland, Australia, and that training shapes how he builds systems. MV&G Systems doesn’t provide legal advice. Anything that needs a lawyer goes to your own US attorney, with a brief we write for them.
Start with the numbers.
The 3-Min Diagnostic
Benchmark your agency against 2026 industry margin data across Financial Architecture, Revenue Leakage and Industry Alignment to isolate what is capping your take-home pay and valuation.
The Debrief
A free 45-minute working session with Ben on your scores. Yours to keep whether or not we work together.
The 30-Day Refactor
The Refactor, The Ascent, the Console on its own or nothing at all. We’ll tell you which.
The 90-Day Ascent
If it’s a fit, you’ll be invited to start, with access to the MVG Console from day one.
Where does your agency really stand?
Take the Diagnostic. About 3 minutes, free and the results are yours.