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Set the Tone for 2025: Grace, Humility, and Building Something That Lasts

Christie Pronto
January 3, 2025

Set the Tone for 2025: Grace, Humility, and Building Something That Lasts

We’re barreling into 2025, and let’s be real: it’s easy to get caught up in the noise. 

New year, new targets. 

Revenue goals, client acquisition, marketing KPIs. 

The metrics scream at you, and suddenly you’re planning the next 12 months like you’re revving a jet engine.

But here’s the thing—setting the tone for your business in 2025 isn’t just about hitting numbers. 

It’s about how you hit them. 

Grace. Humility. Transparency. These aren’t nice-to-haves; they’re what businesses need to stick around. Because success isn’t just about winning clients. It’s about keeping them, growing with them, and delivering work that genuinely matters.

At Big Pixel, we’ve spent over a decade designing our processes to make things clear, honest, and collaborative—no fluff, no hidden agendas. 

Fixed-fee pricing. 

Proactive project management. 

Open communication. 

Because good business relationships are built on trust, not loopholes.

Here’s what that looks like in practice.

Fixed-Fee Pricing: Why It Works Better for Everyone

Ever hired a contractor who billed you hourly?

It’s a gamble. Every extra question or idea feels like it comes with a price tag. 

Scope creep doesn’t just add stress—it kills momentum. Instead of moving forward together, you’re stuck counting hours and chasing clarity.

That’s why we take a different approach. 

At Big Pixel, we work on a flat, fixed-fee basis per Stage of work—a clear, upfront breakdown of deliverables, time, and cost. 

The focus stays where it belongs: building great products.

Here’s how it breaks down:

  • Each Stage includes: Up to 80 hours of development, 30 hours of project management, 20 hours of QA/testing, and 10 hours of architecture/design.
  • Cost: $18,500 per Stage—predictable and straightforward.
  • Delivery: We build a monthly plan together, and if we don’t finish the work on time, we don’t stop until it’s done. Simple as that.

This approach gives our clients confidence to scale without sweating unpredictable costs. 

Take BeaconMedaes, a global leader in medical gas equipment. For over seven years, we’ve helped them build and expand MyMedGas—a platform now monitoring over 80,000 pieces of hospital equipment across nine countries. 

Fixed pricing let them plan ahead and keep their focus on what mattered: delivering life-saving solutions.

A Reliable Process that Keeps Everyone on Track

Anyone who’s ever been burned by a flaky development team knows the signs.

Missed deadlines. 

Sketchy communication. 

A shiny prototype that turns out to be all style and no substance.

We think you deserve better than that. Every month, we create a clear roadmap for what we’re delivering and when. We stay in touch with weekly updates (or more, if needed), and we test rigorously as we go to avoid last-minute fire drills.

When ComplianceDashboard, a leader in HIPAA and 401k compliance, needed to replace their 12-year-old system, we stepped in to build something new from the ground up. 

The result? 

A smarter, faster platform that includes dynamic task builders, logic engines, and an email system handling over 20,000 notifications a week. No surprises. Just progress.

Here’s what their team had to say:

“Big Pixel delivered a complete system rebuild, transforming over 10 years’ worth of outdated code into a fully custom software solution… What truly sets Big Pixel apart, though, are the incredible people behind the company.”

A good process isn’t about following rules for the sake of it. It’s about setting expectations, delivering on promises, and giving everyone the confidence to focus on what matters.

More Than Development: A Strategic Partner

If your developers are just taking orders and coding what you ask for, you’re not getting the best value.

A good partner asks the right questions. Pushes back when something doesn’t make sense. Brings ideas to the table that make the product better.

That’s what we do. Corey Harris, founder of Swaggr, Inc., put it this way:

“The Big Pixel team has the rare ability to understand and develop all things code-related… while also pressure-testing your business assumptions and collaborating with you to get to a better product.”

We don’t just deliver what you ask for—we help you figure out what your product really needs. Whether you’re a startup building your first MVP or an established company tackling a legacy system, we take the time to understand your goals, your challenges, and your big-picture vision.

Because good software isn’t about flashy features. It’s about solving problems—the right problems.

How Will You Show Up in 2025?

As 2025 kicks off, the businesses that thrive will be the ones that stand for something. 

Purpose. 

Integrity. 

Real partnerships. 

At Big Pixel, that’s what we bring to the table—a straightforward, process-driven approach that delivers real results and earns real trust.

But this isn’t just about what we do. It’s about how you show up for your team, your clients, and your business this year. 

Whether it’s adopting fixed-fee pricing to simplify relationships, tightening up processes to reduce chaos, or choosing partners who bring fresh perspective, the decisions you make now will set the tone for everything that follows.

Grace. Humility. Transparency. These aren’t trends or buzzwords. They’re how strong businesses stay strong.

If you’re ready to work with a team that takes that seriously, we’re here.

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Set the Tone for 2025: Grace, Humility, and Building Something That Lasts

Christie Pronto
January 3, 2025

Set the Tone for 2025: Grace, Humility, and Building Something That Lasts

We’re barreling into 2025, and let’s be real: it’s easy to get caught up in the noise. 

New year, new targets. 

Revenue goals, client acquisition, marketing KPIs. 

The metrics scream at you, and suddenly you’re planning the next 12 months like you’re revving a jet engine.

But here’s the thing—setting the tone for your business in 2025 isn’t just about hitting numbers. 

It’s about how you hit them. 

Grace. Humility. Transparency. These aren’t nice-to-haves; they’re what businesses need to stick around. Because success isn’t just about winning clients. It’s about keeping them, growing with them, and delivering work that genuinely matters.

At Big Pixel, we’ve spent over a decade designing our processes to make things clear, honest, and collaborative—no fluff, no hidden agendas. 

Fixed-fee pricing. 

Proactive project management. 

Open communication. 

Because good business relationships are built on trust, not loopholes.

Here’s what that looks like in practice.

Fixed-Fee Pricing: Why It Works Better for Everyone

Ever hired a contractor who billed you hourly?

It’s a gamble. Every extra question or idea feels like it comes with a price tag. 

Scope creep doesn’t just add stress—it kills momentum. Instead of moving forward together, you’re stuck counting hours and chasing clarity.

That’s why we take a different approach. 

At Big Pixel, we work on a flat, fixed-fee basis per Stage of work—a clear, upfront breakdown of deliverables, time, and cost. 

The focus stays where it belongs: building great products.

Here’s how it breaks down:

  • Each Stage includes: Up to 80 hours of development, 30 hours of project management, 20 hours of QA/testing, and 10 hours of architecture/design.
  • Cost: $18,500 per Stage—predictable and straightforward.
  • Delivery: We build a monthly plan together, and if we don’t finish the work on time, we don’t stop until it’s done. Simple as that.

This approach gives our clients confidence to scale without sweating unpredictable costs. 

Take BeaconMedaes, a global leader in medical gas equipment. For over seven years, we’ve helped them build and expand MyMedGas—a platform now monitoring over 80,000 pieces of hospital equipment across nine countries. 

Fixed pricing let them plan ahead and keep their focus on what mattered: delivering life-saving solutions.

A Reliable Process that Keeps Everyone on Track

Anyone who’s ever been burned by a flaky development team knows the signs.

Missed deadlines. 

Sketchy communication. 

A shiny prototype that turns out to be all style and no substance.

We think you deserve better than that. Every month, we create a clear roadmap for what we’re delivering and when. We stay in touch with weekly updates (or more, if needed), and we test rigorously as we go to avoid last-minute fire drills.

When ComplianceDashboard, a leader in HIPAA and 401k compliance, needed to replace their 12-year-old system, we stepped in to build something new from the ground up. 

The result? 

A smarter, faster platform that includes dynamic task builders, logic engines, and an email system handling over 20,000 notifications a week. No surprises. Just progress.

Here’s what their team had to say:

“Big Pixel delivered a complete system rebuild, transforming over 10 years’ worth of outdated code into a fully custom software solution… What truly sets Big Pixel apart, though, are the incredible people behind the company.”

A good process isn’t about following rules for the sake of it. It’s about setting expectations, delivering on promises, and giving everyone the confidence to focus on what matters.

More Than Development: A Strategic Partner

If your developers are just taking orders and coding what you ask for, you’re not getting the best value.

A good partner asks the right questions. Pushes back when something doesn’t make sense. Brings ideas to the table that make the product better.

That’s what we do. Corey Harris, founder of Swaggr, Inc., put it this way:

“The Big Pixel team has the rare ability to understand and develop all things code-related… while also pressure-testing your business assumptions and collaborating with you to get to a better product.”

We don’t just deliver what you ask for—we help you figure out what your product really needs. Whether you’re a startup building your first MVP or an established company tackling a legacy system, we take the time to understand your goals, your challenges, and your big-picture vision.

Because good software isn’t about flashy features. It’s about solving problems—the right problems.

How Will You Show Up in 2025?

As 2025 kicks off, the businesses that thrive will be the ones that stand for something. 

Purpose. 

Integrity. 

Real partnerships. 

At Big Pixel, that’s what we bring to the table—a straightforward, process-driven approach that delivers real results and earns real trust.

But this isn’t just about what we do. It’s about how you show up for your team, your clients, and your business this year. 

Whether it’s adopting fixed-fee pricing to simplify relationships, tightening up processes to reduce chaos, or choosing partners who bring fresh perspective, the decisions you make now will set the tone for everything that follows.

Grace. Humility. Transparency. These aren’t trends or buzzwords. They’re how strong businesses stay strong.

If you’re ready to work with a team that takes that seriously, we’re here.

Our superpower is custom software development that gets it done.