Is spending $2,000+ on design agencies a waste for pre-revenue startups?

There’s a massive divide in the builder community right now:

Group A: "Ship fast with a 5-minute logo. Visual consistency doesn't matter until product-market fit."

Group B: "First impressions are everything. If your brand looks amateurish, nobody trusts your product."

I built BrandGuideMaker because I believe founders deserve agency-grade brand structure from day one—without burning thousands of dollars of runway on designers.

Founders and designers of PH: Where do you stand? How much did you spend on your first brand guidelines, or did you just wing it?