Selected Work

Eight situations a startup brought me into, in the order a company meets them.

Product development model · Optifeed · 2026Product process

“We keep building the wrong things and finding out too late.”

Designing How a Company Builds Products, From Scratch

Idea to build went from over a month to a week, across a 10-person team.

Construction procurement AI · Kaptanos · 2025Discovery

“We are not sure this is worth building.”

Knowing When to Stop Before It Wastes Anyone's Time

Stopped before customer PoC, with no engineering time spent.

Developer tool · DevTool · 2025Discovery

“We do not know who this is for, or how to say it.”

Turning Customer Interviews Into Clear Product Positioning

Five interviews became four ICP segments and a positioning direction.

AI stock screener · Capital Collective · 2024Define & Validate

“We have a broad idea and nothing engineering can start on.”

Turning a Rough Fintech Idea into a Build Plan

PRD, 69-parameter architecture and Figma delivered. Cancelled afterwards over an external API.

AI video feature · Optifeed · 2026Define & Validate

“We need this tested before engineering spends a month on it.”

Designing and Shipping a Feature End-to-End

A working prototype anyone can open, and a spec drawn from it.

EV charging app · Mfatech · 2024Engineering Handoff

“Thirty screens to define, six engineers waiting.”

Shipping a Complex Mobile Product

Shipped. Later reached 10,000+ users.

AI supply chain procurement · Tedaarik · 2025Launch & Growth

“We launch in weeks and the page does not explain us.”

Shaping Positioning for a Pre-Launch Product

A waitlist page built around one promise and one action.

Internal lead-research tool · Optifeed · 2026Launch & Growth

“We do this by hand every week. It should be a tool.”

Turning Manual Lead Research into a Working Tool

Built and in internal use. Adoption data not yet available.