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Group Product Manager | Ex-VC & Founder | I build products that raise capital and win users Most products don't fail because the technology doesn't work. They fail because no one defined the right thing to build, in the right order, for the right user, and couldn't prove it to the people writing checks. That's the gap I close. I'm a product manager with 8+ years spanning venture capital, startups, and hands-on product execution. I've shipped 300+ features and worked on products that have collectively raised $50M+ from world-class investors including Y Combinator, Techstars, SV Angel, Google for Startups, Antler, and Lux Capital. I've also been a founder myself; I raised $1M for my own startups and pitched in Silicon Valley, New York, and London, so I understand the pressure of building with limited runway and a board watching every metric. Why founders hire me: The thing that sets my product work apart is perspective. I've sat on all three sides of the table: as an investor evaluating startups, as a founder raising and building, and as the product leader shipping the roadmap. As an NYU Stern graduate from one of the world's top venture programs and an active angel investor, I build products that don't just function; they tell a story investors believe in, and users actually adopt. Every roadmap I write is designed to move the metrics that matter for your next round. How I work: I own product end to end, or plug into your team wherever the gaps are: 1. Discovery & strategy. I start with the market, the user, and the business model; not the feature list. I run customer and competitor research, pressure-test assumptions, and define the problem clearly before a single spec gets written. This is where most of the leverage lives. 2. Roadmap & prioritization. I turn your vision into a sequenced, defensible roadmap. I prioritize ruthlessly using impact-versus-effort tradeoffs, tie every initiative to a metric, and make sure engineering is always building the highest-leverage thing next, not the loudest request in the room. 3. Execution & delivery. I write clear PRDs and specs, break work into shippable increments, run the sprint cadence, and keep design, engineering, and leadership aligned. I've operated as fractional CTO and Head of Product, so I can speak the language of engineers and translate it back into business outcomes for founders and investors. 4. Investor-readiness. Because I came up through VC, I build the product narrative in parallel with the product itself. When it's time to raise, your roadmap, your metrics, and your story already line up, no scramble, no retrofitting. Selected work (last 12 months): - AI computing software company (NVIDIA-approved), $50M seed: Took a complex platform from concept to shippable product in 5 months as product lead and fractional CTO, cutting time-to-first-demo by 40% and helping anchor a $50M raise. - AI-powered early-reading assessment SaaS, $1.25M pre-seed: Owned product from zero to launch in 4 months, driving 25 pilot schools and 90% assessment-completion rates, and helping secure $1.25M pre-seed. - Crypto AML / compliance platform, $6M Series A: Reshaped a deep technical engine into a usable product, lifting activation by 35% and shortening enterprise onboarding from three weeks to four days, which helped close a $6M Series A. - Space-technology venture fund, $20M from LPs: Sharpened the product and platform strategy behind the thesis, helping win $20M in LP commitments. - AI-driven outage-prevention platform, $5M seed: Prioritized the core prediction and alerting features that lifted detection accuracy to 92% and cut false positives by 45%, anchoring a $5M seed. - AI agent / workflow-automation platform: Focused the roadmap on the highest-value job, automating 70% of a manual workflow and cutting task time by 60%. Industries I know well: AI, SaaS, B2B, B2C, Fintech, Healthcare, Crypto, Marketplace, Travel, Fitness, Real Estate, Food & Beverage, and more. I ramp fast in new domains because my process is domain-agnostic; I go deep on the user and the business model, wherever they are. What I can help you with: - Product strategy, vision, and positioning - Roadmapping and feature prioritization - Product requirement documents (PRDs) and specs - MVP definition, scoping, and launch planning - Market and competitor research - Metrics, KPIs, and North Star definition - Fractional product leadership (Product Manager / Head of Product / CTO) - Go-to-market strategy and execution - Investor-ready product narrative and fundraising support - Program and project management for cross-functional teams Let's build something fundable. If you're a founder trying to reach your next milestone- a raise, a launch, product-market fit- and you want product leadership that connects what you build to why it matters, send me a message. Tell me where you are today and what you're trying to reach next, and I'll tell you exactly how I'd approach it.