I love helping startups on figuring out the right product strategy. Whether you are scaling fast and have too many options or are struggling to find product market fit, i’ll help craft the product strategy that aligns with your startup’s goals, ensuring market fit and scalable growth.
Product Leadership straight away
As a fractional CPO I work with Seed to Series B startups that want immediate product leadership support on a part-time or interim basis.
How can a fractional CPO help you?
Companies hire me when they need product leadership skills either to help find product market fit or because they are growing fast and need help scaling the product organisation.
My goal is to come in and make an immediate impact and eventually hire or train up a product leader to take my place. Working with mission driven companies means that I get to work and develop high performance teams that really care about what they are doing.
Case studies
Knowunity
I am currently working with Knowunity 1 day a week – an app that helps 4 million+ students across the globe ace their homework and their exams and I am loving it. They are at Series A and have raised over 19 million euros to date.
- Regular coaching sessions with the founder/CPO and 5 Pms.
- Heavily involved in new feature development.
- Product support to the core, monetisation, AI and CRM squads.
- Product support in their weekly product review sessions
Knowunity
I am currently working with Knowunity 1 day a week – an app that helps 4 million+ students across the globe ace their homework and their exams and I am loving it. They are at Series A and have raised over 19 million euros to date.
- Regular coaching sessions with the founder/CPO and 5 Pms.
- Heavily involved in new feature development.
- Product support to the core, monetisation, AI and CRM squads.
- Product support in their weekly product review sessions
Healthpath
I worked with Healthpath initially as an advisor for a year and then moved into a 4 day a week CPO role for 9 months over a critical phase for the company.
- Personally ran the seed investment process and raised £1 million across across angels, VCs and a very successful Crowdcube campaign.
- Introduced consistent user research practice
- Introduced Product Analytics
- Brought in OKRs methodology for increased focus
- Coached the Head of Product and Head of Marketing
- Helped developed a new subscription product
- Hired 3 new engineers in a few months without paying recruiter fees
Selina
I worked with Selina Finance at their Series A investment over a 9 month period 1.5 days per week. Selina successfully raised a $100 million Series B.
- Coached various members of the product team from Senior PMs to Researchers.
- Launched and optimised their direct to consumer product.
- Helped evaluate their product analytics suite
- Participated in their weekly product and growth sessions
- Setup research calls and ran interviews to get a deep understanding of the customer
- Optimised Landing pages and funnels
- Helped hire a full-time head of product
Selina finance
I worked with Selina Finance at their Series A investment over a 9 month period 1.5 days per week. Selina successfully raised a $100 million Series B.
- Coached various members of the product team from Senior PMs to Researchers.
- Launched and optimised their direct to consumer product.
- Helped evaluate their product analytics suite
- Participated in their weekly product and growth sessions
- Setup research calls and ran interviews to get a deep understanding of the customer
- Optimised Landing pages and funnels
- Helped hire a full-time head of product
Patch Plants
I worked with Patch from inception over 18 months. Patch went on to raise £5 million from Octopus Ventures and was recently acquired.
- Ran deep customer discovery sessions alongside the founder Freddie.
- Ran Design Sprints to develop the product proposition
- Worked with founder and designer to develop an amazing visual identity
- Managed the product team to develop a bespoke e-commerce solution tailored to complex operations.
- Helped hire key hires like COO , CTO and Head of Product
- Tested out numerous growth channels
- Over the 18 months Patch grew at a phenomenal rate and is now the UK’s leading brand for buying plants online.
Leadership = Impact
Execute the right product strategy
1
Focussed, happy, high performance teams
I thrive on organising and working with teams so that they are high performing and happy. I bring the right processes and structures at the right time, driving towards positive outcomes.
2
Build strong leaders and relationships
I am comfortable building relationships at all levels, from board, CEO to individuals in the team. My coaching skills allow me to help your people grow and to eventually not need my help.
3
Proven track record
My 360 degree perspective as a product leader, founder, VC, NED and Coach allow me to be both hands-on and think strategically.
- Product consultant to over 40 early and growth stage startups.
- Skilled across Consumer, Mobile, and B2B SaaS.
- Co-founder at VC Studio Forward Partners taking it to IPO
- Founded two tech startups, with one successful exit.
- I led product development at Mind Candy during its rapid scale from 20 to 300 employees.
- Background in Artificial Intelligence
- Experienced Board Member (Snaptrip, Mossy Earth, Worktripp).
- Product Management Trainer with Mind The Product
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