Startup Advising
Make less mistakes by getting expert perspective and guidance. I’ll advise on best practices, running insightful research, customer discovery, effectively prototyping, hiring, product-market-fit, and making tough product decisions.
Ideal for:
First time founders & entrepreneurs getting a new business idea off the ground
Early-stage value testing, validating product market fit
Concept validation, when to begin development, and at what right fidelity level. Shrinking your MVP.
Understanding whether you have product market fit and for what customer/market segments, plus next steps
Guidance crafting a clear and actionable research plan to maximize the time you spend with potential customers
Learning faster by running productive, hypothesis-driven experimentation
Establishing a product driven culture but not sure how to go about it
Adding remote employees to the team or transitioning to remote-first
Accelerating your product growth
Advisory Rates
Single Session
I’ll help you with specific challenges and what your solutions could be. You’ll exit the session with actionable next steps to achieve your business goal. Example topics:
User research — articulate learning goals, scope & build research plan
Concept validation — articulate goals, apply lean prototyping, outline validation plan
Customer value testing — designing & running hypothesis-driven experimentation
Strategy planning — outline strategy & roadmapping
Strategic hiring — You're wondering whether it's time to make your first product hire or expand the team. You're not sure what level or type of product person to hire.
Creating your MVP —Scoping MVP and core functionality.
60 mins | $260 | Get started
90 mins | $375 | Get started
Ongoing
Ongoing advisory to ensure your success over time. Sessions occur every 1-2 weeks and are focused on achieving mid - long term goals. Unlimited email questions and office hours.
Billed monthly | $1000* & up Get started
*Extended advisory terms can be compensated with equity
Testimonials
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"Renee helped us launch our e-commerce business from scratch. She helped us scope down to an MVP and strategically add functionality over time. She advised on hiring and even helped us screen candidates. She helped us more intelligently spend our dev dollars."
-Jon M.
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“Renee helped us orient around mission-driven goals. I’ll never forget her ‘can do’ attitude and creative solutions for boosting scrum team morale and accomplishments.”
-Eric W.
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"Renee helped me with a structured process to think through requirements and success metrics for my first Head of Product hire. Then she crafted a job description that not only provided a compelling start to my recruiting process, but that simultaneously gave me a crash course in product."
-Nisha D.