The Right Lever
Shifts the Paradigm
Hire me directly as your Operating Partner to find what's actually worth building or fixing in your business, and Drive it to Done. Product Business or Services Business, the job is the same.
Move the two numbers you already know. The third is the part nobody puts on a slide.
I Don't Have a Product
I Am the Product
Every page you land on is trying to sell you something. A tool, a deck, a team on a slide. Let me not do that.
I don't have a product to put in front of you. I have me. One person, a decade of reps, and the kind of judgment you only get from doing this for real, on my own ventures and plenty of other people's. So let me talk to you the way I'd want it if I were sitting where you are.
The How is cheap now. Anyone can execute, and AI made it nearly free. The What is rare, and almost nobody actually sells it to you: knowing what's worth building or fixing in the first place. Most teams never get there. They solve the problem you said out loud and miss the one sitting underneath it.
Finding that problem, and then owning it, is the work. It's why I come in as an Operating Partner instead of a vendor. I embed in your business and move in every direction it needs, product, delivery, sales, and the machine that holds them together. Fast, though the speed sits on 10 years of reps, not a shortcut.
I won't hand you a plan and disappear, and I won't tell you what you want to hear. I'll tell you what's worth building, what isn't, and where I can actually move the needle, then I stay next to the problem until it's handled.
A Product Business and a Services Business tend to break in the same places, which is the part most people don't expect. I've built and run both, so I can fix both. And I'm still running my own ventures while I do it, which means I'm in the same arena I'd send you into, not calling it from the stands.
No product to demo. Just me, and how I work.
Small change in the right place, and the whole system moves.
That's the Paradigm Shift.
How I Work
How I run an engagement. Five things that don't change, no matter who I'm working with.
Resolution, Not a Solution
Most teams answer the problem you stated. I dig out the one underneath and fix that.
The What Before the How
Anyone can execute now. Knowing what's worth building or fixing is the rare part, so it comes first.
I Own the Outcome, Not a Deck
I don't hand you a plan and walk off. I'm in your meetings, on your email, accountable for the result.
The Truth, Even When It Costs Me
I'll tell you what not to build, and where I'm not the right person, before I tell you what you want to hear.
Proof Beats a Pitch
Most first conversations start with work already driving results, not a description of what I could do.
The Work Trail
Operators and teams I'm embedded with, and what I run for them.
Driven to Done
Real Products, Real Numbers. What I took from a mess to a shipped thing that moved something.
Summer Discovery
Payroll Standard
Rubio's
Ruh Dental
Gravity Coffee
Cyan Door
ASST.me
Travel Swap Shop
The Baker Project
LendingStacks
Plot Lot
Facts Tell
Stories Sell
He got up to speed on a genuinely complex domain, ESOPs and Business Succession, faster than people who'd spent years in it, and led the Product Discovery that turned it into interactive tools business owners can actually use.
Owners who used to pay an advisor $30,000 to $50,000 for a feasibility study just to get started can now work through much of it on their own.
If you want a Product Partner who moves your mission forward, Saqib is who I'd call first.
I run a Web Design and Development Agency based out of US. Saqib was crucial in helping my Agency grow and sell. We did over $300K in sales in 2022 and Saqib was a big part of it.
Saqib also led an entire design and development team, made executive decisions on projects, and built relationships with our clients who were extremely happy.
Saqib is someone who takes ownership and accountability of everything and turns in great work 100% of the time.
Saqib continues to excel as our UX and Agile product owner for Payroll Standard. His leadership in product ownership, combined with exceptional workshop facilitation and agile expertise, drives outstanding results.
His strategic approach to UX and backlog management, plus his ability to mobilise his network for critical needs, makes him invaluable to our team.
I hired Saqib to manage the product discovery, market research and project management for one of my clients based in USA, who is building a CRM.
Saqib has been terrific so far and has helped the client raise a $250k seed round. 100% recommend to others, and I will be using him to manage my other client projects.
I have worked with Saqib directly in Crowdbotics, where he was responsible for managing a couple of high importance projects. He is a great researcher, able to collect information from various resources and strategize the best path forward for the success of complex projects.
I was also impressed by his ability to leave great first impressions in the clients and internal parties he interacted with.
I would recommend working with him.
When I see the phrase self motivated, Saqib embodies this. He excelled at learning the role and requirements in record time.
He brought in his previous experience with marketing and SEO to solve our customer's problems and make recommendations. He partnered with our existing product team to plot our process and identified gaps and solutions.
We wouldn't have made the progress we have without his knowledge and leadership.
Saqib got up to speed quickly and became an integral part of the team in no time. He was highly responsive and communicative, consistently providing proactive updates and clear visibility into progress.
A strong cross-functional collaborator, he worked seamlessly with everyone and earned universal respect and appreciation across the team.
My only regret is that we didn't get to work together longer.
Saqib is a true pleasure to work with. He is an incredibly talented product owner and keenly knowledgeable on all facets of product development. And more importantly, he is a person of great character.
The energy he brings to projects, his wit and sense of humor, his ability to work cohesively with any team, and his limitless creativity, Saqib brings his A game each and every time.
Hire him, and good luck keeping him because a talent like Saqib is going to be in hot demand.
Saqib is one of the most versatile and knowledgeable people I have ever met in tech. He has a wealth of experience and expertise across various domains, and technology is his passion, which he channels by being an awesome all-rounder Product Manager.
He is the actual know-it-all and done-it-all kind of person, but in a humble and helpful way.
It is constant learning with him, and I highly recommend him for any role that requires technical excellence, creativity, and innovation.
Saqib is an absolute execution machine. While others are still mapping out plans, he's already halfway there, driving results with relentless focus and speed.
He doesn't just push projects forward, he powers through obstacles, making things happen when others say it can't be done.
If you want someone who doesn't just talk about getting things done but actually delivers every single time, Saqib's the guy.
I had the privilege of working with Saqib on several projects, and I can confidently say he is an exceptional project manager. Saqib has a remarkable ability to widen the horizons of any project, taking it to new heights with innovative solutions and a keen eye for detail.
He doesn't just manage projects, he helps clients take their businesses to the next level.
He is proactive, making things happen rather than waiting for them.
I've had the privilege of working with Saqib for over two years, and we managed to set up three tech companies and make them 5x more profitable. It's almost annoying how fast and efficient he is.
If you're looking for someone to make you feel like you're slacking while he casually fixes your entire business, Saqib's your guy.
Looks like I'll be stuck calling him for all my future ventures.
Sound Familiar?
Six signs you've got a Delivery Problem.
Questions
Email me at info@theproparadigm.com and tell me what's going on. It doesn't need to be polished. A few messy paragraphs about what's stuck is plenty.
If it's something I can help with, I'll come back with what I think the actual problem is and what it would take to fix. If it isn't, I'll say so and point you somewhere better.
From there we agree the scope and get going.
Operating Partner is the closest label. A Consultant hands you advice and leaves you to do it. A Fractional COO runs one function, usually Operations.
I work inside the business with you, across Product, Delivery and Business, and I own how it turns out.
I'll take an email address on your domain if that makes things easier, sit in the meetings that matter, and get added to the threads where decisions actually happen.
It's me doing the work, the same person the whole way through. We agree what's on the list each month, and I'm accountable for whether it lands.
Product companies heading toward $1M ARR, and Services Businesses or Agencies pushing past $500K.
Early teams usually need direction before they spend the runway on the wrong thing. Established ones usually need something fixed that quietly stopped working as they grew, usually in Delivery or process.
It depends on scope, so we work it out once I know what you need.
The default shape is an ongoing retainer with direct access to me. Some months are heavier than others and the retainer moves with that.
I only take 2 to 3 clients at a time, which constrains the pricing more than anything else does.
Good, I'd rather work with one. The engagements that go well usually have capable people already, they're just carrying too much.
I take load off them, pick up the things nobody has time for, and coach where it helps. Your people should come out of it sharper.
Same with your processes. I build on what's already working and fix the parts slowing you down.
Then just talk to me. Email me and tell me what you're weighing up.
Advice on its own is easy to get, and sometimes a short conversation is all it takes. If it turns into something bigger, we can figure that out then.
A point of contact who can make decisions, and enough access to see how things actually run. Tools, numbers, the people doing the work.
Beyond that, not much of your time. Most of the load sits with me, and you keep everything I produce along the way: code, specs, plans, documentation, accounts.
The handover is written down as we go, so nothing depends on me being around.