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Product Clarity Diagnostic

​You’re moving fast—but something’s not clicking.
The roadmap’s crowded. The UX feels off. Alignment is slipping.
You don’t need a full sprint—just sharp, outside perspective.

Strategic Product Services for Early-Stage, Innovation-Driven Teams

I help founders, product leads, and research-backed ventures go from ambiguity to clarity—fast.

 

These focused offerings are built for moments when traction matters, direction is fuzzy, or product leadership is missing.

 

Whether you need a strategic roadmap, an expansion model, or an embedded partner, this is where we get unstuck and move forward.

Not sure which sprint is right? [Let’s talk.]

Product Clarity Diagnostic

You’re moving fast—but something’s not clicking.
The roadmap’s crowded. The UX feels off. Alignment is slipping.
You don’t need a full sprint—just sharp, outside perspective.

In just one week, get clarity on what’s working, what’s broken, and where to focus next.

This diagnostic gives you:

  • A fast but deep teardown of your product, roadmap, or pitch

  • Clear recommendations on what to fix, sharpen, or stop doing

  • A focused action plan you can execute immediately

Best if you’re:

  • Debating what to build next—and want strategic clarity

  • Prepping for a raise or partner pitch and need sharper framing

  • Leading a team that’s stuck or second-guessing decisions

Format: One-week async engagement
Includes kickoff call, artifact review, and 1-hour debrief
Price: $2,500 Flat Fee.

2

Product Clarity Sprint

You’re building—but direction feels fuzzy. The roadmap keeps shifting. And when you try to explain it to investors or your team, it just doesn’t land.

You’re building—but no one agrees on what comes next. Your roadmap is cluttered, and your story doesn’t land with investors or execs.

This sprint gives you:

  • A clear understanding of what your customers actually need—not just what they say they want

  • A focused 6–12 month roadmap that aligns priorities and builds momentum

  • A pitch deck that moves investors and gets your team on the same page

 

Best if you’re:

  • Pre-fundraising and need a tighter pitch

  • Post-pivot and stuck in a gray zone

  • Leading a team that’s lost focus

Format: Two Week Focused Sprint
Price: $7,500 Flat Fee.

3

Platform Expansion Strategy

Your product’s working—but it’s getting messy.  New use cases are popping up. Teams are pulling in different directions. You’re growing fast, but no one agrees on what you're really building anymore.

The early win was clear. But now features are fragmenting, second user types are emerging, and there’s pressure to “build the platform.” You need a way to make sense of what’s happening—before complexity slows everything down.

This sprint gives you:

  • A clear picture of how value flows through your product—and where it breaks down

  • Strategic framing for modular growth, second-sides, or ecosystem plays

  • A practical brief you can use to align teams, prioritize next steps, or pitch a coherent platform story

 

Best if you’re:

  • Scaling fast but struggling to define what's core

  • Seeing signs of multi-user or ecosystem potential

  • Trying to evolve from product to platform—without losing momentum

Format: Three Week Focused Sprint
Price: $10,000 Flat Fee.

4

Fraction Product Leadership

You need senior product leadership—but you’re not ready to hire full-time.  You know a head of product would make everything sharper—strategy, roadmap, execution. But $250K+ comp or a 6-month search isn’t realistic right now.

This offer gives you deep, embedded product leadership—1–2 days a week, inside your team.  It’s not just strategy in a deck. It’s hands-on prioritization, alignment, and execution support from someone who can operate at founder or executive level and move between concept and build.

Whether you’re scaling a startup or leading new product development inside a larger company, this is how you turn vision into traction—without the full-time overhead.


Minimum commitment: 3 months. Real traction takes time.

This gives you:

  • A strategic partner embedded weekly with product, design, and GTM

  • Clarity across roadmap, priorities, and execution rhythm

  • Direct collaboration with founders, executives, or innovation sponsors to move from intent to action

 

Best if you’re:

  • Post-raise and still wearing too many hats

  • In between product hires but need continuity

  • Leading corporate innovation or building a new product inside a larger org

  • Searching for the right CPO but need execution help now

Format: 2 Days/Week Embedded Retainer (Min. 3–6 Month Engagement)
Price: Starting at $6,000/month

5

MVP Acceleration

You know what you want to build—now you need it real.
You’ve got a concept, a strategy, maybe even a pitch deck. But you don’t have the team—or the time—to lead a build from scratch.

This is a build-ready execution sprint for teams with validated concepts but no internal product crew.  I lead product and design, then pair with a trusted senior offshore team that delivers high-quality code at low cost—without sacrificing UX, context, or clarity. You get Western-style product judgment, clean execution, and a working MVP—without wasting 6 months and 3 contractors trying to duct tape it together.

This gives you:

  • Product leadership, design, and MVP scoping under one roof

  • A senior offshore dev team that delivers clean, maintainable code—at a cost that doesn’t kill your runway

  • End-to-end delivery management by someone who’s actually shipped

Best if you’re:

  • A founder with funding and a concept, but no product team

  • Leading innovation inside an org that can’t spare internal devs

  • Burned by outsourced teams and need someone who can own the build

Format: Integrated Build Sprint (Scoped to Needs)
Price: Starts at $50K (Includes Design + Offshore Dev at $50/hr)
Product Clarity Diagnostic
Product Clarity Sprint
Platform Expansion
Fractional Leadership
MVP Acceleration

Get in Touch

Not sure which offer fits your situation? Or just need to talk it through with someone who’s shipped dozens of products?


Let’s set up a quick call. You’ll walk away with clarity—no pressure, no hard sell.

Chris Mismash

Strategic Product Partner for Teams Building What’s Next

Greensboro, North Carolina

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