Startup Consulting
Navigate the journey from idea to product-market fit with expert guidance on product strategy, go-to-market, and building your initial product.
- Product-market fit validation
- Go-to-market strategy
- MVP planning & execution
- Fundraising preparation
THE SOLUTION
What is Startup Consulting?
Startup Consulting provides strategic guidance to early-stage companies navigating the critical journey from idea to product-market fit. We help founders make smart product decisions, validate assumptions, and build efficiently with limited resources.
Whether you’re pre-seed, seed, or Series A, our consulting helps you avoid common pitfalls, accelerate learning, and increase your chances of achieving product-market fit and sustainable growth.
Strategy
Product & go-to-market planning
Validation
Test assumptions quickly
Execution
Build MVP efficiently
Growth
Scale from 0 to traction
Key areas of focus
Clarifying vision, positioning, and value proposition
Prioritizing the right product and go-to-market initiatives
Setting up scalable processes across product and execution
Guiding founders through strategic decisions and milestones
benefits
Why Work with a Startup Consultant?
Get the strategic guidance you need to build products customers love, without the overhead of a full-time executive.
Faster Validation
Test assumptions and validate product-market fit hypotheses quickly, avoiding months of building the wrong thing.
Focused Execution
Clear prioritization and ruthless focus on what matters most for your stage, avoiding feature bloat and distractions.
Resource Efficiency
Make every dollar and hour count with expert guidance on build vs. buy, hiring, and tactical execution.
Investor Readiness
Build compelling product narrative, track right metrics, and create materials that resonate with investors.
Avoid Common Pitfalls
Learn from experience and sidestep the mistakes that kill most startups, from scope creep to premature scaling.
Founder Enablement
Build product skills and confidence to make better decisions independently as you grow.
when you need us
Common Scenarios
Startup consulting helps navigate these critical early-stage challenges.
Pre-Seed Stage
You have an idea and initial vision but need guidance on validation, MVP scope, and early product strategy.
Finding Product-Market Fit
You’ve launched but struggling to gain traction. Need help refining positioning, product, or go-to-market approach.
Preparing to Scale
You have early traction and need to establish scalable processes, build product team, and prepare for rapid growth.
First Product Hire
Founders have been managing product but need to hire first PM or CPO. Need guidance on hiring and transition.
Pre-Fundraise
Preparing for seed or Series A round. Need to strengthen product story, metrics, and roadmap for investors.
Strategic Decisions
Facing critical product decisions around pivots, market focus, feature prioritization, or technical architecture.
How it works
Our Consulting Approach
A proven methodology for guiding startups from idea to traction.
01
Discovery & Assessment
Understand your vision, market, current stage, constraints, and key challenges. Identify biggest risks and opportunities.
02
Strategic Roadmap
Create focused plan for validation, product development, and go-to-market tailored to your stage and resources.
03
Guided Execution
Work alongside you to execute the plan: from customer interviews to MVP launch to initial growth experiments.
04
Measurement & Learning
Define success metrics, track progress, analyze results, and iterate based on data and customer feedback.
05
Scale Preparation
Establish scalable foundations for processes, team structure, and systems as you progress toward product-market fit.
Expected Outcomes
Measurable Impact
Our startup consulting engagements deliver tangible results for early-stage companies.
60-70%
Faster validation
Reduced time to test key hypotheses
2-3x
Better focus
More impact with limited resources
40-50%
Higher success rate
Increased odds of PMF achievement
$100K-500K
Savings
Avoided waste on wrong features
Outcomes based on typical early-stage engagements. Results vary by market, team, and execution capabilities.
success stories
Founder Experiences
How startup consulting helped early-stage companies achieve product-market fit.
“Sivan is an excellent product manager, product leader and team member. He cares passionately about delighting customers and is highly capable at all levels from strategic direction to writing detailed documents. I would recommend him 10/10 to any company – you will be lucky to have him.”
Charlie Markham
MetaPraxix
“Sivan is the most amazing professional Product Manager I’ve ever hired! I was extremely satisfied with the results he has given me and the way things were done and delivered. His dedication and work hours were beyond expected!”
David Kim
Founder at GrowthPulse
“He was extremely professional with the job and understands product management extremely well. I had excellent work done by him and I will be going back to him for more PM-related tasks! Sivan is someone you can count on for all PM and Agile related!”
Laura Bennett
Head of Operations at CloudWorks
Ready to Accelerate Your Startup Journey?
Schedule a consultation to discuss your product challenges and learn how we can help you achieve product-market fit faster with limited resources.
No Risk
Flexible month-to-month engagements
Fast Start
Begin seeing results in weeks, not months
Proven ROI
Clear metrics and measurable outcomes