BEHNAAM / ENGAGEMENTS

Available for new engagements — worldwide and remote-first.

Work with me

I work with founders and leadership teams as one accountable partner — from strategy through a shipped product — with a full team behind me, so nothing gets lost in the hand-off between advisers and builders. Here is how each engagement works and what it costs.

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Engagements

Four ways to work together

Each states its scope and its price up front, so you can tell in ten seconds whether it fits.

2–3 days a week · 3-month minimum

Fractional product & operating leadership

from $6,000 / month

Product and operating leadership for a company that needs a CPO, not a full-time hire.

For Seed-to-Series-B teams with traction and no senior product owner.

Strategy, roadmap and discovery ownership
Operating model, team structure and hiring for product
Direct work with founders, leadership and the board

Starts with A paid two-week diagnostic, then a monthly agreement if it fits.

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6–16 weeks · fixed scope

Design & build — product, web & app

$15,000 – $60,000

A defined outcome shipped by my team: from strategy to a working product, website or app.

For Teams that know the problem and need it designed, built and handed over once, well.

Discovery, product definition and a written plan
Design and full build with my team — product, website or app
Launch and a handover your own team can run

Starts with A scoping call, then a one-page proposal with a fixed price.

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Single session or monthly retainer

Advisory, consulting & coaching

from $400 / hour

Management consulting, an outside read on a hard decision, or ongoing coaching for you and your PMs.

For Founders and teams who need sharp outside thinking, not a full engagement.

A structured session on your specific question or decision
A short written follow-up with the recommendation
Ongoing coaching for founders and product managers, if useful

Starts with Book directly — the calendar is on the contact page.

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Scoped per engagement

Sector advisory — gold, FinTech & frontier markets

from $10,000 / engagement

Deep-domain advice where I have built and run the thing, not just studied it.

For Investors, operators and platforms entering precious metals, FinTech or regional markets.

Market, trust-gap and operating analysis for the sector
Go-to-market and operating-model design
Investor-facing framing and diligence support

Starts with A scoping call to confirm it is a fit on both sides.

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How I work

You see the plan and the price before the work

Every engagement starts the same way, so there is no open-ended risk on either side.

Scope

A short call to understand the problem and whether I am the right person for it. No charge, no pitch.

Diagnose or propose

A paid two-week diagnostic, or a one-page fixed-price proposal — so you see the plan and the cost before the real work starts.

Deliver and hand over

The work itself, with my team, and a handover your own people can run without me.

The honest comparison

Hire, agency, freelancer — or me

Not who is best in the abstract, but which shape of help fits what you are trying to do.

	Full-time CPO hire	Consulting / dev agency	Solo freelancer	Working with me
Time to start	A hiring cycle	Fast, but onboarding a team	Fast	Weeks — no hiring cycle
Who actually ships it	They own it, if you hire the right one	Hand-offs between account, design and dev	One person’s bandwidth	Strategy and build under one owner — my team, no hand-off
Commitment	Permanent headcount	Per project, then re-sold	Per task	Scoped engagement, exit on notice
Recruiting risk	High — search, ramp, severance	None	None	None — no bench, no severance
When it’s done	They stay on payroll	They leave with the context	They move on	You keep the plan and a product your own team can run
Cost shape	Salary plus on-costs, ongoing	Marked-up team, change orders	Cheap until it stalls	Pay for the scope, not a headcount

Why me

Eighteen years, thirteen ventures — including the ones that did not work

The offer above is backed by a real record, not a pitch: product, operations and ventures across FinTech, precious metals, EdTech and platforms. Every role, date and figure is on the site, with its source.

See the full record All 13 ventures

Before you write

Common questions

How do we start?

Most engagements begin with a short scoping call, then a paid two-week diagnostic or a one-page fixed-price proposal. You see the plan and the cost before you commit to the work.

Do you work remotely, and across time zones?

Yes — remote-first and worldwide. The site is in nine languages and I work across time zones with founders and teams in different regions.

Is it just you, or a team?

Both. I lead, and I have a full team — product, design, engineering and delivery — so an engagement can go from strategy to a shipped product without a hand-off to anyone else.

What size of company do you work with?

From solo founders to companies of a few hundred people. The engagement and the price change with the shape of the team, which is why the enquiry form asks about it.

What does it cost?

Each engagement above lists a starting price: a fractional retainer from $6,000 a month, a design-and-build project $15,000-$60,000 by scope, advisory from $400 an hour. A fixed quote follows a scoping call.

What if it turns out not to be a fit?

Then I say so — early, and before it costs you money. The 'what this is not for' list above exists for the same reason.

Being straight

What this is not for

Saying so protects your time and mine.

One-off feature specs or isolated design tasks
Equity-only or unpaid "advisor" arrangements
Work I cannot put my name to

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Grab a 30-minute call

Pick a time that works — no back-and-forth. Prefer to write first? The enquiry form is one click away.

Next step

Tell me what you are trying to do

The enquiry form asks for budget and timeline so my first reply can be useful, not a request for more information.

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