Hi, I'm Mike 👋

I have worked at big companies, small companies and all types of companies in between.I have experience as a Product Manager, Project Manager, Entrepreneur, 'Innovation Leader' and even lived a previous life as an Accountant.Now I want to use all of these experiences to help other Entrepreneurs, it appears to be working.Let's get started...



So you've got an idea?

How do you know if your idea is worth spending time on?You spend the time doing the research and testing it out.Too many people waste too long pursuing the wrong ideas for them.Make sure you aren't one of them!👇


You've launched!

Kudos on getting to this stage! 👏Unfortunately, believe it or not, that was the easy part... 🤯Now the real business begins, we need to find you some customers and get them to use your product so we can chase that elusive
'Product-Market Fit'!
👇


You're making money!

🙌 Well done!You've joined a very small group of people who have managed to make money from others on the internet.Now we need to find out how to turn your product into a real business that makes real money.👇


So you're looking to grow?

You're at the point where a lot of people might give up, but this is also exactly where businesses are made, so hang in there.Now it's all about finding what works and what doesn't, focussing down and finding new or refining existing distribution channels.👇


You're growing fast!

This is going to be fun.Let's start seeing how we can kick your growth into overdrive, optimise your product, grow revenues and your business.👇


Looking for something else not on the list?
Get in touch

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Senior Product Manager @ Ki Insurance

Freelance (Full Time), Nov 21 - May 22 (6 months)


Lead Product Manager on a special project team to research, design and develop a new algorithmic underwriting platform

  • Performed user research and interviews to determine problems and pain points (setting up research processes, analytics and dashboards for the wider business)

  • Worked with a designer to completely re-develop current quoting platform, producing high-fidelity wireframes

  • Generated a product roadmap, communicating to wider business

  • Created a Product Growth function

  • Designed and lead implementation of Google Analytics across the platform

  • Developed customer support tools for operations team

  • Ran a workshop to determine Development team mission and values


Product Manager @ Brit Insurance

Freelance (Part Time), May 21 - Sep 21 (4 months)


Product Manager for a digital transformation of the Brit Underwriting process

  • Ran a workshop with the C-Suite and senior management to outline scope for the project

  • Performed user research and interviews with underwriters to understand processes

  • Gathered product requirements and determined MVP scope for the project, including determination of success criteria


Senior Project Manager @ Limejump

Freelance (Full Time), Nov 19 - Aug 20 (9 months)


Lead the Limejump technology team in their trading platform integration project with Shell after they had been newly acquired

  • Point person for all interactions with Shell PM team

  • Identified and tracked all requirements, decisions and decision makers, often mediating between the two parties (with very different working styles)

  • Flagged issues and resolved blocked items with CEO, CTO, CFO and CRO at Limejump

  • Designed and validated proposed technical solutions with Product Development team

  • Delivered the project to original agreed timeline with no issues


UK Financial Services Assurance Innovation Leader @ EY

Permanent (Part Time), Jan 18 - Sep 19 (18 months)


Founded and lead a team of Data Scientists, Robotics Process Automation engineers and auditors working to re-invent audit

  • Built a team of 12 in 9 months, recruiting technical specialists and building a culture of innovation across EY

  • Overall product manager of internal innovation projects, using both high-tech and low/no-tech innovation

  • Developed and communicated team strategy, coordinating and presenting to senior leadership and global teams

  • EY spokesperson and advocate for flexible working, across multiple media

  • Lead multiple workshops varying from small teams to multi-day department-wide sessions


Senior Manager, Financial Services and FinTech Audit @ EY

Permanent (Full Time), Oct 09 - July 10, Oct 11 - Dec 17 (7 years)


Auditor of Banking and Capital Markets clients; private and investment banks, private equity, payments and broker dealers

  • Built a FinTech team, of 30 volunteers for which I won an EMEIA ‘Better Begins With You’ teaming award

  • Managed multiple teams and engagements of varied sizes to deliver high-quality audits in technical valuation areas

  • Specialist in audit of valuation of loan book impairments for private banks and derivatives for investment banks

  • Lead successful proposals for notable FinTech audits (inc. Monzo)

  • Selected for 3 month secondment to a FinTech challenger bank (Pockit) to work on new product development, product and market research for remittances, direct debits and faster payments (all successfully launched)


Co-Founder @ tweetstreak

Sep 22 - present


A habit building tool that uses gamification to help you build an audience on Twitter through engagement in your Direct Messages (DMs)

  • Designed product features, UI and UX

  • Developed growth strategy (launched Nov 22, 6 paying users to date)

  • Produce all content, gather user feedback, answer support queries

  • Built landing page (website) using Webflow


Co-Founder @ AI projects (various)

Oct 22 - present


Experimenting with AI projects utilising OpenAI’s GPT-3 generative writing model


Co-Founder @ Activate Onboarding

Aug 22 - present


An automated onboarding solution for new employees that ensures they get a world-class 1st impression of a company

  • Built landing page (website), including all copy using Carrd

  • Developed product strategy

  • Built product using a no-code stack (Make, Notion, Tally, Super)

  • Design and development completed with 2 weeks


Co-Founder @ Devas

May 19 - Jul 21


Founded a mental health start-up aiming to use mobile phone behaviour to passively identify mental health problems

  • Researched, designed and launched MVP using no-code tools

  • Signed up 650 users in 4 months



What do you do for yours?

Built a quick site where people can share their mental health experiences, what works for them and what doesn't



Who's that chef?

Built a quick site where you can find out where chefs appearing on TV cooking programmes work


Some might say...

Idea Consultation

❔ You need this if...

You have an idea but want to talk it over to help refine it and work out how to approach testing it and identifying the things you need to test


🧰 What I'll do

We’ll have either a 30 min call or I will share with you notes (your choice) of my feedback on your idea, specifically:

  • What you might want to test

  • What assumptions you are making are

  • How to refine it to a clearer, testable idea


🎁 What you'll get

Either a 30 minute call (with recording shared) or feedback via Notion


⏱️ How long it'll take

Dependent on your availability for a call, within 48 hours for notes


💬 What others said


MVP Design

❔ You need this if...

You have an idea but you want to test it before you commit more time to it, or you don’t have the money to pay for it to be built in full


🧰 What I'll do

Come up with 2 plans of how you can create a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to test your idea for under $250


🎁 What you'll get

A Notion document outlining 2 MVP designs and how to go about starting to test them


⏱️ How long it'll take

You’ll have your MVPs within 3 days


💬 What others said


User Interview Coaching

❔ You need this if...

You need to talk to users but you don’t know how to run an interview or don’t know what to ask


🧰 What I'll do

  • Send you a list of questions relevant to your startup

  • Run a 15 min ‘dummy’ interview with you to ensure you are getting the most from your user interview sessions


🎁 What you'll get

A Notion document with a list of (min. 10) questions to ask in your user interview along with a 15 minute call with me to practice.


⏱️ How long it'll take

You’ll have your questions within 48 hours and call within 3 days.


💬 What others said


Prioritisation Consultation

❔ You need this if...

You are overwhelmed by all the tasks you need to do and don’t know where to begin or what to focus on


🧰 What I'll do

We’ll have a 30 min call where you will explain your current status and tasks and I will share back with you an ordered list of tasks to work on (either verbally or written)


🎁 What you'll get

Either a 30 minute call (with recording shared) or via Notion


⏱️ How long it'll take

Dependent on your availability for a call, within 48 hours for notes


💬 What others said


Landing Page Feedback

❔ You need this if...

You have launched your product but aren’t converting as much as you’d have hopedYou are yet to launch your product and you want to give yourself the best possible chance of success


🧰 What I'll do

  • Audit your landing page

  • Identify actionable improvements you could make to improve conversions

  • If your conversions don’t improve, I’ll refund you


🎁 What you'll get

A full list of all fixes shared with you via Markup so you can review them when you want


⏱️ How long it'll take

You’ll have your review within 48 hours


💬 What others said


Product Onboarding Review

❔ You need this if...

You have launched and want to ensure you are converting and activating your users efficientlyorYou are yet to launch and want to ensure you will be converting and activating your users efficiently when you do


🧰 What I'll do

  • Audit your onboarding process (from sign-up to 1st use and beyond if relevant)

  • Identify actionable improvements you could make to improve user conversion and activation

  • If your user activation doesn’t improve, I’ll refund you


🎁 What you'll get

  • A video commentary of my onboarding experience

  • A Notion checklist of actionable improvements you could make to your onboarding experience


⏱️ How long it'll take

You’ll have your review within 48 hours from the last point of your onboarding process


💬 What others said


Product Growth Strategy

❔ You need this if...

You have built a product or about to launch a product and want to know how to grow it including:

  • Acquiring users

  • Activating new users

  • Retaining current user

  • Generate more revenue from current users

  • Getting users to refer to others


🧰 What I'll do

  • Review your product from landing page to use and identify a minimum of 5 ways you could grow your product

  • If you have already tried them all I’ll refund you


🎁 What you'll get

  • A Notion checklist of 5 actionable growth strategies you could use for your product

  • Detailed plans on how to enact these strategies specifically outlining steps you should take


⏱️ How long it'll take

You’ll have your strategy within 48 hours


💬 What others said


Mentoring

❔ You need this if...

You are a solo founder or feel like you don’t have someone else ‘on your level’ to speak to or you need someone outside of your company to talk to about career development


🧰 What I'll do

We will have regular calls contact via WhatsApp or Slack where you can ask questions about your business and I will hold you accountable for your actions and plans


🎁 What you'll get

We will have 4 x 45 minute calls per month and unlimited messaging via WhatsApp or Slack (24hr response time)


⏱️ How long it'll take

Start within 24 hrs


💬 What others said


Product Review + Feedback

❔ You need this if...

You have built a product or about to launch a product and want to know where it could be improved to:

  • Acquire users

  • Activate new users

  • Retain current user and

  • Generate more revenue from current users


🧰 What I'll do

  • Audit your product (from sign-up to 1st use and beyond)

  • Identify actionable improvements you could make to improve all aspects of the user lifecycle

  • If your user metrics don’t improve I’ll refund you


🎁 What you'll get

A video commentary of my experience along with a Notion checklist of actionable improvements you could make to your product


⏱️ How long it'll take

You’ll have your review and feedback within 5 days


💬 What others said


Landing Page Design + Build

❔ You need this if...

You have an idea or a product but you don’t know how to communicate or sell it, or you hate writing copy.You are looking for a one-page landing page.


🧰 What I'll do

  • Create a one-page landing page based off a Carrd template

  • Set up email collection (using a choice of systems)

  • Set up payments (if required)

  • Set up analytics for conversion tracking

  • Write all copy and value propositions

  • Add images (stock or your product screenshots)

  • Set up A/B testing of headlines


🎁 What you'll get

A professional landing page built with Carrd that will allow you to generate and track leads or direct people to your product


⏱️ How long it'll take

You’ll have your page live within 5 days


💬 What others said


MVP Build

❔ You need this if...

You have an idea but you want to test it before you commit more time to it, or you don’t have the money to pay for it to be built in full


🧰 What I'll do

Come up with an MVP to test your idea and bring it to life so you can validate your idea


🎁 What you'll get

A functioning (but not polished) MVP that will allow you to test your key hypotheses for your product prior to committing more time and money to it


⏱️ How long it'll take

MVPs will take a minimum of 5 days from request


💬 What others said


Fractional Product Manager

❔ You need this if...

You need experienced Product Management support and input but are not at a stage where you can hire full-time


🧰 What I'll do

Working remotely I will respond to all Product Management queries and requests - the exact scope will be agreed per client


🎁 What you'll get

A part-time experienced Product Manager on call to help you grow your business


⏱️ How long it'll take

Available from 2 weeks’ notice


💬 What others said