I build for business and sometimes for the planet.
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Helping Early-Stage Startups Achieve Product-Market Fit.
- I provide software engineering and business consulting services with a unique edge: sense for UX and prototyping, and strong communications. This allows me to empower early-stage startups to build Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) with an efficient "fast and dirty" approach, while keeping user-centricity in mind.
- My "fast and dirty" approach focuses on minimizing upfront development time and cost to bring your product to market quickly and validate product-market fit.
- Additionally, I have domain knowledge:
- Carbon Accounting: I can help you assess the potential environmental footprint of your MVP and suggest ways to optimize its resource usage, both during development and future iterations.
- Natural Language Processing (NLP): Leveraging NLP, I can extract valuable insights from user feedback and market data to guide your product development decisions and ensure your MVP resonates with your target audience.
- Computer Vision (CV): If your product involves image or video processing, I can explore integrating CV to automate tasks, improve user experience, or even gather real-time data for further analysis.
Benefits:
- Faster Validation: Get your product in front of users quicker to see if there's a market need.
- Reduced Development Costs: Focus on core functionalities first, saving resources for later iterations.
- Actionable User Insights: Gather real-world feedback through NLP and iterate based on user needs.
- Strategic Product Development: Ensure your MVP aligns with your business goals and considers sustainability.
- Sustainable Practices: Minimize your MVP's environmental impact from the start.
- Advanced Technology Integration: Explore the potential of NLP and CV to enhance your product's capabilities.
My Target Audience:
- Early-stage startup founders seeking to build and validate their product concepts, with a focus on sustainability and leveraging advanced technologies.
Portfolio of good works:
Design your products sustainably
CarbonSync is built for Sustainability Professionals - it is an LCA tool to measure product-level carbon footprint, in minutes.
⭐️ Built an MVP to run a pilot program on and to help secure first round of funding using React, Ionic, MobX, Firebase.
Skills: Full-Stack Development · LCA · Carbon Footprinting · Carbon Accounting
As businesses become more and more conscious of their impact on the environment, it is increasingly important to focus on sustainable product design. This means considering the entire lifecycle of a product, from the materials used to create it to how it will be disposed of after use. By designing products and packaging with the help of a sustainability expert, businesses can ensure that their products are not only environmentally friendly, but also economically and socially sustainable. In addition, sustainable product design can help businesses differentiate themselves from their competitors and appeal to eco-conscious consumers who are increasingly looking for sustainable options. By taking a holistic approach to product design and considering the sustainability of every aspect of a product, businesses can create products that meet the needs of both the present and future generations.