Stop Guessing. Build the Right Products.
What if you proved product value in 8 months, not 4 years?
Work With Simon
Every R&D team wants to build the right products.
Most never get close enough to customers to know what “right” really is. Work expands, assumptions harden, and teams push forward without proof that the problem matters, or that anyone would pay for the solution.
I help you break that cycle.
I ground product decisions in customer value and fast, measurable steps. In weeks, teams stop guessing and start validating. We uncover the problems worth solving, define the smallest steps that move a product forward, and test whether the solution actually helps customers. R&D gains focus, the business gains evidence, and progress becomes far easier to trust.
The results:
Clear insights into customer problems worth solving
Small, testable product steps that prove commercial value early
Aligned teams who know why the work matters
Faster progress with far less waste
It works:
One team shifted from development taking 4 years to a clear, evidence-based product direction, making meaningful progress within 8 months through a fractional, low-risk engagement with no full-time overhead.
The outcome:
Instead of drifting toward products no one needs, R&D becomes a disciplined engine for discovering what customers want, proving it quickly, and building solutions they’ll pay for.
Will this work for you?
If any of this feels familiar, this is the work your R&D needs.
Validation Gap
Ideas aren’t tested early or often enough to confirm market fit.
Focus Scatter
Competing priorities prevent delivering what truly matters.
Weak Insights
Product decisions are based on incomplete or shallow user understanding.
Goal Drift
Teams chase technical features instead of the right market outcomes.
Priority Shifts
Changing objectives disrupt progress and reduce execution quality.
Team Silos
Lack of cross-functional alignment reduces impact and clarity.