👋🏾 Hi, I’m Derrick, a builder at heart and Junior Product Manager who helps early-stage teams turn ambitious ideas into real, user-loved products. Over the last 2 years, I’ve shipped MVPs and led launches across B2B SaaS, AI, and climate tech, always with a bias for action and a love for user insight.
🎯 What drives me? Building products that make people feel seen and doing it with scrappy, talented teams who move fast and learn faster.
📚Favorite read: Zero to One by Peter Thiel, a reminder that bold thinking and unconventional ways of doing things still matter.
🌲When I’m not working: You’ll find me in the woods taking photos of trees, flowers, and clouds ☁️. I’m also a newsletter nerd: Morning Brew for daily business insights, *Semafor Research* when I want to go deep.
🔧 Toolbelt: Mixpanel, Figma, Jira, Asana, Notion, Airtable, GPT-4, user testing.
🧠 Currently: I’m diving deeper into product strategy and APIs
💬 Always down to chat product, venture, or your latest idea, let's talk!
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📅 Timeline: 2025 | 💼 Role: Product Manager (Contributor) | 🧠 Industry: Fintech / AI
🔍 Problem
As retail investors ourselves, the founder and I saw a recurring frustration: most financial research platforms were built for professionals, dense, technical, and overwhelming. For retail investors, accessing simple, actionable insights was still a struggle.