Validation bottleneck
Concepts grow into long and risky commitments before the first user tests.
Michael Waclaw Kulesza × Product Design Partner
I bring order to growing products
One steady hand across the process
I believe every idea deserves to be validated early, to find out if it actually adds value to a product. Most concepts lose their edge or fade away the moment complexity becomes unstructured and improvisation takes over.
What gets me intoevery morning is the same instinct to see how parts of a problem fit and find the direction that holds them together. Once I see how they could work as one piece, leaving them broken bothers me more than the effort of putting them right.
I deliver clearer decisions, predictable handoffs and product workflows that help founders validate direction before committing to full development.
Selected projects
5Agentic workflows Human decisions.
The discovery, research, and the calls that defines my product’s understanding shape general approach stays mine. AI tools only shorten the distance between an idea and something you can actually click.
Does this sound familiar?
Patterns I often see before founders and product teams bring me in.
Decision drift
Priorities shift, scope grows and alignment slowly fades as more voices join the process.
Design debt
Files and code tell different stories, so every new screen starts with guesswork.
Edge-case hell
Every feature adds a small exception, until nobody can say what a change will break.
Blurred ownership
It’s unclear who decides what, so work overlaps and collaboration gets harder than it should be.
Ways I can help
Clear, product-focused services designed for fast validation and predictable delivery.
Product Audit
See the fix before you build it
I review your live product, find the problem worth solving first and show the improved flow in a working prototype.
PoC Sprint
Test ideas with a working demo
I turn your product hypothesis into a working demo, so you can decide what to build before you invest months of engineering.
DS Foundations
Design system humans and AI can use
I check first whether you really need one, then build the foundation your team and AI coding tools keep using without me.
Pricing
What it costs
Fixed scope, fixed price. You know the number before we start.
Clarity Call - free, 30 minProduct Audit
from $1,500 (to $2,500)
1-2 days
Crack the flows, point the fix
PoC Sprint
from $4,000 (to $8,000)
5-7 days
Testable demos in days
DS Foundation
from $8,000 (to $20,000)
3-6 weeks
Design system humans and AI can use
On-Demand / Retainer
$70/h min 8h
ongoing
Senior design by the hour, no hiring
Let’s talk about your product
A 30-minute chat about what you’re building and where you could use my support. If it feels like a good fit, we’ll figure out how to work together.
No prep needed. Just bring your questions.
