Find Market Fit Before You Build, Not After

Before investing heavily in your new idea or product evolution, let's validate market demand affordably

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Get strategic guidance from someone who's…

  • Used low-cost validation to identify expensive mistakes before major investment
  • Built software for organisations including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Sky, American Express and Sony Ericsson
  • Spent 30+ years bridging product, business and technology decisions

Validation Lessons
are best told
By Founders
who've lived them

The Initial Vision

 Mr Agama has a knack for asking the right questions at the right time.

His early advice on Umbrella's due diligence model and involving big accounting firms pushed us to think deeper about our value proposition early in 2022.

The Reality Check

 At the time, we didn't fully appreciate the weight of his suggestions, but as we evolved, we realized how valuable that perspective was.

The Valuable Lesson

 Validating ideas early, as he emphasized, saved us from potential pitfalls and shaped our stronger proposition today.

For any founder seeking hands-on, practical, no-nonsense guidance, Mr. Agama is the real deal.

Opeyemi Oluwadare

Opeyemi Oluwadare

CEO & Founder, AXIX

The Initial Vision

 [From Mr. Agama's advice] I learned that the essence of a successful business isn't about being trendy or “cool”, but about solving real problems and delivering measurable value.

The Reality Check

 [Mr. Agama's] emphasis on validation helped me understand the importance of aligning my startup's worth with the problems it solves.

This clarity allowed me to focus on substance over style, ensuring a solid foundation for long-term growth.

The Valuable Lesson

 The advisory services I received transformed my perspective on building a startup.

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Smart Validation
Spend a Little Now
save a Lot later

Traditional - Build First, Learn Later

$50,000+
The high cost of learning later
  • Expensive conventional research methods
  • Market feedback comes too late
  • Each pivot requires major rebuild

Smart - Validate First, Learn Now

$300-5,000
Validate & adapt from idea through growth
  • Creative, low-cost research methods
  • Validate features pre costly build
  • Guide launch, pivot, or expansion decisions

Example: Pre-Launch Validation Results

$300

UX testing cost with innovative methods

2-6 months

Time to reach definitive validation

$49,000+

Money saved by not building the wrong thing

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Mentorship in action

Sometimes
the best advice is…
Don't Build It
(you may save $50k)

How We Saved $50,000 by Validating a Diesel Discount App for Nigerian Truckers

  • Proved the voice-only interface could work
  • Demonstrated clear user demand
  • Identified deal-breaking market constraints before major investment
Validation Cost: $1,000
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How We Built the First Ever Voice-Only Mobile Interface for Illiterate Users

  • Pioneered UX patterns for voice-first interfaces
  • Developed working voice-only interface for illiterate users
  • Created innovative UX research method using driver-researcher
Research Cost: $300
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How I Work

1

Spot Hidden Problems Early

In this focused one-hour session, I'll spend an hour looking at your idea (or product evolution) from two angles - will people actually want it, and can it be built.

I'll cover:

  • Your product vision and target market
  • Critical assumptions that need testing
  • Potential red flags and challenges
  • Whether deeper validation makes sense

What you'll get:

Initial insights about your product's viability. You'll walk away with valuable insights about your product idea - even if we don't end up working together.

2

Get Your Low-Cost Validation Plan

If I see potential, then I'll spend a week designing practical experiments to validate your idea - quickly and cheaply.

Instead of:

Spending months building something people might not want, I'll create smart, affordable ways to validate your idea first.

You'll get:

  • Practical validation experiments
  • Quick and affordable testing approaches
  • Clear success metrics
  • A concrete validation roadmap
3

Make Confident Strategic Decisions

Beyond initial validation, I help you build a sustainable process for making strategic decisions throughout your startup journey. Through weekly office hours, I'll review market evidence and adapt your approach based on real data.

I guide decisions about:

  • Initial product-market fit
  • New feature validation
  • Market expansion opportunities
  • Pricing model changes
  • Potential pivot directions

Timeline:

While initial validation typically takes 2-6 months, I can structure ongoing advisory relationships to support your evolving needs.

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Mr. Timi Agama

Mr. Timi Agama

Founder & Product Strategy Consultant

I've spent more than 30 years moving between software engineering, product ownership and entrepreneurship. That gives me an unusually practical perspective on product decisions: I can examine the market, the business model and the technology together rather than treating them as separate problems.

I've made these decisions with my own products and capital as well as for clients — from technical architecture and product positioning to market validation and deciding when not to build.

Let's make sure your core idea actually works first by focusing on fundamentals: validating core assumptions, identifying the quickest path to market learning, and ensuring every development decision aligns with your business strategy.

As you've seen from the stories above, this approach helps you make smarter choices early on - whether that means accelerating development, pivoting based on market insights, or avoiding costly detours.

Technical Leadership

Over more than three decades I have designed and built software in enterprise, startup and founder environments.

In the UK, my own software company delivered projects for Goldman Sachs and Sky. Separately, as an independent engineer and consultant, I worked on systems for organisations including Deutsche Bank, J. Henry Schroders, American Express, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Sainsbury's and the BBC.

What Sets Me Apart

I combine production software engineering with product strategy — so I can examine commercial decisions and their engineering consequences together.
I help you navigate critical product decisions:
  • How to position your product for maximum market impact
  • Where to focus resources for maximum learning and value
  • How to validate assumptions before major investment
  • Which technical decisions support your business strategy
  • When to accelerate development or pivot direction
So… No abstract theories. Just practical guidance on validating your idea efficiently, based on what worked, what didn't, and what I wish I'd known earlier.

BSc, Mathematics & Computer Science — University of Port Harcourt

Recent Work

Fiyai-AI / AssetMind

AI-assisted engineering knowledge and reasoning for mature oil & gas assets.

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Adversarial TDD

Designed and built a verification harness for AI-generated software, using isolated reasoning and adversarial review to surface hidden assumptions.

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Nigerian Mobile Validator

Open-source TypeScript library for secure and reliable Nigerian mobile-number validation.

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Questions You Might Have

Money Talk

What you'll invest and what you'll get back

Good advice has a cost. The good news is Nigeria-based founders get a massive discount - it's part of my commitment to developing the local startup ecosystem. Email me with a brief summary of your project and I'll send you my fee structure.

My testimonials are from real, reachable founders, so you can actually talk to them - they're real people who've been advised by me.

And if I help you succeed, more founders will want my help - that's exactly the outcome I want. Because I love talking through new business ideas.

Looking for funding? You'll have solid proof to show investors, not just theories. And if you've already raised, my validation process can help you make informed decisions before major investment.

The case studies show how smart testing identified critical business model issues early - identifying problems before major investment is actually a successful result, not a failure.

I'll help you get clear, evidence-based answers about whether to proceed with your idea, pivot, or save your resources.

So if you're seeking funds, you'll have a stronger story. And if you've already raised, you'll avoid expensive mistakes.

Time & Process

Your time commitment and what to expect

I work around your schedule. You'll need about 1-2 hours per week for check-ins and discussions. The actual validation activities can often be integrated into what you're already doing to develop your business.

Typically 2-6 months. While every founder wants to launch tomorrow, consider this: how long does it take to build a product no one wants? My job is to help you find ways to validate quickly while still getting reliable insights.

An understandable concern - every founder wants to launch tomorrow, but why launch something no one wants? Having said that, my role is to try and help you find ways to validate quickly.

Validation isn't just for new ideas. You'll face critical decisions throughout your journey - launching new features, changing pricing, expanding to new markets, or considering pivots. Each decision benefits from systematic validation to reduce risk and increase confidence.

I'll help strengthen your proposition through proven validation methods. I'll design quick, affordable experiments to test your core assumptions and help you gather real market evidence before major investment.

Absolutely not. Look, I'll give you my best advice based on what I've seen work, but it's your business - you call the shots.

Trust & Experience

My expertise and how I help you

Post-launch validation is just as critical. Whether you're considering new features, pricing changes, or market expansion, my methods help you make evidence-based decisions that align with real market needs and opportunities.

While you don't have to use my services, I strongly recommend validating your idea in some way before committing significant time or money. The case studies demonstrate how systematic validation helps founders make better-informed decisions about their business direction.

My experience spans consumer products, enterprise software, financial services, agriculture, energy and AI. I may not already know every detail of your industry — the first job is to understand the problem, identify the assumptions that matter, and design practical ways to test them.

The case studies show how I approach that process.

Why risk building something no one wants? For the cost of a few months and a fraction of your development budget, you can get real market evidence to guide your decisions. This isn't about slowing you down - it's about helping you move forward with confidence.

See the case studies - they demonstrate how systematic validation helps founders make better-informed decisions about their business direction.

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