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Sam McAfee

As a Silicon Valley veteran of 25 years, I've helped many companies build and scale new digital products, find product-market fit, and build and improve product development capabilities. My team and I work with product executives and teams to build strong leadership and execution skills, through a focus on mindfulness, team autonomy, and social impact.

Since 2016, Startup Patterns has been helping technology organizations, from startups to enterprise, develop better technology leaders, build high-performing product development teams, and strengthen their organizations. Companies that want to apply the patterns and practices from the most successful tech firms trust us to help them transform, grow, and profit.

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Roles

Fractional leader

Coach

Advisor

Event speaker

Disciplines

Product

Engineering

Location

San Francisco, US

Available for
Remote work with teams across The World
Experience

Adobe

Unilever

Proctor and Gamble

GE

Sharethrough

Teach for America

Anthem

PG&E

Blackstone

Credit Karma

Verticals

Adtech

Agtech

AI/ML

Cleantech

Climate tech

Dev tools

Ecommerce

Edtech

Energy

Fintech

Foodtech

Greentech

Healthtech

HRtech

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Marketing tech

Mobile

Platforms

Productivity tools

Real estate tech

Retail

SaaS

Social impact

Space tech

Sustainability

Transportation

Models

B2C

B2B

B2B2C

Enterprise

Stages

Pre-seed

Seed

Early

Growth

Expertise

Digital transformation

Enterprise readiness

Fundraising

GTM strategy

Handling layoffs

Maintaining pace

Moving upmarket

Operational efficiency

Operations and processes

Org design

Performance management

Planning and roadmapping

Pricing and packaging

Product discovery

Product strategy

Recruiting and interviewing

Scaling

Stakeholder management

Tackling technical debt

Team culture

Working with the board