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A decade building, breaking, and rebuilding products at the intersection of software, strategy, and people. A discovery-led studio, select consulting, and communities that teach tech the way I learned it — the hard way.
I didn't set out to run a studio. It came out of necessity — and the honesty of that story is part of the brand.
When I started freelancing, dedicated product roles barely existed in Pakistan. The gigs that were open were for project management. I took the bet — pay the bills first, figure it out later. It worked. I became one of the few solo PMs on Upwork by quietly bending the rules: agencies hired me for delivery, and I kept selling them product thinking — discovery, strategy, GTM, the work most agencies skip.
That hybrid identity became Biz of Dev — not a typical agency, not a full product company. Something in between. Built to bridge the two essential problems in software: figuring out the right product, then building it right.
There's a thing about standing on the shoulders of giants. Every next generation has advantages that the previous didn't. And I hope I can offer you some advantages along the way.— Saqib Tahir
Building products and building people — two sides of the same mission.
Not a typical agency, not a full product company. An in-between that bridges figuring out the right product and building it right.
Hire my product brain directly. Selective consulting for founders who need product leadership without the overhead.
Breaking down tech for everyone — in plain language. Explaining things that took years to learn so the next builder doesn't have to.
Pakistan's first mentorship community for tech builders — shortcuts earned the hard way, shared the easy way.
Saqib is a true pleasure to work with. He's an incredibly talented product owner and keenly knowledgeable on all facets of product development. And more importantly, he's a person of great character. The energy he brings to projects, his wit and sense of humor, his ability to work cohesively with any team, and his limitless creativity — Saqib brings his A game each and every time. Hire him, and good luck keeping him because a talent like Saqib is going to be in hot demand.
Saqib has been instrumental as our product partner for Payroll Standard. His leadership in product discovery, combined with exceptional workshop facilitation and structured methodology, drives outstanding results. His strategic approach to understanding user needs and prioritizing what actually matters makes him invaluable to our team. Highly recommended.
Saqib got up to speed quickly and became an integral part of the team in no time. A strong cross-functional collaborator, he worked seamlessly with everyone and earned universal respect. He produced high-quality discovery work that moved the project forward with confidence and precision.
I hired Saqib to manage product discovery, market research, and project management for one of my U.S.-based clients building a CRM. Saqib has been terrific so far and helped the client raise a $250K seed discovery round. 100% recommend — and I'll be using him to manage my other client projects.
Saqib was crucial in helping my agency grow and scale. We did over $300K in sales in 2022 and he was a big part of it. A versatile partner who made significant contributions as product strategist for enterprise clients, and helped build repeatable, scalable discovery processes.
I worked with Saqib directly at Crowdbotics, where he managed a couple of high-importance projects. He's great at research — able to collect information from various sources and strategize the best path forward for complex projects. I was also impressed by his ability to build trust quickly with clients and internal stakeholders.
When I think of self-motivated, Saqib embodies this. He came in as a product partner and excelled at learning the domain and requirements in record time. He partnered with our existing product team to map out our discovery process and identified gaps and solutions. We wouldn't have made the progress we have without his knowledge and leadership.
Always a pleasure working with Saqib. Excellent work ethic, and he always goes above and beyond expectations. As a CEO/Founder of a web agency based in the US, there's no one more versatile and reliable for product strategy and discovery work.
Products shipped across B2B SaaS, fintech, AI, and marketplaces — where I led product and directed delivery.
A U.S. eLearning enterprise managing tens of thousands of students across regions was held together by four disconnected systems. I led discovery and architecture to replace all of them — one unified, HIPAA-compliant CRM that saved $500K annually and gave the ops team actual control of their data.
A smart community solutions company needed a platform that could simultaneously serve residents, service providers, managers, and admins — without making any of them feel like they were using enterprise software. I defined the multi-role architecture and product experience that turned fragmented community ops into a single connected system. Service utilization jumped 40%.
Australian payroll teams were interpreting hundreds of pages of industrial law manually — and reaching different conclusions every time. I led the product definition and build of a SaaS platform that turns award interpretation into visual compliance logic: traceable, auditable, and defensible. Audit prep time dropped 70%.
A boutique vacation rental company generating six-figure annual revenue was handing a significant cut to Airbnb and VRBO with no access to their own guest data. I defined and led the build of a direct booking platform with live marketplace sync, dynamic pricing, and a brand-aligned guest experience. Direct bookings up 40%, platform fees down 25%.
A geospatial technology company needed to make professional-grade land measurement accessible to anyone — realtors, homeowners, field surveyors, outdoor professionals. I led discovery and product design for a cross-platform mobile app that delivers GPS-accurate plot measurement, offline mapping, ownership lookup, and contour visualization in one intuitive interface.
Business lending was running on email threads and PDFs. A fintech company came to me to build the platform that should have existed: a three-sided marketplace where borrowers submit structured requests, lenders filter and respond with offers, and administrators have real-time visibility across every deal. Managed through full beta launch.
PaCEO, a non-profit advancing employee ownership as a succession strategy, needed a free, self-serve platform to reach business owners before the advisor conversation ever started. I led product strategy and development for an ESOP pre-feasibility SaaS with browser-only financial modeling, readiness assessments, and advisor matching — zero data leaves the device until the owner is ready.
