Miky Bayankin.Ship, Grow, Repeat

03 / Advise

An operator in your corner.

I advise founders and the investors behind them on product, go-to-market, and making a marketplace or SaaS business actually run.

How I help

From first revenue
to the next vertical.

Independent advisory through Ship Grow Repeat LLC.

I work with founders and product and operations leaders on the decisions that shape what gets built, how it grows, and how it runs.

Product strategy and sequencing
Marketplace supply, demand, and operations
Go-to-market and growth models
Coaching product and operations leaders

inDrive

A new vertical, across 10+ countries.

Product strategy · Growth strategy · Leadership coaching

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I helped the new-businesses team define a growth strategy for a new vertical across 10+ countries, advised on product strategy, and coached the head of the new vertical.

Public-site context: an international ride-hailing service with more than 150 million downloads, operating in 48 countries.

inDrive product and growth advisory project

MyBeepy

Building a P2P carsharing marketplace.

Growth strategy · Financial models

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MyBeepy is the first P2P carsharing app in Mexico: think Turo or Airbnb for cars.

I developed a growth strategy for expansion and operations, built growth and financial models, and worked with the founder on raising seed funding.

MyBeepy peer-to-peer carsharing project

Stroyportal

From clicks to transactions.

Marketplace launch · Product and leadership coaching

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I helped a leading building-materials marketplace in the CIS switch from pay-per-click to a transactional marketplace.

  • Hired and mentored two product managers, covering growth and core product.
  • Coached the CEO, COO, and Head of Sales on product and leadership.
  • Prepared and launched the marketplace MVP, converting 20% of revenue to the marketplace within three months.
Stroyportal building-materials marketplace project

Parallel

HR-tech marketplace.

Advisor

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I advised Parallel, an HR-tech marketplace.

Founder mentoring

First principles. Clear next steps.

First-time founders · Entrepreneurial product managers

I help first-time founders and entrepreneurial product managers unlock growth, including through TechStars mentoring.

We work on product first principles, customer development, and launch strategies: alongside leadership, team motivation, culture, and productivity. I’ve helped founders stay on track, launch new products, and grow revenue.

“Had a really helpful session with Miky. Drawing from his experience with building marketplaces, he gave very clear actionable steps. He was also just a really interesting person to talk to. Highly recommended!”Addison Hoff · From the original site’s founder testimonials
Original collage of founder mentoring testimonials