Sown helps founders and operating teams turn early ideas into shipped products — through thoughtful strategy, hands-on engineering, and patient product judgment.
We work with a handful of clients at a time — startups, growth-stage teams, and established operators who want senior thinking without the overhead of a full agency.
Sharpening the question before building the answer. Roadmaps, positioning, and the unglamorous tradeoffs that decide whether something ships.
Architecture reviews, build-vs-buy calls, and pragmatic guidance on platform decisions you'll live with for years.
When it's faster to build than brief, we build. Web platforms, internal tools, and AI-assisted workflows — shipped, not slideware.
CTO and head-of-product engagements for teams between hires, between rounds, or between strategies.
Sown is a small consulting practice founded on the idea that the best work comes from doing fewer things, more carefully. Two decades of building products across startups and enterprise — shipping, scaling, and occasionally rebuilding from scratch.
The work spans strategy and execution, but the throughline is the same: figure out what actually matters, then ship something that proves it. No retainer theatre, no inflated decks. Just considered, useful work for clients who care about the craft.
Currently sister to iQR, a venture in QR-driven product experiences — and available for select consulting engagements alongside it.
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