SaaS · Access Control · Product + GTM
AccessLayerAI
Giving GPT creators more control over who can access their paid Custom GPTs.
My roleConcept · Product Strategy · UX · System Design · AI-Assisted Build · GTM
ZIA SHAIKH · BUILDER
I build ideas into products, systems, and stories.
AI products, apps, automation, frameworks, writing and creative work, all taken from idea to reality.
Different disciplines. One way of working.
BUILD + AUTOMATE
Products · Apps · SaaS · AI · Agents · Workflows · Systems
THINK + CREATE
Research · Strategy · Frameworks · Writing · Video · Music
SELECTED WORK
Different problems. Same instinct: make the idea real.
AI Agents · Research · Automation · GTM
AI Research & Automation
Using research, data and AI to make prospecting more useful.
Built as an internal research and qualification system, with human review before anything went out.
My roleResearch Design · Workflow Design · AI Agents · Automation · GTM
Product · Original Framework · 24-Hour Build
DecideBot
Turning messy overthinking into a clearer decision.
I turned an original decision framework into a working app during a 24-hour build challenge.
My roleConcept · Framework Design · Product Strategy · UX · AI-Assisted Build
Framework · Course/Product · Automation
FlowDae
A personal framework for keeping the things that matter visible in everyday life.
I turned it into a course, then added automation and AI-assisted tools over time.
My roleConcept · Framework Design · Course/Product Design · Automation · AI Assistant Design
EXPERIENCE
Commercial experience behind the work.
Before I started building software products, I spent 20+ years in sales, business development, partnerships, account growth and operations. That experience still shapes how I build: start with the customer, understand the business problem, then make something useful.
View full résumé20+years commercial experience
≈8franchise openings supported
18+team members recruited, trained and supervised
MORE I’VE BUILT
Books & Frameworks
Ideas I turned into practical books and frameworks.
Creative & Media
A few ideas I took into video, music, advertising and content.
ABOUT
The medium changes. The way I work doesn’t.
I usually start with a problem or an idea, figure out what needs to exist, and keep working until it becomes something real. Sometimes that is software, a system, a framework or a story.
I try to understand the problem, simplify what is getting in the way, build something useful, then keep improving it.
CONTACT
Let’s build something worth building.
I’m interested in smart teams, ambitious problems and work where I can help turn ideas into something useful.