👋 Monika Paterek Ocieczek
I’m a design-obsessed product generalist, with a marketing and economics background. I help the most ambitious startup founders realize their vision through product strategy and design.
I work with early stage startup founders and take on the more ambitious product and design projects
Aesthetics are not vanity, they’re signals that someone cares.
I studied economics, worked in marketing, product and then, design. As a founder and operator, I’ve experienced the 0-1 journey multiple times.
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I take on product and design projects, advisory roles and make angel investments
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Investing in, and supporting, fintech (and not-yet-fintech) founders in the earliest stages
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Apple: App of the Day Wired: One of The hottest startups in Stockholm 2019 CBInsights: One of the Top 250 most promising Fin-techs in the world 2018
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