Are competitors with worse products winning?

You’ve tried growth hacks, hired consultants, A/B tested everything. Nothing sticks.

The problem isn’t your product. It’s your behavioral architecture.

Most case studies are PR bullshit wrapped in hindsight bias. I write behavioral autopsies, deep analyses of what actually made companies succeed or fail, and what you can systematically apply.


How I Work Differently

Most consultants optimize one metric. I fix the whole customer journey so all metrics improve together.


Who I Am

For over a decade now, I have studied human behavior in business, and I’ve built products and propositions for companies with 100M+ customers, not just consulted on them:

  • Helped build a neo bank for EMEA’s largest telco (140M customers)

  • Led execution team at EMEA’s largest venture builder

  • Grew hedge fund AUM by 4,300%

  • Designed payment flow central banks investigated

  • 50+ closed venture/product deals

  • Mentor at StartupYard, BASIC© methodology (used by OECD, World Bank)

Most behavioral consultants haven’t shipped products. Most product builders don’t understand customer psychology in depth. I do both.

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See How I Think

Match your pain to my analysis:

→ Losing to worse competitors? The Etsy Paradox - How Etsy built $14B on authenticity, then killed it by allowing Alibaba dropshippers to fake being artisans (25k words)

→ Struggling with retention? BeReal’s Collapse - Why forcing authenticity made users hate seeing their boring lives, killing a $1B valuation (12k words)

→ Building AI products? AI Product Blueprint - Why most AI startups are tech demos pretending to be businesses—and how to build differently (20k words)

→ Product not selling? Paperwallet Autopsy - Why 2.5 years of work could’ve been solved in 2 weeks with proper customer research (15k words)


Who This Is For

Series A/B founders (€1-30M ARR) in e-commerce, B2B SaaS, fintech, consumer apps who are:

  • Stuck on activation, retention, or scaling plateaus

  • Navigating pivots or market expansion

  • Tired of tactics that don’t address root causes

This is NOT for:

  • Pre-seed startups still finding product-market fit

  • Enterprise companies with 18-month sales cycles

  • Anyone looking for quick marketing hacks


Next Step

Book a free Diagnostic call 30-minute call → I’ll tell you if behavioral architecture is your issue, and if I can help, or who can.

I only work with 3 clients at a time. If there’s a fit, we move fast.

Schedule here →


At least one Blueprint every month. No fluff. Just systematic analysis that might actually change how you build.


But also keep in mind

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— Peter

Based in Prague | | StartupYard Mentor | BASIC© Methodology

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I don’t write blogs. I write Blueprints. How to systematically apply behavior insights, how to avoid failure by studying it & how to understand the systems in the world through behavior lenses.

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I help people get unstuck - in business or in their thinking. Passionate about questioning assumptions, decoding behavior, and building smarter systems. Also into Stoicism, investing, and the occasional PS5 deep dive.