Bahgat Shaat
CEO at Taiseer
About the mentor
I’m a Founder & CEO with 20+ years in tech and a track record of building across 4 startups in medical, industrial, and fintech domains. I’ve lived the full 0→1 journey — from solo execution to leading teams and shaping product strategy.
My approach is simple: **validate before you build, simplify before you scale, and let real user behavior—not assumptions—guide every decision.**
I started with an Excel MVP used by 8 users, manually operating everything end-to-end. From there, I moved to a WhatsApp-based prototype serving 45 users before writing real production code. Only after validating demand did we build a scalable app used by 100+ users. This “manual first, automate later” approach has been a consistent pattern across everything I’ve built.
Today, I focus on helping founders avoid wasted time and over-engineering by teaching practical execution systems.
What I help startups with:
* Turning ideas into validated MVPs in days, not months * Building with constraints (Excel, WhatsApp, no-code, manual ops) * Pre-selling and testing real demand before writing code * Designing simple product systems that scale only after proof * Moving from solo builder → structured team leader mindset * Making clear, disciplined decisions around growth and direction * Building trust-driven products, especially in fintech-like environments where credibility matters more than features
I’m not focused on theory or startup hype. I work from real operating experience—what actually breaks, what actually scales, and what founders usually get wrong when moving too fast without validation.
If you’re building, my goal is to help you get to clarity faster with fewer wrong turns.
Expertise
product, design_ux, customer_success
Mentorship languages
english, arabic
Years of experience
22
City
Alexandria
Country
Egypt