I take products from brief to shelf, and build the operations behind them.
Fifteen years developing products and running the operations behind them, for founder-led businesses in gifting, homeware, stationery, lifestyle and fashion.
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Hello, I’m Larissa!
I've spent 15 years taking products from concept to shelf — across luxury brands, sustainable startups, and owner-led businesses where I built the entire operation from scratch.
These days I work with owners whose businesses have outgrown the way they're run. I find where time and money are leaking, work out what to fix first, and rebuild the day-to-day so the business stops depending on you being in every decision.
I've also built my own product ranges, from original artwork through to manufacturing and fulfilment — so I know the reality of making physical things with real constraints, and how fast an operation turns into a tangle of workarounds.
Every week I write about production economics, operational problem-solving, and the decisions that make or break product businesses.
Have a product to make, or a business that's outgrown how it's run?
I work with founder-led product businesses on both: developing new products and finding who makes them, and fixing the operations once they're selling.
Depending on how much help you need, that can be a few days a week inside your team, a defined project with a finish line, or a monthly advisory session.
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Operations and product strategy — frameworks, data, and practical insights.
No fluff, just actionable content you can use immediately.
A viral pitch promises print-on-demand will pay your bills while the platform takes a small cut. I checked both claims — one against the published fee schedules, one against five years of my own sales data. The numbers point the other way round.