Zakir Tyebjee

Hey, I'm Zakir 👋

I’m a founder and ex-PM with 10+ years of experience in tech

I’m currently running Stride, a tech-enabled recruiting company for NYC startups and top tech talent. We partner closely with founders and early teams to define their hiring needs, then run a customized search and screening process to vet candidates against a role-specific rubrics, so founders only spend their time interviewing strong fits.

Before Stride, I spent over a decade building products in big tech and late-stage startups. I’ve worked on marketplaces, consumer products, B2B SaaS, and healthcare. Across all of those experiences, hiring consistently felt broken, and I'm now on a mission to bring community and relationships back into the process. I also write a weekly newsletter and host a monthly podcast on all things related to building products, startups, and hiring.

Zakir Tyebjee

Experience

Companies I’ve built products at over the last decade

Product Grind

My newsletter and podcast about building products, companies, and careers

Past Projects

Earlier products I built, launched, and grew before Product Grind and Stride