Pragmatic Insights from over two decades of building companies, scaling teams, and navigating the intersection of technology, leadership, and life.
Long-form, opinionated, and grounded in real experience.
Most companies treat Vision, Mission, Values and Culture like furniture — pretty to look at, useful for decoration, but rarely load-bearing. Drawing on 25+ years building tech businesses, here is how to make them the structural foundation that everything else rests on.
Build cycles are collapsing. Here are 4 practices founders and product leaders can use to learn faster, decide better and ship without chaos; plus the inputs that make or break each one.
I'm Umar — a technology builder and entrepreneur with 24+ years building infrastructure that scales. I founded Alchemative in 2014, scaled it to 800+ clients across 15 countries, led its acquisition by Devsinc in 2024, and co-founded UnumPay, which enabled Shopify payments across the region. Currently serving as SVP at Devsinc and advisor to multiple organisations.
Read My StoryCurated fragments — quotes that resonate, thoughts still forming, links worth your time, and conversations I've been part of.
Upside Podcast
Podcast
This site uses cookies and analytics tools (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel) to understand how visitors use it. You can accept or decline non-essential tracking cookies. Privacy Policy
