Strategic Consulting Portfolio

Data-Driven Strategy.
Founder-Tested Frameworks.
Measurable Results.

I help startups and scaling businesses diagnose structural weaknesses, build resilient operations, and achieve sustainable growth — using frameworks forged from a decade of building, failing, and rebuilding across 4 industries.

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ACCA (In Progress) CIMA MSc Entrepreneurship (First Class) 6 Companies Founded 4 Industries 3 Continents

Client Engagements

Work That Speaks For Itself

Selected consulting engagements where data-driven diagnostics and structured frameworks delivered measurable business outcomes. Client details anonymised for confidentiality.

20+
Engagements
6
Industries Served
2.5x
Avg Revenue Impact
8–12 wk
Typical Engagement
Fintech Financial Restructuring
Confidential

Pre-Revenue Fintech: From Cash Burn to Profitability

Challenge

Early-stage fintech startup burning through seed capital with no clear path to profitability. Unsustainable unit economics and misaligned cost structure threatening runway.

Approach

  • Full financial diagnostic using the Structural Integrity Framework
  • Rebuilt unit economics model and identified hidden cost drivers
  • Designed a phased cost-reduction and revenue-acceleration roadmap
8 mo To profitability
40% Burn rate reduction
2.4x Revenue growth
E-Commerce Operational Scaling
Confidential

E-Commerce Platform: Scaling Without Breaking

Challenge

Fast-growing e-commerce brand unable to scale fulfilment operations to meet demand. Customer complaints rising, team overwhelmed, and founder stretched across every function.

Approach

  • End-to-end operational audit and process mapping
  • Designed role clarity framework and delegation structure
  • Implemented KPI dashboards for fulfilment and customer satisfaction
3x Order capacity
60% Fewer fulfilment errors
4.8/5 Customer satisfaction
SaaS Product-Market Fit
Confidential

SaaS Startup: Finding Product-Market Fit Before Runway Ran Out

Challenge

B2B SaaS company with a feature-heavy product but high churn and low activation. Building what they assumed the market needed, not what it actually demanded.

Approach

  • Customer discovery interviews and churn analysis
  • Applied product-market fit validation framework with data scoring
  • Guided strategic pivot: reduced feature set, doubled down on core value
45% Churn reduction
2x MRR in 6 months
78% Activation rate
EdTech Growth Strategy
Confidential

EdTech Startup: From Strong Product to Investor-Ready

Challenge

EdTech platform with strong user engagement but struggling to articulate value to investors. No financial model, unclear growth levers, and a founder doing everything alone.

Approach

  • Built investor-grade financial model with 3-year projections
  • Developed growth framework: acquisition channels, retention loops, monetisation
  • Coached founder on narrative, pitch structure, and investor readiness
Seed Funding secured
5x User growth in 12 mo
$2M Valuation achieved
Retail / FMCG Business Turnaround
Confidential

Retail Brand: Turning a Declining Business Around

Challenge

Established retail brand with declining margins, outdated operations, and leadership fatigue. Revenue dropping quarter-over-quarter with no diagnostic insight into root causes.

Approach

  • Deployed full business diagnostic: financial, operational, and structural audit
  • Identified 3 controllable failure signals and designed intervention plan
  • Restructured team roles, pricing model, and vendor relationships
22% Margin improvement
Q2 Revenue growth resumed
$180K Annual cost savings
HealthTech Market Entry Strategy
Confidential

HealthTech: Entering a New Market Without Burning Capital

Challenge

HealthTech startup expanding into an emerging market with limited data, regulatory uncertainty, and a tight budget. Needed to validate demand before committing capital.

Approach

  • Conducted lean market validation using Schemata data intelligence methodology
  • Built regulatory compliance roadmap and risk-adjusted financial model
  • Designed phased market entry: test → validate → scale
$0 Wasted on bad bets
12 wk Market validation
3 markets Successfully entered

All case studies are anonymised to protect client confidentiality. Full details available upon request during consultation.

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How I Work

Every Engagement Follows a Proven Framework

My consulting methodology isn’t theoretical — it was built from pattern recognition across 6 companies, 4 industries, and hundreds of business signals. Every engagement begins with diagnosis and ends with a structured, measurable action plan.

01
Diagnose

Full business health diagnostic. Identify structural weaknesses, failure signals, and hidden opportunities.

02
Design

Build a data-backed strategy tailored to your stage, market, and constraints.

03
Deploy

Implement with clear milestones, KPI dashboards, and accountability structures.

04
Sustain

Ongoing advisory to ensure the strategy holds, adapts, and scales.

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Financial Diagnostics
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Go-to-Market Strategy
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Product-Market Fit
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Operational Scaling
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Business Turnarounds
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Investor Readiness
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Data-Driven Decision Making
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Team & Governance Design

Founder Experience

Businesses I’ve Built

A decade of building across 4 industries gave me the pattern recognition that powers every framework I use today. Tap or hover to explore each venture.

Varf Clothing

Fashion / Retail Closed

Varf Clothing

Fashion brand founded at age 17 while top of class at university. Led a team of 46 people. Learned the hard difference between activity and strategy.

Age 17–18 Nigeria
Key lesson: Start from strategy, not survival. Validate before you build.

Voltas Global Capital

Asset Management Failed

Voltas Global Capital

Asset management firm co-founded at 20. Managed $5M+ in valuation. The catastrophic failure that became the origin story for every framework I now teach.

Age 20–23 Nigeria $5M AUM
Key lesson: Revenue is vanity. Profit is sanity. Cash is king.

Heraldus

Fintech Failed

Heraldus

Fintech startup born under pressure to fix VGC’s mistakes. Built on the same broken foundation. Taught me that new ventures need new structures, not old assumptions.

Age 23 Nigeria
Key lesson: Never put new wine in old wineskins. Rebuild from the ground up.

More (More360)

Fintech Sold Stake

More (More360 Technologies)

Financial management platform for payments, budgeting, data, and lifestyle services. Achieved $1.2M revenue with 25% profit after tax. Sold my stake.

Age 23+ Nigeria $1.2M Revenue
Visit mymoreapp.com →

Modeski (MB Hub)

EdTech Exited

Modeski Business Academy

Online learning platform offering affordable courses in digital marketing, design, development, and business optimisation. Globally accessible with recognised certifications.

Age 23+ Nigeria Sold
Visit modeski.com →

Schemata Technology

Data Intelligence / SaaS Active

Schemata Technology

Data intelligence platform delivering real-time, high-quality data and bespoke analytics for businesses in underdeveloped markets. Built during MSc in Entrepreneurship (First Class Honours).

Age 25–Present Ireland
Visit schematatech.com →

Client Voices

What Founders Say

Dapo didn’t just give us advice — he gave us a system. Within weeks we could see exactly where the leaks were in our business.
Founder, Fintech Startup
Nigeria · Series A
His frameworks feel different because they come from someone who’s actually been in the trenches. Not theory — pattern recognition from real experience.
CEO, E-Commerce Platform
Nigeria · Scaling Stage
The financial diagnostic alone saved us from a decision that would have killed the company. That’s the kind of clarity you can’t put a price on.
Co-Founder, SaaS Startup
Ireland · Pre-Seed

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