Digital platforms, built for a fraction of the price.

Fractional Head of Product and lean AI-built platforms for startups and growth-stage companies, led by experienced product leaders.

~10%of the cost of a traditional build
~10xfaster to launch
Product Development and Fractional Head of Product Services
Fractional Head of Product

Product leadership, without the full-time hire.

Interim or fractional product leadership for startups and growth-stage companies, embedded in your team for as long as you need it.

i

Roadmap & strategy

A clear direction, prioritized against the business.

ii

Team & process

Hire, shape and run the product org and its rituals.

iii

Investor-ready metrics

Reporting your board and your next round can rely on.

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Build with AI

Product leaders who build with AI.

Senior product judgment plus multimodal AI tooling: about 10x faster than a traditional platform build, at about 10% of the cost, with fewer people.

i

Led by product leaders

Experienced product leaders own the strategy, the decisions and the quality bar.

ii

AI where it adds value

The right model for each task, used to go faster and cheaper without cutting corners.

iii

Launch, then keep improving

Test, measure and iterate continuously, with lean ongoing maintenance.

  • ~10%of the cost
  • ~10xfaster
  • Fewerpeople needed

Agent teams we run: QA, digital spend tracking, content development, and more, directed by our product leaders.

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Fractional Head of Product

What a Fractional Head of Product does.

The judgment and ownership of a senior product executive, sized to your stage.

Sets product strategy

Vision, roadmap and priorities tied to business goals.

Leads discovery and delivery

From customer insight to shipped, measured releases.

Builds the product team

Hiring, structure, rituals and coaching.

Aligns the company

A shared plan across founders, engineering, design and go-to-market.

Owns the metrics

The numbers your board and investors expect to see.

Prepares for the next stage

Fundraising narrative, or a clean hand-off to a full-time leader.

Who it’s for

  • Startups that need senior product leadership before a full-time hire makes sense.
  • Growth-stage companies scaling a product org, or between product leaders.

Ways to engage

  • Embedded, part-timeOngoing leadership inside your team.
  • Interim, full-timeCovering the gap until your permanent hire starts.
  • ProjectA defined scope, such as a roadmap, a launch or a raise.
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Also from Product N

Built to see another day.

Another day, another round of financing and more customers. Everything we do points at that.

n₃

Product Strategy & Resourcing

A clear roadmap, the right team shape and vetted talent to deliver it.

n₄

Early Stage Startup Fundraising

Narrative, metrics and deck, ready for your next round.

The product arc · 1999 to now

Every era of the internet, leading to now.

From every line by hand to AI-assisted build, test and iterate.
Maximum growth and margins, faster than ever.

NowAI-accelerated buildsParallax Innovations Web 1.0Every line by hand1999 · RitcheySubscriptionsServers in closets2000 · IGNSaaSConfigure everything2005 · eFaxOnline videoScale by brute force2008 · BreakMobile · AR/CVFrameworks arrive2012 · Rides.tvStreaming · CTVCloud takes the weight2014 · Pluto TVProgrammaticAutomation at scale2017 · RubiconXR trainingSpatial at work2018 · TalespinML ad pricingBillions of data points2019 · MutesixStreaming audio1M+ MAUs2020 · VurblCampaign data50-state ballot accessRecent · CampaignXR healthWebXR therapy2023 · UbiquityVX
  1. Web 1.0 Every line by hand 1999 · Ritchey
  2. Subscriptions Servers in closets 2000 · IGN
  3. SaaS Configure everything 2005 · eFax
  4. Online video Scale by brute force 2008 · Break
  5. Mobile · AR/CV Frameworks arrive 2012 · Rides.tv
  6. Streaming · CTV Cloud takes the weight 2014 · Pluto TV
  7. Programmatic Automation at scale 2017 · Rubicon
  8. XR training Spatial at work 2018 · Talespin
  9. ML ad pricing Billions of data points 2019 · Mutesix
  10. Streaming audio 1M+ MAUs 2020 · Vurbl
  11. Campaign data 50-state ballot access Recent · Campaign
  12. XR health WebXR therapy 2023 · UbiquityVX
  13. Now AI-accelerated builds Parallax Innovations
Selected work

Proven Success by Product N Leadership

Products led by founder Audra Everett Gold across streaming, ad tech, XR, AI and more.

25+years building digital products
EmmyCreative Achievement in Interactive Programming
$360M+Pluto TV, acquired by Viacom
Patentscomputer vision & video streaming
Founder

Audra Everett Gold

Founder and Managing Partner of Product N. Audra has spent more than 25 years building products across streaming, ad tech, mobile, connected TV, SaaS, gaming and AI/XR. She led Pluto TV product from pre-launch through Series B, owned Rubicon Project's $500M+ header bidding line, and led the Emmy-winning Rides.tv.

Since 2018, Product N has provided interim Head of Product leadership to early- and mid-stage companies. Today its product leaders also build lean platforms with AI.

How we work

Simple, from first call to launch.

01

Discover

An intro call and a short diagnostic of product, team, metrics and runway.

02

Scope

A fixed plan with clear goals, cadence and cost.

03

Build & lead

Product leaders build with AI tooling and lead the roadmap.

04

Iterate

Launch, measure, improve, and scale the engagement as you grow.

With Product N, your ideas get to live another day, get to another round, find another customer.

Tell us where you are and where you're headed.