BUILD/POV
BUILD/POV
A studio of one · est. 2026
/ about · the operator

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Preetham Changappa, in profile, low-key portrait
PASSPORT · /BPV-001
Preetham Changappa
aka dr.paradox · operator
  • 5
    products shipped, 0 to 1
  • ~2M
    users across them
  • 5
    sectors: EV, IoT, fintech, AI SaaS, Web3
  • 1
    operator. no team, no handoffs
I'm Preetham. I've spent the last several years taking ideas from zero to products real people use. BuildPOV is that loop, productised — for founders who don't have years to spare.

The track recordFive products built 0 to 1 across EV, IoT, fintech, AI SaaS and Web3. Roughly two million users between them. Some I led, some I built solo, all of them taught me the same lesson: the product that ships with a sharp point of view wins. The one that ships by consensus dies quiet.

Why this existsBuildPOV is the studio I wish I'd had at the start — one that thinks like a founder, moves like a designer, and ships like an engineer. Not a deck. Not a logo. A spine.

Why soloEvery translation between strategist, designer and engineer is a tax on taste. A studio of one removes that tax. Decisions move at the speed of one head, not five.

Why ten daysAny longer and we're discovering, not deciding. The constraint is the product. Two weeks is long enough to think hard and short enough to ship.

What I refuseRetainers. Slide-marathon decks. Logos before positioning. "Quick syncs." Anything that mistakes activity for progress.

Who I work withA small number of founders at a time. Early stage or stuck. Product or creative — if you're making something new and need help finding its spine, I'm your person.

Currently

Bengaluru. Works globally. Loom-first. Calendars optional. Taking intro calls this month at the launch rate of $1,750 — 50% off the $3,500 list price.

/ a letterBengaluru · 2026

Dear founder,

I'm Preetham — a product builder who's spent years taking ideas from nothing to real products used by real people.

Five products. ~Two million users. Sectors from EV to fintech, IoT to AI SaaS to Web3. Each one built from scratch, with no template, no playbook — just a relentless focus on finding the right point of view and shipping before the window closes.

BuildPOV is what I wish had existed when I was starting out: a studio that thinks like a founder, moves like a designer, ships like an engineer. One head, ten days, one spine.

I kept watching smart founders ship products that fell flat — not because the idea was wrong, but because somewhere between the idea and the product, the point of view got diluted. By committees. By templates. By "best practices" that belonged to someone else's market.

So this is the alternative. Not frameworks borrowed from someone else's playbook. Not roadmaps designed by consensus. Your market, your taste, your conviction — refined until it's undeniably yours, then shipped before anyone else figures it out.

I work with a small number of founders at a time. Early stage or stuck. Product or creative — if you're making something new and need someone to help you find its spine, I'm your person.

Strategy. Taste. Systems. In that order.

— dr.paradox
aka Preetham Changappa · BuildPOV
/ a week with me

Five days.
One spine.

/ what i like
  • A spine.
  • Anti-positioning.
  • Honest pricing.
  • Loom over meetings.
  • Pre-seed founders.
  • Type at 14vw.
  • Ship dates.
  • Refusal as a feature.
/ what i hate
  • Templates.
  • Vibes-only.
  • AI slop in hero copy.
  • 'Let's hop on a quick call'.
  • Six-week 'discovery'.
  • Logos before strategy.
  • Maybes.
/ on the desk

Books I steal from
without apology.

/ what's on the workbench

While this runs,
I'm building too.

Products in motion alongside client work — because advice is cheap if you're not in the game.

Work with me ↗