Naviu

Leading Naviu to become one of the top digital product studios in Europe.

50+ SaaS & AI products delivered 🚀

Unicorn Factory Lisboa

Startup Mentor

Outono | Portugueses em Tech

Outono is a community of Portuguese programmers, entrepreneurs and designers living and working outside of Portugal, with hubs in different cities. We organise events, connect people and startups, and promote the Portuguese Tech Scene globally.

Berlin Hub Ambassador

buildersklub

Berlin-based community, focused on showcasing how innovators are using automation & AI to accelerate growth and scale faster.

Founder

BERLIN STARTUP SCHOOL

MKT & Events Advisor

Blaze Information Security

Account Executive & Partner Manager

Cobalt.io

Partner Account Manager

Fábrica de Cervejas Portuense

Lead a team of 9 people. Together developed an effective brand & sales strategy that drove us to be the fastest growing and highest selling craft beer in Portugal.

Marketing & Sales Director

Structured the Marketing department and built an agile and fast paced team of 4 that managed Digital Brand Marketing, Trade Marketing, Events, PR, In-house content creation, Product development and Go-to-market strategy.

Reporting directly to the CEO, lead yearly budget and strategic plan creation, monitoring & execution, guaranting alignment across all departments and stakeholders.

Marketing Director

Joined the company in its early stages. With a “hands-on” approach, built Cerveja Nortada's brand from the ground up and lead strategic brand initiatives that promoted constant revenue growth.

Brand Manager

SONAE MC

Member of Continente's advertising team. Worked alongside campaign managers, leading content creation for TV, radio, print and digital advertising campaigns.

Content Production Manager

Manifesto

Developed brand strategies for B2C and B2B companies.

Brand Strategist

Turning an idea into a successful SaaS or AI product takes the right strategy, the right team, and flawless execution.

That’s what we do best! We've worked with 50+ B2B companies to build and scale SaaS & AI products that bring results.

With a proven process, clear communication, and a focus on scalability, we make sure your product is built fast and made to laaaast 🚀

Our process involves:

👉 Defining the best product strategy & tech stack
👉 Designing an intuitive & beautiful UX/UI
👉 Building an MVP in 8 to 12 weeks
👉 Scaling it into a robust, full-featured platform

💡 Experts in: React • Django • Node.js • Bubble.io • WeWeb • Xano

Diogo Guerner

How to launch new products in weeks, instead of months?

At the next buildersklub, I’ll be sitting down for a live conversation with João Fernandes, Venture Development Manager at Lufthansa Innovation Hub, to unpack exactly how they do it.

No theory. Just a practical look inside their venture development process and the story of building Cabinblu, an app designed to help passengers with flight anxiety.

You'll get actionable insights on: 
👉 The strategic playbook for validating and building a product with a lean, agile team. 
👉 How you can leverage rapid development tools to successfully build and launch MVPs. 
👉 The mindset and tactics required to overcome the challenges of fast-paced product development.

See you there! 

This event is happening as part of the Thursday Gathering by Venture Café Berlin!

CEO @Naviu / We build SaaS & AI products. Fast and made to laaaaaaaaaast 🚀

How do you take an idea and turn it into a real product in weeks, not months?

Especially inside a 100,000-employee giant?

At the recent buildersklub meetup, I had the pleasure to chat with João Fernandes from Lufthansa Innovation Hub and learn how they approach it.

He walked us through building Cabinblu (an app for flight anxiety) in just 10 weeks.

Here is the playbook on how they did it:

1️⃣  𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 
Opportunity Discovery → Solution Validation → MVP Development → Scale. 
Cabinblu's idea came from Lufthansa's Medical & Health Department addressing flight anxiety (20-40% of flyers). Every idea must answer: "Why should WE build this?" and align with Lufthansa Group's strategy. Aligned incentives = successful products.

2️⃣  𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 
Each venture runs with 2-3 core people as "entrepreneurs in residence," backed by specialists in marketing, design, and strategy. João partnered with a pilot who has a PhD in flight anxiety to ensure science-backed credibility. Small teams, big impact.

3️⃣ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 
Before building anything, João used V0 by Vercel to create a clickable prototype in one morning to test with pilots. Not production-ready, but tangible enough for real feedback and stakeholder buy-in before investing months in development. Show, don't tell.

4️⃣ 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 
With engineers focused on high-ROI projects, João used FlutterFlow to build the full app without writing code. ChatGPT and YouTube filled the gaps. Result? App Store launch in 10-12 weeks. Low-code validates fast, then scale with proper engineering if it works.

5️⃣ 𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 
2 features got cut from Cabinblu's MVP: calling a pilot (operational complexity) and live flight tracking (complex APIs). João's rule: "We need to understand what is worth building-not just what's exciting to build." Scope discipline beats feature bloat. Ship what validates your hypothesis, nothing more.

6️⃣ 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 In corporate environments, momentum dies fast. Leadership changes, opinions shift, budgets move. "Go from idea to MVP as fast as possible. If we take too long, we lose traction and alignment." Speed isn't just efficiency-it's survival strategy. Validate with real paying customers in weeks, not months.s a masterclass in moving from "slide deck" to "shipped product."

Huge thanks to João for the insights, to everyone who joined us and to Naviu, 9x and Venture Café Berlin for making it happen!

Thank you for being part of the klub! 👊

Will AI really be able to build complex software on its own?
 
There’s a lot of skepticism out there:
“It’s just vibe-coding. It's a fad.”
“It lacks real craft and strategy.”
“It’ll always need human oversight.”
 
And for now, that’s true.
But that misses the bigger picture.
 
This isn’t a question of if. It’s a question of when.
 
Let’s look at a simple logic:
 
👉 The industry is in a sprint to achieve AGI
 
👉 Expert timelines vary, but more and more serious researchers are talking about 5 to 15 years.
 
👉 What does AGI mean? It means machines that can think, learn, and reason just like humans... or, more likely, better.
 
So, if we successfully build a machine that can out-think a human engineer...
 
Why would we say it won't be able to write complex software?
 
I get it. It’s hard to picture.
 
It was probably just as difficult for someone in the 1800s to believe we could get inside a 200-ton metal device and fly across an ocean.
 
And yet, now we fly every day.
 
I think the real debate isn’t whether AI will eventually build full systems, run autonomous codebases or do any other complex task.
 
I think the real question is:
 
What happens when it can?

Simon Heuschkel

autarc (YC S24)

Product Manager

Climesumer

Climesumer is a climate action platform for individuals, helping them live the most sustainable lifestyle possible, take collective climate action and feel hopeful about the climate crisis. 

After building Veganalternative and sustainable alternative and gaining initial traction, I built the first version of Climesumer within 4 months and launched it in April 23.

Susteyn

Susteyn builds indoor farms for offices. Employees can grow fresh herbs and lettuce, while greening the office. For companies its a unique employee branding option. 
Our mission is to accelerate the transition into a sustainable food future and we start by solving problems for offices.

Founder (CEO) and Product Manager 

Product Pioneers Podcast

Product Pioneers is a student lead Product Management  podcast. Which some of my fellow students started. Now I continue this beautiful project as a Host for Season 2. We exploring new technologies, tools or methods, and talk to industry experts in the realm of product management.

Prodcast Host (Season 2)

AgroSolar Europe GmbH

Driving digital product development at AgroSolar Europe and building tools for farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture.

I consulted and completed no-code projects for climate-focused clients. Namely leafr.work a climate freelance platform. The main technology stack was Airtable.com, Softr.io and Make.com

No-code Freelancer

CODE University of Applied Sciences

Product Management Student

Buckle & Seam

Customer Service (4 Month)
1. Setup and Customization of Customer Service tool Zendesk
     + Analysis of customer needs and current processes to create a superior customer service    experience for both customer and customer service agent.
     + Independently becoming acquainted with the ticketing software Zendesk. 
         (Komplett eingenständiges Einarbeiten in Zendesk)
     + Setup and customizing Zendesk: creating the structure for effective conditional ticket fields, views and macros and automating tasks like email responses.
     + Using relevant ticket fields to capture important data to create meaningful reports.
     + Creation of a customer service user guide.
         (including how to use and change my internal setup of Zendesk)
2. Managing customer service | Work as a customer service agent
    + Managing return, repairs, refunds and shipment statuses.
    + Use and optimization of Zendesk (increase productivity and speed of workflow)

Offline Sales (2Month)
3. Research of potential partner stores (offline sales)
    + Using Google Analytics data to determine the most relevant cities within Germany. 
        (10+ Cities researched)
    + Researching the best potential partner stores within these cities
4. Sales/Acquisition of new partner stores:
    + Successful emailing and (cold) calling of potential partner stores.
    + Negotiating with store owners and closing deals

Entrepreneur in residence (Sales and Customer Service)

Climesumer.com - Everything you need to live sustainable // Improve employee wellbeing through office farming // Looking for a full-time PM role in climate tech // Be the change you want to see. // Links 👇

Hi there, 
I am a Product Manager based in Berlin, dedicated to solving the climate crisis with meaningful technology and driven people. With 4+ years of hands-on experience in product management, interaction design and climate change, I am committed to building impactful, user-centric products for the long term.

During my bachelor studies in Product Management, I co-founded Susteyn.io, an indoor farming startup building the first office farm in the space. I also hosted season 2 of the Product Pioneers Podcast, a student-led product management podcast. In 14 episodes and over 8k total downloads, interviewed product experts from Infarm, Gorillas, Ecosia, IronOx and BCG, to name a few.

I am passionate about solving real-world problems, mainly in sustainability, although productivity and knowledge management, nocode and public speaking are also fun.

Building indie products using no-code (BA thesis topic) brings me a lot of joy.
Lnkrr.me for example, is a notion-powered linktree tool and was the first solo project with significant users. 

Climesumer.com is a platform for individual climate action and my most successful solo project yet. 

In 2023 I was the president of a public speaking club called Center Berlin Toastmasters where I gave numerous speeches.

The views, positions and opinions expressed here are my own. 

If you want to connect, please quickly explain where we have met or why we should connect. 
You can explore some of my work on my website: www.heuschkelsimon.com

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