About the specialist
Ilya works with startups from idea to product-market fit. Over 10 years, he has guided 28 projects in edtech, fintech, marketplaces and B2B SaaS — 19 reached sustainable monetization within 3–7 months on budgets under 5M RUB.
His approach treats strategy as a trigger system. Instead of «improve retention», you get: «90-day target: 40% repeat purchase rate with LTV ≥ 3×CAC. If missed — launch pilot with new value hypothesis».
Specialization: hypothesis validation on limited budgets (from 300K RUB), funnel building with ≥8% conversion, pre-seed/seed round preparation (clients' avg. result — 12M RUB raised within 6 months post-strategy session).
Education
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow — Management, Strategic Analysis track (2010–2014)
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology — Startup Management short program (2016)
RVC & FRII «Product Strategy» intensive course (2018)
Work experience
Founder & Strategy Lead, «Strategy Growth» consulting studio (Moscow, 2020–present)
Guided 12 startups to PMF; avg. hypothesis validation time — 4.5 months at budgets under 2.5M RUB
Head of Strategy, GenerationS accelerator (RVC) (2017–2020)
Strategy development for 47 startups; 9 projects raised funding (total 850M RUB)
Business Analyst, Yandex (2014–2017)
Monetization analysis for new products; contributed to Yandex.Services launch (2016)