R Ridha Mami  · for Christophe · Slite & Super
Spontaneous · Jul 18
For Christophe — founder & CEO, Slite

You didn't open this role. That's exactly why I'm writing.

Quick context, since this comes out of the blue: we haven't met, there's no role posted, and I'm not applying to anything. I'm Ridha — a founder who builds revenue and growth from zero. I'm writing because I think Slite is about to need exactly that. The whole case is on this page, so you can read it on your own time — no call, no meeting.

Here's the argument in one line: you brought in a fractional CRO to steady revenue — smart. But in 2025 you went multi-product with Super, a new product in a new market. That's not a steadying job, it's a building one — and that's what I'd come in to do.

RM Ridha MamiFounder · product & growth builder
9 wks
0 → €100K ARR on a product I founded & built end to end
€200M+
B2B SaaS ARR managed across Europe, MEA & North America
€20M+
ARR closed individually as an IC — I still carry a bag
Why I'm writing, unprompted

The best time to bring in a builder is before you write the job description.

Slite is at the inflection every PLG company hits once: the core product works, and there's a second, bigger bet — Super — that needs its own go-to-market from zero. AI search is a real category now, the intent is exploding, and nobody owns the SMB-and-mid-market distribution for it yet.

That's the exact problem I'm built for. I took an enterprise SaaS company upmarket when it had no upmarket motion, then left to found my own product and took it 0 → €100K ARR in nine weeks — writing the code, the landing pages, the SEO layer and the funnel myself. I don't advise on the motion. I build it, and I carry the number while I do.

Steady the core, or build the new engine?

Not a knock on the fractional model — it's the right call for a steady core. But launching Super is a different problem, and it's worth being precise about the difference.

The fractional model

Great for interim strategy

  • A few days a month, advisory
  • Optimises the motion that already exists
  • Sits above the product and the funnel
  • Coaches the team toward the number
  • Best for: steadying the core

A builder-operator, full-time

Built for 0 → 1

  • All in, in it daily, owns the outcome
  • Builds the motion that doesn't exist yet
  • Hands in the product and the funnel — I write the code
  • Carries the number myself, player-coach
  • Best for: launching Super, net-new GTM

You likely want both, in sequence. I'm making the case for the second one — and for starting it now, while Super is young.

What a Slite & Super revenue builder needs — verified

The way Slite marks a doc: verified, or honestly not yet.

0 → 1 product go-to-market Verified

Founded a product and took it 0 → €100K ARR in nine weeks. Stood up an enterprise upmarket motion from nothing. New motions are the work, not the exception.

PLG / self-serve growth Verified

To me PLG is product clarity — the shortest path to a first "aha." I've built the signup→activation funnel and instrument it to the step. Your first verified answer is that aha.

Builds growth systems (SEO, funnels, automation) Verified

Solo: an SEO/GEO pipeline (prerender, JSON-LD, sitemaps), landing pages, an outbound agent, and a console tracking the funnel. I ship the stack, not a brief.

AI-native product sense Verified

My product is a multi-model AI engine with agents and tool-calling. I understand what Super is really selling — trustworthy answers on top of messy company knowledge.

Carries revenue (IC through VP) Verified

15 years in B2B SaaS revenue — €200M+ managed, €20M+ closed myself. A builder who also closes, so the growth ideas stay honest about money.

Writing-first, async, fully-remote operator Verified

You're reading the proof. This case is a document, not a calendar invite — the way Slite has worked since day one.

Knowledge-management category native Honestly, adjacent

My SaaS depth is revenue-tech, not docs. I'd ramp on the category fast — but I'd rather flag it than oversell it. The growth muscle transfers; the domain I'll learn in weeks.

Proof I build, not just brief

A product I designed, coded & shipped — 47 seconds

Nudge, the company I founded: a multi-model AI product with agents on top of messy sales data. Different domain, same shape as Super — make an AI answer trustworthy enough that a team bets on it. This is what "hands in the product" looks like for me.

A first sketch of the Slite & Super growth engine

A hypothesis to argue about, not a finished plan. Three bets I'd open with:

1

Make activation the growth team

Self-serve is the top of funnel. I'd instrument signup → first connected tool → first verified answer as the activation spine, cut every step that doesn't earn its place, and turn the moment "Super answered something my search couldn't" into the share that pulls the rest of the team in.

2

Own the AI-search shift with Super

"AI search across all our tools" is a category being formed right now — high intent, no clear owner. I'd claim it with narrative + programmatic/comparison SEO + a connect-your-tools free wedge, and land Super into the existing Slite base before chasing net-new.

3

Land-and-expand, not land-and-pray

Knowledge tools live or die on seat expansion. I'd build the admin→team virality loop, wire sales-assist onto only the accounts that light up, and make NRR a number we design for, not one we read after the quarter.

Remote-first means the motion has to be legible in writing and run without me in the room. That's a constraint I'd design for from day one — it's how I already work.

The short versions

Same story, printable — a one-page CV and a founder-to-founder letter.

Cover letter · for ChristophePDF · 1 page

Founder to founder — the raw version, in writing.

Open
Ridha Mami · one-page CVPDF · 1 page

The numbers, the builds, and how I work.

Open
The longer version The full track record — where the revenue came from and the builds behind the claims.
Founder — Addvocate
  • 0 → €100K ARR in nine weeks. Founded a buyer-signal intelligence product and built it end to end — product, landing pages, SEO, funnel and the AI engine underneath.
  • Product + growth in one person. Shipped an entire suite solo: a multi-model AI engine, a control plane, a chat support agent, an observability console built around an efficiency funnel, and the marketing site.
Enterprise SaaS revenue — IC through VP
  • €80K → €170K+ average deal size leading the upmarket motion at Wonderflow — building the motion where there wasn't one.
  • First multi-year contracts with global brands including PMI, Michelin, Goodyear, Shiseido, Hill's and Purina.
  • Stood up US operations from scratch — hired the first US AE and launched in Austin, Texas.
  • €200M+ ARR managed across Europe, MEA and North America; €20M+ closed individually as an IC.
How I work
  • A builder, not an overseer. I reach into the product and the stack directly, install one clear system, cut the busywork.
  • Data before opinion. Instrument the funnel, run fast experiments, keep what moves the metric.
  • Range. Four languages (FR native, plus AR, EN, IT); comfortable across multi-region, remote, async teams.
Reach me where it's easy

Async is fine — reply whenever it suits. If it's easier to read than to meet, that's rather the point.

Before you go

No role is open, so there's nothing to apply to — which is why I built the argument instead of sending a résumé into a void. If the timing's wrong, a one-line "not now" is a gift and I'll take it well. If any of this landed, the fastest next step is a reply, in writing, on your schedule.

Let's build it
Ridha
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