Funky Business helps founders and leadership teams get clear on how the business actually works. We turn ideas, markets, and constraints into a sharp business model: who you serve, what you offer, how you make money, and what has to be true for it to scale. Everything else – brand, product, ops, AI – hangs off that model.
Reza Malekzadgan – Co-founder
Reza is a senior advisor on AI strategy and transformation who works with boards, CEOs, and investors to turn technology hype into real P&L impact. He’s spent two decades helping global enterprises and PE-backed companies sharpen their business models, drive ROI on AI initiatives, and navigate M&A and growth bets.
Hira Verick – Co-founder
Hira is a design-led strategist and technologist, formerly Executive Director at a number of large global tech companies, who has built products and services for companies like adidas, Sony, HTC, Uber, Northvolt, and Kia. He combines deep product, brand, and AI experience with a founder’s mindset to turn messy ideas into clear narratives and business models teams can actually execute.
Funky Business helps founders and leadership teams get clear on how the business actually works. We turn ideas, markets, and constraints into a sharp business model: who you serve, what you offer, how you make money, and what has to be true for it to scale. Everything else – brand, product, ops, AI – hangs off that model.
Reza Malekzadgan – Co-founder
Reza is a senior advisor on AI strategy and transformation who works with boards, CEOs, and investors to turn technology hype into real P&L impact. He’s spent two decades helping global enterprises and PE-backed companies sharpen their business models, drive ROI on AI initiatives, and navigate M&A and growth bets.
Hira Verick – Co-founder
Hira is a design-led strategist and technologist, formerly Executive Director at a number of large global tech companies, who has built products and services for companies like adidas, Sony, HTC, Uber, Northvolt, and Kia. He combines deep product, brand, and AI experience with a founder’s mindset to turn messy ideas into clear narratives and business models teams can actually execute.