I'm Waleed Arkanji — Head of Products at Resal, building in Jeddah.

My job is turning messy ambition into shippable product. I care about clarity, pace, and the quiet craft of deciding what not to build.

The lens I use to make calls:

Attractiveness (Vision Fit × Market Signals × Financial Potential) vs Feasibility (sprints to ship).

Four outcomes: Quick Win · Big Bet · Gold Mine · Trap. Ship the first three. Name the fourth early and walk away.

Customer first. Product quality second. Business metrics third. In that order. Every time.

• New direction over old labels. The category I came from isn't the category I'm building for.
• Copy competitors? Never. Understand them, then outbuild them.
• Ruthless prioritization. If everything is a priority, nothing is.
• One spec, one owner, one sprint at a time.

• Agentic workflows in everyday ops. Where does the human stay, and where does the agent take over?
• Arabic-first product design. Not translation — transcreation. The whole experience.
• Wallets as identity. A wallet isn't a place for money. It's a place for trust.
• Self-service as craft. The best onboarding is the one that doesn't need a call.

_{Built in Jeddah · Learning in public.}