Jan Day
An affordable, highly customizable wedding company offering curated rentals, bespoke design, and direct sourcing from China to help couples create celebrations that feel distinctly theirs.
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Venture builder · Product leader
I build solutions for problems I care about.
I’m Shangyanyan Li — a builder who turns complex, human problems into focused products. I’ve built 10+ ventures with studios, startups, and enterprise teams, from first insight to market.
Current work
Ventures in motion
Haven
AI-powered immigration guidance that helps international talent navigate the U.S. immigration journey with clearer information, timely H-1B updates, and practical next steps.
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I was laid off. What should I do next?
AI legal expertF-1 pathway
Based on 100+ similar cases shared by our community, you may want to consider changing status to F-1 while you plan your next step.
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Clientory
AI visibility and conversion intelligence for professional-services firms that want to be found in AI search—and turn that visibility into more qualified leads.
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Visibility score↑ 18%
ChatGPT84
Google AI67
Perplexity58
AI answer resultYour firm is cited · Position #2
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Work with me
From ambiguity to a venture people want.
I help founders, studios, and innovation teams sharpen the problem, test the opportunity, and turn evidence into products with momentum.
- 01Venture strategy
- 020 → 1 product
- 03Customer discovery
- 04AI product strategy
- 05Go-to-market
- 06Fractional product leadership
Selected path
Built in the work.
Seeking the next venture to build
Building Haven, Clientory, and Jan Day—and looking to partner with founders, studios, and enterprise teams creating ambitious new ventures.
1848 Ventures · Venture Builder
Launched two AI ventures from exploration to seed-ready in one year.
Tenney 110 · Business Design Expert
Led 5+ ventures and created the studio’s first repeatable venture playbook.
Kforce · Innovation Consultant
Co-led fintech and insurtech ventures from research through market validation.
10+Ventures launched
2Venture studios
3 mo.From problem to first customers
Want to work with me?
Let’s make it happen
lshangyanyan@gmail.com
LinkedIn ↗Madison, Wisconsin · Open to anywhere