About Zelyk

We exist for one kind of advisor.

Fractional CFOs carry years of judgment that founders badly need. We make sure founders can see it.

OUR ORIGIN STORY

The Gap We Kept Seeing

When we started, we worked with all kinds of experts. Here is why we stopped serving everyone and focused exclusively on Fractional CFOs.

01 THE BEGINNING

Working with all kinds of experts

When we started, we worked with all kinds of experts: coaches, consultants, and founders across multiple industries. We saw results, but general consulting meant solving surface-level messaging without deep mastery of any single profession.

02 THE TURNING POINT

Two finance projects changed our direction

Both were Fractional CFOs with deep commercial experience and decades of financial judgment. And both had LinkedIn profiles that told a visiting founder almost nothing about what they could actually do for them.

03 THE REPEATED PATTERN

Strong experience, zero clear positioning

Then we saw the exact same thing again and again in every CFO profile we reviewed: extraordinary strategic depth, no clear positioning, and no clear next step for a visiting founder.

OUR CORE COMMITMENT

“So we stopped serving everyone. Zelyk now works with Fractional and Virtual CFOs only.”

Zero general marketing. Zero generic tactics. 100% focused on positioning and client acquisition systems for high-caliber finance leaders.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Four Principles Behind Every Build

What each core belief practically means for your practice.

PRINCIPLE 01

Positioning beats posting

Being clear matters more than being everywhere.

PRINCIPLE 02

Proof over promises

We show the work. We do not sell big numbers.

PRINCIPLE 03

Your calendar is yours

Chat or call, you decide how we talk.

PRINCIPLE 04

Systems over tactics

We build the whole path, not one piece of it.

LEADERSHIP

Meet the Founders

Two specialized disciplines working together to build your complete client acquisition asset.

Zahra Batool, Co-Founder Zelyk
Strategy & Positioning

Zahra Batool

Co-Founder, Zelyk • Positioning and Client Acquisition Systems Strategist

Zahra designs the client acquisition system behind every Zelyk build. She decides how each CFO is positioned, what a founder must see first, and the path that turns a profile visit into a real conversation. Every Custom Visual Teardown starts with her, and she works only with Fractional and Virtual CFOs.

Muhammad Shahid, Co-Founder Zelyk
Systems & Automation

Muhammad Shahid

Co-Founder, Zelyk • Systems and Automation

Shahid leads the technical side of every build. Websites, guide pages, email automation and the systems that keep your pipeline running in the background.

OUR WORKING STYLE

Quietly, in writing, on your schedule.

Most of our work happens in chat and email, so it fits around your client work. If you would rather talk it through, book a short call. Either way, you see everything before it goes live.

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Asynchronous by Default

Drafts, revisions, and approvals happen in chat so you never lose an afternoon to status meetings.

02

Every Step in Writing

Clear scopes, documented milestones, and permanent deliverables you own forever.

03

100% Pre-Approval

Nothing is published, posted, or changed on your profile without your explicit written sign-off.

CUSTOM VISUAL TEARDOWN

Start with the teardown.
Decide after.

Send your profile link. We will send back a visual teardown that shows where founders leave, and what would make them stay. No pitch inside. If it makes sense to talk after, you choose chat or a call.

Built only for Fractional CFOs
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Chat or call, your choice
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No pitch inside