Hi everyone! :)

I'm pretty new to Elpha but have been really impressed with the perspectives all of you bring to the forums here, so would love to get your advice.

I work at a *very* early stage startup (I joined this year when we had single-digits employees). I have a primarily customer success role with the intent of pivoting into product management (something my CEO knows and is the trajectory we planned together). He's very supportive of my career in general.

Recently, I've been feeling a bit left out of what's going on. We have a very in-demand new service+product offering that our customers are clamoring for (which is awesome!!!), so all focus is on building out that product, which is going to be a huge part of our business moving forward. It doesn't intersect much with my day-to-day, and I do feel like I'm on the periphery of the actual important work. I'd like to help out, but am uncertain how to approach my CEO about asking for more involvement and visibility. I also am uncertain what I could even be of help with as he is obviously "PM-ing" this. He's stretched pretty thin right now with trying to get this off the ground, so I don't want to add anything else to his plate if I can't be helpful.

TL;DR: how to ask to be a part of a project or initiative when I am uncertain that I have any help to offer? And how to float that I'd like to be more involved in projects outside of my lane in general?

I hope this context makes sense and looking forward to hearing your thoughts!