WHY FOUNDERS CALL
"Growth is stressing the system. I can't see it clearly anymore — and there's nobody safe to talk to."
Startups are hard. They can be easier with the right support — which is hardest to find at exactly the moment you need it most.
Shaun works with founders on the secret problems: the co-founder tension that's becoming untenable, the leadership habit holding the whole company back, the board dynamic nobody's naming, the question of whether you're still the right person for the role.
One of his coaching superpowers is finding the signal under the noise of behavior, feelings, and emotions — and turning it into something actionable.
Co-founder conflict
Leadership transitions
Team dynamics
Culture change
Scaling yourself
Board navigation
Neurodiversity at work
Founder role transitions
A founder & executive coach with a day 1 lens
ABOUT SHAUN
Shaun is a former managing partner at a venture fund with 20 years working across operations and strategy in multiple industries. He's been inside companies at every stage from the garage to growth equity.
Emerging leaders and technologists seek out his perspective to explore non-linear pathways for reducing daily friction as they scale their companies and their teams.
He leads with curiosity, not judgment. He's known for being direct in a field of people who talk too much. He asks the questions that unlock what you already know but haven't been able to say out loud.
He's a speaker and writer on employee onboarding, building resource-efficient hard tech startups, and neurodiversity at work.
ACC Certified Coach
Hudson Institute
Harvard Business School
WashU Alum
What founders say
