Shaun Arora

Coach and Former Partner

2024

Partnering with startup CEOs who seek to scale. Leaders seek me out for my ability to see creative solutions and move multiple objectives in parallel. I am proud to have helped ~1000 founders, builders, and executives break through their roadblocks. Reach out if you are curious how I can support you and your business. Always a sucker for a good underdog story ;-) https://evolution.team/shaun-arora

Founder

2024

If you’ve made it this far on my profile, chances are you are looking for cheap and easy ways to support your neurodivergent employees while improving your organization’s bottom line. We accomplished that with our client, a Series A startup. Their product and engineering teams were unable to communicating, playing tug-of-war on every decision with the loudest voice often winning, yet project dates slipping and customer demos flopping. The first step we took to increase their managerial effectiveness was to surface the processes and systems contributing to the dynamic. Only then could we coach the people issues. We discovered many high-performance mindsets were hidden in plain sight. And once we broke out of the mindset of how things have always been done, we were able to sit back and watch as the business unlocked productivity gains and built an inclusive culture that attracted talent. This is incredibly common in organizations. You often have the team of A-players and a solid organizational foundation to build and scale from, and need a few minor tweeks to unlock that scale. So this is exactly what we did with with our client. The result? 📈 100% on-time product launches 📈 People moved to different roles where they are thriving 📈 Elimination of hours spent in politics and backchanneling Let me share one last thing… If a cash strapped startup can benefit from prioritizing communication and culture, so can your company. Don’t let zones of silence and operational friction push your bottom line into the ground. With the right process and mindset shifts, your existing employees can thrive again.

Chief Operating Officer

2021

Investing time helping founders scale > Investing capital in startups Hats: Chief of Staff, Executive Coach, Head of Strategy, COO, Head of Operations, and Head of Corporate Development Gigs: Established workflows and improved operations for scale-ups, repositionings, turnarounds, and more

Managing Director & Head of Investment Operations

2015

Led business operations and fundraising operations Note: fund is fully deployed and no longer making new investments

Director of Corporate Ventures

2015 - 2023

Created the innovation arm of a multinational company and spun it out with internal and external backing Diligence on companies for strategic investments and M&A Attracted technologies for net positive impact on P&L, culture, and growth

Corporate Development

2023 - 2023

Co-create the strategic narrative

Head of Strategy

2021 - 2022

• Lead customer discovery and narrow company positioning, resulting in biz dev funnel process and marketing initiatives • Lead fundraising process • Co-create the strategic narrative

Chief Operating Officer

2021 - 2022

• Strategized with CEO to execute a post-COVID pivot • Led a remote customer support and retention team to reduce user wait times from 17 to 1 minute • Directed product roadmap driven by user insights and SEO data • Created and implemented Partner Agreements and Service Level Agreements

Director of Marketing and Sales Operations

2013 - 2015

Led strategy and operations for organic growth team including corporate rebrand.

Director of Business Operations

2005 - 2013

Led and scaled operations through hypergrowth and five acquisitions as a 200 person company grew to 4000 FTEs while revenues increased 40x At various times, was responsible for operations across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, IT Infrastructure, MIS, Sales Operations, Marketing, Corporate Development, HR, People Operations, Recruiting, Business, Product, and Facility teams

Board Member

2005 - 2008