shaun arora·Oct 26If you see something say something20 years ago, I built a ticketing system for people to report issues and offer suggestions. It worked like a suggestion box but better. One…
shaun arora·Oct 20The Ritual of Reporting NothingI was listening to the radio recently and heard an announcer say, with real gravity: “The major U.S. stock market indexes finished down…
shaun arora·Oct 7Jomo — Naming the Part of Me I’d BuriedYou might have noticed the name Jomo attached to parts of my profile, and a few people have asked what that’s about.
shaun arora·Sep 28The Executive Assistant Playbook I NeededFor years, I struggled to get the most important things done, so I did what everyone tells you to do: I hired an EA.
shaun arora·Sep 17The Application I Didn’t Know I Needed to SubmitBack-to-school season always brings me back to one missing conversation that cost me four years of playing catch-up — and taught me…
shaun arora·Sep 4AI Is About to Relearn an Expensive LessonI’m watching AI repeat the mistakes of SaaS. I think it’s worth explaining exactly what I’m seeing, because I have a specific vantage point…
shaun arora·Sep 3The Certainty TrapI ran across the idea of the certainty trap, and it’s stuck with me since. I don’t know who coined it originally, but a post from Andrea…
shaun arora·Mar 9When Budgets Start Replacing JudgmentEver notice how the smartest people in your startup suddenly stop thinking boldly once budgets get involved?
shaun arora·Mar 2What Slow Progress Is Teaching Me About Sustainable KPIsThe sprint mindset works incredibly well in startups. That’s exactly why it’s so dangerous.
