Sean S.

Sean S.

5.0

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Storytelling and comedy coach for professional athletes, biz leaders, etc.

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Studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Worked at The Bridgespan Group

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Available tomorrow at 4:00 PM UTC

Usually responds within 21 hours

Still juggle b-school commitments, but happy to work around your schedule :)

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Sean's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly

Get help with Presentation Skills, Effective Communication, and Persuasion and Influence.

Sean also coaches for MBA, Management Consulting, and Comedy, Stand-Up & Improv. View all.

Sean’s Communication & Public Speaking Qualifications

Experience level: Manager

40+ people coached for Communication & Public Speaking

Sean has helped clients get into these companies:

Hey there! The biggest pitfall I find people run into with public speaking is that they fall into boring cliches. Let me help you avoid that by making sure ever sentence you say is, if not profound, at least fun and exciting! I've had the absolute honor of helping scores of leaders prepare for a wide range of public speaking and publicly-release writing events. It has been the absolute thrill of my life! Personal storytelling, best man's speech, introductions, valedictorian speeches, stand-up sets, professional memos... I've had the honor of doing them all. So I'm here to help you out with whatever public speaking challenge you're about to confront! A bit about me: my career has been as diverse as an office-bound career can be: management consulting, social impact, public policy, product management, and venture capital. I bring a wealth of experience to help understand your context. Some notable public speaking I've been able to do: I've been a coach for Stanford's legendary TALK program, in which classmates give a 30-minute story about their life in front of an audience of 250+; I gave my college commencement speech; I've performed dozens of stand-up and emcee routines in front of crowds of 400+. Whether friends want me to or not, I keep talking!

Sean can help with:

Presentation Skills

Effective Communication

Persuasion and Influence

Sean also coaches for MBA, Management Consulting, and Comedy, Stand-Up & Improv. View all.

About Sean

Howdy! I'm Sean, a current second-year dual MBA / MPA (Master of Public Administration) student at Stanford GSB and the Harvard Kennedy School. I'm from Houston, Texas and have lived in all over Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston), in NYC, Boston, and Nairobi. My professional passion is in the workforce/future of work/economic mobility space, and in my personal life I love storytelling, comedy, and distance running. Previously a consultant, I'm now pivoting to get my hands dirty in entrepreneurship! I've worked with mentees on consulting recruiting and led recruiting teams all throughout my six-year consulting career. While at GSB, I've had the honor of helping dozens of classmates shape the authentic (and hopefully entertaining and funny!) stories they want to share with their GSB class. Through this all I've honed a combination of intuition and process that works to bring out the core of a person's story... while making it fun too!! I'm excited to help you out however I can!

Why do I coach?

While at Stanford GSB I've been one of our class's five TALK Coaches; we carry on the TALK tradition by coaching two classmates a week to share their life's story with 250+ peers. Through this and giving my own TALK, I've seen the power that comes from deliberate and painstaking reflection that allows one to shape their own narrative. Sure it's critical for applications, but it also affects our own internal narrative that we tell ourselves about who we are, which has a massive effect on how we show up in the world!

Work Experience

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Product Manager

Homebase

June 2025 - Present

Product Manager for rapidly-growing Series D SMB tech platform, Homebase. Worked on new employee onboarding product and new benefits (i.e., health insurance, retirement, etc.) product.

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VC Summer Associate

Alley

June 2024 - August 2024

Source and diligenced early-stage enterprises and ran program and scoped in-kind engineering support program.

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Chief of Staff

SHOFCO

June 2023 - August 2023

Summer Chief of Staff to Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) for Kenyan slum development NGO in Nairobi; led 16 cross-agency pilots to reduce water-borne disease

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Consultant

The Bridgespan Group

February 2020 - June 2023

Hiring Manager

At forefront of key “firsts” in social sector: first individual US donor with multibillions in international giving, first large nonprofit focused on Black hiring, first rigorous US UBI pilot, first major ($1B) foundation’s COVID bond.

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Consultant

Monitor Deloitte

January 2018 - January 2020

Hiring Manager

At Deloitte I worked in the “Connectivity” practice working with a blend of corporate and government clients on technology and telecommunications issues like 5G, IoT, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities.

Education

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University of Texas at Austin

BBA / BA, Finance / Plan II Honors

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Harvard Kennedy School

Master of Public Administration - MPA

2023 - 2026

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Stanford Graduate School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

2023 - 2025

Activities and societies: • TALK Coach • GSB Impact Fund (Urban Development Investor) • Texas Club Co-President • GSB Stand-Up Night comedian • Other: Entrepreneurship Club (e-club), VC Club, Future of Work Club, Future of Cities Club

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