The work compounds
Research, CRM discipline, prospecting, process documentation, reporting, and content become valuable when somebody owns them consistently.
ShawEXP matches growing businesses with carefully screened university operators who take ownership of the research, growth, and operating work that keeps falling behind.
Owner-led professional services firm · 12–18 hrs/week
Turns ambiguous asks into structured next steps and communicates early when context is missing.
A deliberately designed role, a screened shortlist, and support when the fit needs attention.
Your highest-value people are stuck between urgent client work and the recurring projects that create tomorrow's growth. ShawEXP fills the space between another full-time hire and doing nothing.
Research, CRM discipline, prospecting, process documentation, reporting, and content become valuable when somebody owns them consistently.
A full-time hire is too large. Freelancers are fragmented. Building an internship program creates another operational burden for your team.
One capable operator, curated for the work and embedded in your workflow—with a lighter commitment and a stronger experience on both sides.
Design the roleWe take on the expensive part of finding signal: role design, sourcing, screening, and match support. You retain control of priorities and day-to-day work.
Identify the work that is valuable, repeatable, and ready for a capable operator to own.
ROLE BRIEFScreen for communication, ownership, capability, availability, and fit—not résumé polish alone.
VETTED MATCHESYour operator joins the workflow, receives context directly, and begins producing useful output.
REAL WORKShawEXP stays close enough to catch ambiguity, reset expectations, or improve the match.
ONGOING SUPPORTStart with one clear lane. Expand responsibility as the operator learns the business, earns trust, and proves capability.
Turn an inconsistent pipeline into a repeatable motion.
Move repeatable, research-heavy, and coordination work to a capable operator while your senior team stays focused on judgment and clients.
Illustrative capacity—not a guaranteed result. The real value depends on role design, management, and the work delegated.
The business gets useful capacity. The student gets meaningful responsibility. ShawEXP is designed to protect the quality of that exchange.
Build the right roleThe role begins with work the business genuinely needs—not invented busywork.
Owners provide context and feedback. Operators bring communication and ownership.
Students leave with concrete work, better judgment, and stronger professional stories.
ShawEXP stays close enough to catch ambiguity before it becomes wasted time.
Work directly inside a growing business. Own real outputs. Build judgment, confidence, and stories that materially improve your next interview.
“Give me context, a messy problem, and a deadline. I'll figure out the path.”
The founding model is intentionally hands-on. The goal is to learn fast, protect quality, and build a repeatable service around real demand.
No. ShawEXP is a curated talent deployment service. We help define the role, source and screen candidates, make the match, and support the engagement.
The business does. You set priorities, provide context, and review outputs. ShawEXP supports the role and fit rather than inserting another management layer.
Growing, owner-led or lean teams with meaningful recurring work, a clear point of contact, and enough context to let a capable student contribute.
Founding engagements are scoped individually. Timing depends on role clarity, candidate availability, and fit—not an arbitrary fill-time promise.
Pricing is discussed after the role is scoped. The goal is transparent economics that support a strong operator, proper administration, and a useful experience for the business.
Tell us what keeps getting pushed. We'll decide together whether a ShawEXP operator is the right solution.