The Next Unicorns E5 Zola CEO Shan-Lyn Ma is growing her wedding platform in a $100bn market | E983

Jason Calacanis chats with Shan-Lyn Ma, founder of Zola, about starting and competing in the crowded wedding registry space. They discuss Zola's business model, changes in wedding demographics, and balancing growth with profitability. They also touch on raising moral standards in tech and the evolving NYC tech scene.

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 56%

Shan-Lyn Ma

Guest • 38%

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Chapters

0:00	Opening
0:51	Jason intros Shan-Lyn Ma
3:17	Starting Zola and competing in a crowded space
5:14	Jason and Shan go through LAUNCH President Sam's Wedding Registry live on air
6:30	How Zola's registry and business model work
9:10	How does Zola look at Amazon's wedding lists
14:29	What has changed in wedding demographics, and how does Zola keep up?
21:26	Jason and Shan share thoughts on romantic proposal locations
25:37	How working for Kevin Ryan at Gilt impacted Shan
33:27	Shan's insights on keeping employees focused, balancing growth and profitability
39:28	What do the next few years look like for Zola?
42:20	Wedding SEO competition
46:33	Raising moral standards in tech
50:19	Shan's thoughts on being underestimated as a female founder
54:01	How the NYC tech scene has changed over the past 10 years

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