E983: The Next Unicorns: Zola CEO & Co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma shares insights on growing her all-in-one wedding platform in a $100bn market, adapting to changes in wedding demographics, balancing growth and profitability while keeping her team focused, raising moral standards in tech – E5 of 10-ep mini

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

Release date

Lydbog: 4. oktober 2019