Shan-Lyn Ma, co-founder and co-CEO of wedding registry site Zola, was destined to be an entrepreneur. In fact, her childhood bedroom décor featured a poster of her idol, Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo. After graduating with her MBA from Stanford, Ma pursued her lifelong dream and took a role at Yahoo, first as an intern and later in product marketing. T ... Show More
Yesterday
Second Listen: Renee Montgomery: Vice President and Part Owner of the Atlanta Dream
This week, we are giving a second listen to our very special episode with Renee Montgomery. Montgomery is the vice president and part owner of the WNBA team the Atlanta Dream. Before owning the team, Montgomery was a WNBA player on teams including the Dream, Minnesota Lynx, and C ... Show More
58m 36s
Jul 27
Second Listen: Claudia Sulewski: Founder of Cyklar
This week, we are giving a second listen to our very special episode with Claudia Sulewski. Sulewski is the founder of Cyklar, a bodycare brand that bridges the gap between luxurious self-care and efficacious formulas. Before becoming a beauty founder, Sulewski was one of the ori ... Show More
57m 13s
Oct 2024
Disrupting the wedding industry, with Zola’s Shan-Lyn Ma
Shan-Lyn Ma, co-founder and co-CEO of Zola, joins host Jeff Berman to share how intrapreneurship prepared her to build a business that’s transformed the wedding industry with online tools. From weathering the Covid pandemic to scaling a better experience for millions of couples, ... Show More
30m 3s
Mar 2021
How I Built Resilience: Shan-Lyn Ma of Zola
With the wedding industry dramatically impacted by the pandemic, co-founder and CEO of Zola, Shan-Lyn Ma decided to pivot. Instead of just wedding planning, Zola would expand to include livestreaming virtual weddings as well as an e-commerce marketplace for home goods. Shan-Lyn t ... Show More
27m 33s
Feb 2023
The Woman Behind 2,000,000 Weddings
<p>#19: After the worst wedding gift-buying experience online, Shan-Lyn Ma started a journey to revolutionize the industry and co-founded Zola. Now the CEO, she shares how she used modern technology, ambition, and sheer hard work to fundraise and launch what became the fastest-gr ... Show More
51m 19s
Mar 2019
Building Businesses That Change The World
Marissa Mayer is no stranger to sacrifice and hard work. As an early employee at Google, and eventually the CEO of Yahoo!, her journey is a shining example of what can be accomplished if you’re willing to do whatever it takes. Most recently, she co-founded Lumi Labs, an early-sta ... Show More
15m 7s
Nov 2017
Building Brands, Creating Communities: Beautycounter and Zola
From the 2017 Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit: Shan-Lyn Ma, co-founder and CEO of online wedding destination Zola, and Gregg Renfrew, founder and CEO of skincare and cosmetics brand Beautycounter, are joined by Goldman Sachs co-head of Investment Banking John Waldron t ... Show More
26m 19s
Oct 2021
How to Start Your Own Business During a Global Pandemic with Samantha Woolf and Hilla Narov
After 20 years in the corporate world, just over a year ago in perhaps the most unlikely time, Samantha Woolf and Hilla Narov took the leap and founded their own marketing & entertainment agency. Not only do they make authentic connections between brands and talent, but they have ... Show More
22m 25s
Feb 2020
Get paid for what you already know with Jill Stanton
Jill Stanton is the co-founder of Screw The Nine To Five where she helps people quit their jobs, start their business online and get them past the $100,000/year mark. Coined by Forbes as "a destination for up-and-coming online entrepreneurs," Screw The Nine To Five has inspired t ... Show More
45m 55s