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Elaine Zelby

A venture capitalist at SignalFire with a background in mechanical engineering and product marketing at Slack.

Coworking space repurposingCreator-focused credit cardsContinuous cortisol monitoringSocial fantasy stock bettingFunctional milk bombsData-driven venture capitalStartup SaaS consolidationEducational technology and SynthesisPersonal wellness and sleep technology

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Episodes with Elaine

#175 - Brainstorming Million Dollar Ideas with Elaine Zelby
1:15:45
#189Apr 26, 2021

#175 - Brainstorming Million Dollar Ideas with Elaine Zelby

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) are joined by Elaine Zelby (@ezelby) for this brainstorm. Elaine brings the heat with ideas for starting a Saas bundle company (Sam says this is easily a $10m business), creating the "adult manual", the SNOO for adults, subscription running shoes, and a bunch of alternative health business ideas. Not only do they bring ideas, but they also break down how to pull off these businesses. --------- * Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ * Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: refer.fm/million * Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. --------- Show notes: * (1:35) Introducing Elaine Zelby and Signal Fire * (8:31) Shaan's first unicorn! * (14:15) How Signal Fire finds deals * (25:35) Investing in an Elon Musk idea * (33:12) Startup SaaS bundle is a $10m idea * (41:10) Creating the "adult manual"? * (49:55) The SNOO for adult * (53:25) Subscription running shoes * (56:45) Brainstorming alternative health ideas

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59:58
#129Oct 30, 2020

#124 - From Fantasy Stock Betting to Milk Bombs: Generating Idea…

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) hosts the pod solo with special guest Elaine Zelby (@ezelby). Elaine has a background in mechanical engineering but also worked at Slack and is now part of a VC group. On today’s episode you’ll hear: Elaine gives her background and how she came into the VC space (1:45), Elaine breaks down a new twist on cowering. Something she calls “Coworking 2.0” (3:35), Shaan pitches a new way to use nightclubs during their ofttimes (9:20), Elaine has a fresh take on credit cards for fans (12:20), Elaine explains why she is bullish on continuous cortisol monitoring (20:35), Elaine and Shaan brainstorm a fun take on “stock betting” (26:20), Elaine and Shaan go really deep on functional milks (32:50), How to automate re-zoning and permitting for real estate (40:14), Shaan breaks down a recent pitch he received of app-dating with only audio (47:40). Thank you to our partners this episode: Podium! Podium is an all-in-one SaaS tool that helps your business get reviews. Go to podium.com/mfm for 20% off and a $150 Amazon gift card. Have you joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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