On this episode of the Playbook, I have Sean Lin Ma, co-founder and CEO, Adzola,

and we're going to talk about how Shan could have saved me over a million dollars on my wedding.

Join me for all of this and more on the Playbook.

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook. For each week, I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success,

and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.

I'm your host, David Meltzer.

I am so excited to have Shan Lin Ma. She is the co-founder and CEO and you know it, Zola.

Huge company, providing happiness all over the place. So you're part of my mission to empower

over a billion people, Shan. Thank you so much for joining me.

Thank you for having me. What an honor to be here.

Ah, well Zola is aligned with weddings and you know one of I actually

officiated a wedding during the pandemic and it must have been rescheduled like five times.

So I had to relive the stress of wedding planners, weddings, logistics, and it's one of the

biggest days of my life. I've been married 23 years and it was also besides one of the biggest

days, one of the most stressful days and I'm an organized individual. For you,

how did you, number one, just get started in understanding the critical business issues

of the most emotional day, at least for the brides and most likely the grooms?

Yeah, so you know I think like many entrepreneurs and founders before me,

I first started thinking about and getting interested in just the idea of weddings and what

goes into planning a wedding based on personal experience, which was all my friends getting married

all in the same year, all at the same time. I think everyone has that year in their life where

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