Growing up in Australia, Shan-Lyn Ma felt cut off from the excitement of the early 2000s tech boom in Silicon Valley. So she got there as soon as possible.

After getting her MBA at Stanford, working at her dream company, Yahoo, and building her skills as a product developer, Shan-Lyn decided to optimize an industry she and  many of her friends took part in multiple weekends a year—weddings.

In this week's episode we learn how Zola became a one-stop shop for wedding planning, honeymoon planning, and beyond.