{"id":1754,"date":"2023-03-23T11:26:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williambissett.com\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2023-03-23T16:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:44:02","slug":"lauren_marturano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williambissett.com\/2023\/03\/23\/lauren_marturano\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 145: Lauren Marturano, Founder and CEO of Zinnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/williambissett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zinnia_Logomark_Pine-2-002.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1761\" src=\"http:\/\/williambissett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zinnia_Logomark_Pine-2-002-300x264.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williambissett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zinnia_Logomark_Pine-2-002-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/williambissett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zinnia_Logomark_Pine-2-002-1024x903.png 1024w, https:\/\/williambissett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zinnia_Logomark_Pine-2-002-768x677.png 768w, https:\/\/williambissett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zinnia_Logomark_Pine-2-002-1536x1354.png 1536w, https:\/\/williambissett.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zinnia_Logomark_Pine-2-002.png 1697w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today we welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lauren-marturano\/\">Lauren Marturano<\/a> to the podcast. Lauren is the founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getzinnia.com\/\">Zinnia<\/a>, a software company that helps businesses plan in-person events such as offsites, client dinners, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauren began her career at Microsoft as an Enterprise Account Executive before joining Salesforce and eventually leaving corporate life to pursue entrepreneurship. Now, Lauren is getting ready to close a seed round that will help grow Zinnia\u2019s team and product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We cover several topics with Lauren, including why\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking a 90% pay cut to pursue entrepreneurship was worth it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantaventures.com\/\">Atlanta Ventures<\/a> helped Lauren launch Zinnia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zinnia became a travel agency.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hypothesis-driven development helps keep product &amp; sales aligned.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise sales budgets are so resilient in economic downturns.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026as well as what\u2019s next for Zinnia in 2023, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please enjoy this conversation with Lauren Marturano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William Bissett is the owner of and an Investment Advisor Representative of Portus Wealth Advisors, a Registered Investment Adviser.\u202fRegistration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. 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