Shift AI Podcast

Incubating the Next Big Ideas | with Elizabeth Scallon (Co-Founder Find Ventures, Director HP, WeWork)

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In this episode of Shift AI we feature Elizabeth Scallon, a prominent figure in the Seattle startup scene who discusses her experiences and insights on co-working, mentorship, and the future of work. Elizabeth highlights the potential of AI and co-creation in scaling and accelerating work processes. and shares her expertise on funding structures for underrepresented small businesses.


In this episode of Shift AI, we cover: 

  • Elizabeth discusses her first experience working and her family’s relationship to work growing up in Bellevue Washington.
  • Elizabeth’s background as a leader in the Seattle startup accelerator scene, as a mentor and champion for small business people.
  • Elizabeth’s experience as the leader of Seattle WeWork Labs and how co-working and face to face serendipity in the workplace accelerate creativity and innovation.
  • Ways that early founders and entrepreneurs corroborate to build community and help each other with the loneliness of starting a business.
  • Thoughts about hybrid work and remote work post pandemic with a focus on targeted face to face focussed collaboration
  • Find Ventures explained and how this unique type of funding structures allows for under-represented small businesses to launch their startups without diluting their equity presence.
  • Discusses mentorship for young entrepreneurs given that going into the office has diminished and career building has gotten more challenging
  • Elizabeth gives advice to young founders who are just getting their businesses started and off the ground.
  • Talk about corporate incubation at Amazon and HP and the similarities between startup accelerators and some of the differences in the enterprise.
  • Co-creation with AI and the excitement of what the future of work looks like when robots can help you scale and accelerate.
  • How Elizabeth instructs her students at the University of Washington Foster School of business to use Chat GPT and AI to move faster and rapidly iterate with guardrails.
  • How to get involved at the University of Washington’s Foster’s MBA program and intro to startups.


    • Connect with Elizabeth Scallon

    • Twitter
    • findventures.org
    • LinkedIn


      • Connect with Boaz Ashkenazy

      • Twitter 
      • LinkedIn
      • Email: [email protected]


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