🎙️ AI for Founders – Featuring Liz Giorgi of soona.co

Episode Title: Scaling Content Creation for E-Commerce: Liz Giorgi on Building soona and Embracing AI

Host: Ryan Estes
Guest: Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of soona.co

📌 Episode Summary

In this episode, Ryan speaks with Liz Giorgi, founder of soona.co, a visual content creation platform for e-commerce brands. Liz shares how she bootstrapped the MVP, raised $56M over four rounds, and built a platform serving over 25,000 brands.

They explore how AI tools are helping marketers save time, how sacred creative rituals like writing fuel her leadership, and what it takes to build a scalable product that feels personal and approachable.

🧠 Key Takeaways

• soona helps e-commerce brands create scalable photo and video content—fast, high-quality, and affordable.
• Liz raised $56M and bootstrapped the first year using funds from a prior business sale.
• GPT Workspace is her go-to AI companion for writing and email workflows.
• Bulk Crop, a soona AI feature, allows users to crop thousands of images with content-aware automation.
• Pricing: $13/month + pay-per-content. You only pay for what you want to keep.
• Modern marketers are overwhelmed. soona aims to simplify workflows and align incentives.
• Liz writes weekly memos and protects sacred creative time—no AI involved.
• Being vulnerable and telling your founder story in public builds trust, community, and momentum.

🧩 Frameworks Discussed

• Iterative vs Generative Creativity: Humans are generative; AI is best at iteration.
• Sacred Work Time: Identify what parts of your work are worth protecting from automation.
• Content for Scale: Leverage tools like soona to offload production without losing quality or control.

🔗 Resources & Tools

• soona.co – Visual content creation platform for e-commerce brands
• GPT Workspace – Google Workspace AI companion
• Kitcaster – Podcast guest booking for founders
• Liz Giorgi on LinkedIn
• @ceolady on TikTok – Liz’s daily thoughts on e-commerce, small business, and leadership

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