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Hi all! Great to meet everyone!
Name: Elaine Shi
šø Location: Austin, TX
š¼ Current Role: Co-Founder & CEO at BodySpec ()
Focus Areas: BodySpec democratizes access to gold standard health data for health-conscious consumers. We're known best for the highest quality, fastest, and most affordable DEXA scans in the county, at roughly $50/scan.
šÆ Hobbies: Asian tiger mom to my 3 kids (7, 5, and 2), and trying to keep on top of my health as a soon-to-be 39 yo (lifting, managing blood sugar, chasing zone 2 cardio opportunities, etc).
š¬ Some Topics Iām Interested in Connecting About:
ā¢ wellness / longevity / menopause
ā¢ women's health in general
ā¢ i LOVE learning about new products and services that support healthy aging, bone health, strength, etc
š¤ How I Can Help WGM:
ā¢ Do you want a DEXA scan? I can get you a DEXA scan, in 8 cities and growing!
ā¢ Connections to investors and brands adjacent to us, as well as local facilities (we know a ton of gyms and clinics that we work with).
ā¢ I also bootstrapped for a decade before raising VC funding and can discuss both.
ā¢ If you're a founder also navigating parenthood, I have LOTS of perspectives (my first call 21 days after giving birth to my 3rd kid ended up being my Series A lead).
ā¢ If you are scaling a service org, we dealt with 5 years of stagnation due to cultural issues before we finally figured it out and broke through. Happy to discuss operator-type stuff like this
ā¢ Do you work with your spouse? So do I. Happy to vent/commiserate
āØ How WGM Can Help Me:
ā¢ Intros to Series B investors
ā¢ Looking for leads to physical spaces that would be interested in hosting a BodySpec DEXA clinic!
ā¢ Happy to discuss partnerships with clinics / companies / brands that would benefit from extremely scalable gold-standard body comp measurement, esp if working with GLP-1s, HRT, longevity, or general health tracking
ā¢ I'll need to hire people as we grow and would love referrals, especially quantitative minded folks that nevertheless ended up in marketing
ā¢ Events in and around Austin, TX
Excited to be here, and can't wait to get to know you all!
Welcome, Elaine - I'd love to connect - I have lots of experience in this space and would love to share what I've learned to be helpful
Hi Elaine! As a mom, fitness enthusiast, and bootstrapping start-upper, I'd LOVE to connect with you!
Welcome to the group. Live in the Denver area and have made a lot of local fitness connections over the years. Let me know if you ever need details for the area!
Love Bodyspec. Have done a couple of Dexas
Hi Elaine!!
Would love to connect Elaine!
Hi Elaine! Welcome and yes, let's connect. Our studio is now exploring next steps in growth and DEXA scan is def a consideration.
Welcome! I just had my dexa scan last week and we need more accessibility come Miami š“
Hi Elaine! Welcome! This actually reminds me it's time to book my next BodySpec I'm overdue š As a boot-strapped founder, I would love to connect with you and ask some questions. Also, happy to help connect you with potential partners for Dexa clinics across LA (if you're looking into adding more locations)