Lina Colucci

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DISC Type : c

Co-Founder/CEO at Lemon Slice

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Lina is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lemon Slice, a company building interactive AI video models. She previously founded Edge Analytics, an ML consulting firm she grew to $10M in revenue. She holds a PhD from MIT and Harvard where her work on MRI algorithms resulted in multiple patents.

Beyond her work in technology, Lina is an accomplished ballerina who invented novel pointe shoes and has collaborated with Nike. She is passionate about making science accessible and has been praised for her ability to nurture a love of empiricism in students through hands-on experiments.

She gave a TEDx talk explaining what her experience as a ballerina taught her about scientific experiments.

Personality Overview

Cautious & Analytical

Systematic

Price-Sensitive

They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.  While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

AI Video Models
As CEO of Lemon Slice (YC W24), she is building the "face layer" for voice agents using interactive, real-time AI video, having recently raised $10. 5M.
ML Entrepreneurship
She has founded and scaled multiple successful ML companies, including growing Edge Analytics to a team of 15 PhD-level data scientists and $10M in revenue.
Ballet and Innovation
A ballerina who combined her passions to invent new pointe shoes and has spoken publicly about the intersection of dance and scientific experimentation.

Media Appearances

Lemon Slice Debuts with $10.5M in Funding and Unveils Real-Time Interactive Avatars. Featured in PR Newswire

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Work History

1-2024
Co-Founder/CEO at Lemon Slice
1-2022
Board Member at Edge Analytics Inc
12-2018 - 12-2021
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Edge Analytics Inc
12-2021 - 12-2023
Co-Founder at Infinity AI, Inc.
1-2019
Algorithms/ML Advisor at CIONIC

Education

2012 - 2018
Education details unavailable from Harvard Medical School
2012 - 2018
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Exp : 11 Location : San Francisco Bay Area, United States Job Level : N/A Designation : Co-Founder/CEO at Lemon Slice

Interested in

Sports

Ballerina

Health & Outdoor

Born in Brazil, Lived on UNC's campus for one full semester, Grew up between Brazil, Canada, and the...

Lifestyle

Personal Website: www.linacolucci.com

Art

Invented novel ballet pointe shoes

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Insights For Selling To Lina

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question
  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product

DONT's

  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Lina is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Lina

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Lina move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Lina take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Lina

Personality Compatibility


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