EP208 - Elliot CEO and Founder, Sergio Villasenor  Sergio Villasenor (@sir_gee_ohhhhh) is the CEO and Founder of Elliot. Elliot is a modern, mobile first e-commerce platform that describes itself as: "The easiest way to sell there, there, there too, yes there & yes all the way over there. No-code e-commerce platform for every there & where you want to sell." In this interview with Sergio, we get a great overview of Elliot's features, what sets it apart, and what their vision for the first is. Sergio also breaks some news about the platform. As of April 1st, they will offer a free SaaS version (except for payment processing fees), and will open source the entire platform. You can join Elliots WhatsApp group by sending a message to 347-715-0728, and get early access to new features. Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 208 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, February 20th, 2020. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Google Automated Transcription of the show Transcript Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 208 being recorded on Thursday February 20th 2020 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:38] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott show listeners well listeners we have a real treat for you today in today's show we are going to explore one of the big new trends and e-commerce platforms called headless Commerce or no / low / 0 code please welcome to the Jason Scott show Sergio Villasenor who is founder of Elliott welcome, Sergio. Sergio: [1:04] Hey guys happy to be on the show. Jason: [1:06] Sergio we are thrilled to have you and I feel like Scott May of potentially even inadvertently introduced controversy already just in the description and the intro so I do I do want to jump to that but before we do listeners always like to know just a little bit about the background of our guests so could you tell us what led you to your current role as CEO at Elliot. Sergio: [1:31] Yeah happy too happy to give that background, I spent the last 10 years in e-commerce coming more from the engineering side of things working with mid to large Market Brands predominantly at agencies or software companies, most notably One-Stop internet which was a PC back agency that worked with Brands like Lululemon John Varvatos dragon bone J Brand, and over that time had built kind of my own blueprint and flavor of tech that allowed Brands to stand up e-commerce stores or supply chain technology that help them either streamlined how they sold online or offline or just across borders. Jason: [2:07] That's awesome and did I hear a rumor you also played college football. Sergio: [2:11] I did I played at the University of Nevada Reno I played free safety there. Jason: [2:16] Awesome so that makes you the like debatably the fastest guy on this podcast. Sergio: [2:22] Depending on what we're racing against yes I would say I asked this. Jason: [2:24] I don't know if you've ever seen Scott her I run but at the bar is very well. Scot: [2:29] Unless it's a Starbucks Jason can haul ass for a Starbucks. Sergio: [2:33] I was about to say for the right Frappuccino y'all might be. Jason: [2:37] But potentially true. Sergio: [2:39] All good. Scot: [2:41] So give listeners and let's start at the 30,000 foot level because I follow you on Twitter and it can go deep very quickly what how do you describe Elliot at like a cocktail party kind of scenario. Sergio: [2:55] Yep Elliot is just a new Commerce platform that allows sellers to stand up storefronts that can accept payments and shipped globally instantly without writing a single line of cod