'Undercover Billionaire' Elaine Culotti Will Not Be Back for Season 3

'Undercover Billionaire': Elaine Culotti Talks Skill Set She "Redeveloped" While Filming (EXCLUSIVE)

Feb. 3 2021, Published 6:15 p.m. ET

Successful entrepreneur Elaine Culotti is ranging from scratch and hanging her skills to the test on Season 2 of Undercover Billionaire. The real property developer, interior fashion designer, and avid farmer is going undercover as Elaine May Rindge, and headed to Fresno with just $100, a mobile phone (that does not have WiFi), and the choice to make one industry hit the million-dollar margin in just 90 days.

With the continuing coronavirus pandemic (often referred to as COVID-19) impacting so many companies, this entrepreneur unquestionably had her work lower out for her. 

Distractify spoke solely with Elaine in regards to the difficulties she confronted while filming, redeveloping certain talents, and more.  

Check out our Q&A beneath. (Editor's observe: This interview has been edited and condensed for readability.)   

Elaine Culotti talks the "rusty" skill set she had to "redevelop" on 'Undercover Billionaire.'

Distractify: Opening a trade is tricky sufficient, however how tough used to be it to open a successful industry right through this COVID-19 pandemic?

Elaine Culotti: I think that the entire preface was once to take a look at to search out something that used to be essential and sustainable. Once I arrived to Fresno, which they don’t inform you the place you’re going ... there’s no heads up ... I instantly got on my telephone that was given to me, which doesn’t have Wi-Fi … for me I felt like on this specific collection on this explicit moment of time when the whole thing is close down, we need to be able to work anyway.

The most effective thing that turns out to be paved to paintings is essential businesses, hospitals, food, any kind of transportation, shipping. So, I kind of narrowed it down to that to start out. That’s how I function. Everyone has a different manner.  

You unfolded a number of companies on this one area. Were you influenced by means of the pandemic to assist carry in more income, the town, or perhaps this is just a fashionable and extra successful business fashion? 

EC: It is not new information in the entrepreneurial thoughts that you simply’re constantly coming up with concepts … If you combine somebody with my mind and a great space, I’m going to consider every tranche imaginable to rain money. I sit down and visualize money raining  … how’s it going to cave in? How am I going to get rainy with cash? Where is it coming from? What is the catalyst for that? The catalyst for me is that sustainability and that crucial want to not fear about anything. That’s called existential wealth, which is what you must depend on when you don’t have money. You need to rely on your ability set and assets. 

Can you speak about some of the issues you run into this season of Undercover Billionaire?

EC: COVID being the primary large hurtle ... the concern of people coming in touch with you, that was challenging. The sideline of that was the loss of intimacy, having conversations across the table where you can actually see the entire size of the person. It used to be hard to navigate trade on Zoom. 

The second factor that used to be really difficult was being away from the whole lot that was acquainted to me. I’ve change into very spoiled so getting issues immediately because I snap my palms is a unique form of on-command.  Without your name and with out your resources, you have to find a other solution to empower other folks to practice you, to coax them ... in some way they want to be for your crew. That was once a skill set that I needed to redevelop. I obviously had it at some point in my life, it simply got rusty.  

After taking part within the show, used to be there anything new you discovered about your self and your entrepreneurial abilities that you just possibly didn’t?

EC: I don’t want all the issues that I've, I know that. That’s a large lesson. It’s actually relatively bulky to have a lot. I additionally suppose I can say with complete clarity that how much cash you have got within the bank is not as related as how much cash you've on your non-public bank, your center, your head, your skill set. That existential financial institution is way more treasured than anyplace you bank.

Would you return back for a Season 3 of Undercover Billionaire? 

EC: Do I think that I will have to pass back for Season 3? Absolutely not! This is not a show to do over and over again as the individual entrepreneur. My next journey is to help folks get started businesses and educate other folks about their values and what they may be able to do with their values. This is a journey for any individual who can get at the flooring and do that with out being came upon. 

Anyone who has an improbable talent to earn a living, starting something from nothing, should give back this manner. It’s something we will have to teach. It will have to be a category in class up to English is … a elementary must be start a business. It’s the American dream. 

Watch Season 2 of Undercover Billionaire on Discovery+.

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