# Chelsea Rustrum

> Community builder, TEDx speaker, and author. Teaching AI skills IRL through collaborative dinners, hackathons, and courses in Lisbon and San Francisco.

## Community Building
- Founder of CoLab Lisbon: AI courses, workshops, and community events
- Hosts collaborative dinners combining food + ideas (Dumplings & AI, Ethics & AI, Generosity Experiment)
- Organizes hackathons including Vibe-a-thon in Lisbon
- Builds real-world communities around shared ownership and AI
- Hosted 100+ collaborative dinners in Lisbon
- Taught AI to 200+ students in person through CoLab courses

## Speaking
- 2× TEDx speaker on blockchain and shared ownership
- Keynotes and panels on sharing economy, community design, and AI adoption
- Workshop facilitator for hands-on AI learning
- Featured in Wall Street Journal, Wired, Forbes, The Economist, Inc., CNN, CNBC

## Key Pages
- [Homepage](https://rustrum.com): Bio, speaking, community events, AI projects
- [About](https://rustrum.com/about): Background, journey from couponing to AI
- [Speaking](https://rustrum.com/speaking): Book Chelsea for keynotes and panels
- [AI Courses](https://rustrum.com/ai-courses): Learn Claude Code and AI tools in Lisbon
- [Community](https://rustrum.com/community): Dumplings & AI, Ethics & AI, hackathons
- [Writings](https://rustrum.com/writings): Books and essays on ownership, AI, community
- [Press](https://rustrum.com/press): Media coverage, pull quotes, speaking reel
- [Projects](https://rustrum.com/projects): CoLab, Hathaura, Rethink AI, Nomad Apartments
- [FAQ](https://rustrum.com/faq): Common questions answered
- [CoLab Lisbon](https://colablisbon.com): AI courses and community hub in Lisbon

## Books
- [It's a Shareable Life](https://amzn.to/3MHY4cD): Practical guide to participating in the sharing economy (2016)
- Time Bomb: Fiction exploring themes from the atomic bomb to time machines (interactive experience at https://blocktime.space)

## Current Projects
- CoLab Lisbon: Teaching Claude Code and AI tools through hands-on courses (https://colablisbon.com)
- Rethink AI: AI strategy, training, and hands-on builds (https://rethinkaisolutions.com)
- Hathaura: AI-guided seasonal color analysis, 800+ customers (https://hathaura.co)
- Nomad Apartments: Co-owned digital nomad housing in Bansko (https://banskomountainhomes.com)
- Free Mania: Programmatic freebie finder, running since 1997 (https://freemania.net)

## Contact
- Email: chelsea@rustrum.com
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal & San Francisco

## Optional
- [Substack Newsletter](https://chelsearustrum.substack.com): Essays on ownership, AI, and community
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/chelsearustrum)
- [Medium Archive](https://medium.com/@shareablelife)