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Today I’m joined by Jason Baptiste, CEO of STUDIO. STUDIO is a smart hub for your home gym. In this episode, we discuss STUDIO’s transition from a fitness app to connected hardware. How digital fitness companies can build community online. Business model innovation in the fitness industry. And whether or not gyms will go the way of movie theatres and arcades. More from Jason Jason is the CEO and co-founder of STUDIO, the smart hub for your home gym. STUDIO is the one immersive screen that connects to all your home gym equipment to take fitness classes from instructors you love with a community that uplifts you. STUDIO is financially backed by investors including Huami (NYSE:HMI), the world's largest wearable maker, and LifeFitness, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial fitness equipment. Prior to STUDIO, Jason was the CEO and founder of Onswipe, the world's largest mobile publishing platform, before it was acquired in 2014. Jason is also the author of "The Ultralight Startup", a book on entrepreneurship professionally published by Penguin Random House. Jason has also been recognized by Forbes and Inc. as a 30 under 30 CEO. STUDIO, the smart hub for your home gym, is the one immersive screen that connects to all your home gym equipment to take fitness classes from instructors you love with a community that uplifts you. STUDIO is financially backed by investors including Huami (NYSE:HMI), the world's largest wearable maker, and LifeFitness, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial fitness equipment. STUDIO was founded by Jason L. Baptiste and Nathaniel McNamara and is headquartered in New York City. Learn more: https://www.trystudio.com/ More from Fitt Insider Fitt Insider is a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness. From product launches and funding news to game-changing innovation, Fitt Insider provides listeners with insights and analysis on this ever-evolving industry.
Do you like to run but are tired of the treadmill? Then don't miss this health episode with Jason L. Baptiste, the CEO and founder of Studio, which makes running on a treadmill not suck! The app allows anyone anywhere to to enjoy boutique group running classes that pair a motivating instructor with a killer playlist. Studio is backed by Techstars NY, one of the world’s leading venture capital funds and accelerators. Jason was previously the CEO of Onswipe, which built the world’s largest independent mobile publishing platform according to Comscore. Onswipe went on to raise over $17 million and was acquired in 2014 by Beanstock Media. Jason was named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Businessweek’s Top 25 Under 25 entrepreneurs, INC. Magazine’s 30 Under 30, and the CEO of one of TIME Inc’s 10 Best Startups. Jason is also the author of the upcoming book “The Ultralight Startup” being published by Random House/Penguin, and he starred in Bloomberg’s TV Show “Techstars” that chronicled the first 6 months of Onswipe’s history in the Techstars progam. In his spare time, Jason is an avid runner, blogger, and advisor to other startups such as Ambassador. Jason received a BS from the University of Miami in Computer Information Systems. Jason currently resides in New York City, NY with his wife Lauren. App store link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/studio-1-treadmill-app/id1243064148 Instagram: instagram.com/runwithstudio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/runwithstudio Twitter: twitter.com/runwithstudio
We sit with Jason L Baptiste to talk about his new startup Morsel, the future of the sharing web, wearables, passive commerce and more.
A weekly 30-minute podcast on tech, startups and media, with hosts Jason L. Baptiste (author, The Ultralight Startup; Founder, Onswipe and Morsel) and Ben Parr (author, Captivology; Founder, DominateFund and Tech Caucus). This week's topics: the end of Gawker, Uber and self-driving cars, NBC's Olympic ratings drop, and Donald Trump / Election 2016
WARNING: There is some echo in this week's podcast because we're both on the road. We edited most of it out, but be warned!!! A weekly 30-minute podcast on tech, startups and media, with hosts Jason L. Baptiste (author, The Ultralight Startup; Founder, Onswipe and Morsel) and Ben Parr (author, Captivology; Founder, DominateFund and Tech Caucus).
A weekly 30-minute podcast on tech, startups and media, with hosts Jason L. Baptiste (author, The Ultralight Startup; Founder, Onswipe and Morsel) and Ben Parr (author, Captivology; Founder, DominateFund and Tech Caucus). This week's topics: Disney's success, Chatbots and Facebook Messenger, and WTF is up with this year's Presidential Election?!
A weekly 30-minute podcast on tech, startups and media, with hosts Jason L. Baptiste (author, The Ultralight Startup; Founder, Onswipe and Morsel) and Ben Parr (author, Captivology; Founder, DominateFund and Tech Caucus). This week's topics: Apple's first quarterly loss in 13 years, dirty term sheets and the unicorn phenomena, and Comcast's acquisition of Dreamworks.
A weekly 30-minute podcast on tech, startups and media, with hosts Jason L. Baptiste (author, The Ultralight Startup; Founder, Onswipe and Morsel) and Ben Parr (author, Captivology; Founder, DominateFund and Tech Caucus). This week's topics: Reactions to Batman v. Superman, Taytweets and Internet trolls, and Vice Media's traffic drop
A weekly 30-minute podcast on tech, startups and media, with hosts Jason L. Baptiste (author, The Ultralight Startup; Founder, Onswipe and Morsel) and Ben Parr (author, Captivology; Founder, DominateFund and Tech Caucus).
The Tropical MBA Podcast - Entrepreneurship, Travel, and Lifestyle
Dan and Ian discuss a post by Jason L. Baptiste of Cloudomatic made on Hacker News on how to be a millionaire in three years (or a really short time). They talk extensively about six out of the thirty seven tips from Jason’s post, such as leveraging skills you already know. In this new format, they also answer two reader questions: choosing a niche that makes money, and how to go about purchasing a laptop. (Dan’s Tip: Buy a Mac).