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Eric Min

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
190 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

We're also crowdsourcing content.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

So what I mean by that is, unlike other platforms where you might have to pay a spin instructor

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

to create these spin experiences.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

We've got a community of users who want to volunteer their services to be ride beaters.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

So there are all sorts of, I think the last I checked, there are over 700 events being organized every month by the community.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

95% of our user acquisition is organic.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

And it's happening because it's more fun to be on Zoom with your friends.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

And most cyclists belong to a tribe, a club, or a team.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

And if you like the experience, the first thing you'll do is you'll want your friends on Zwift with you.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

So that's investing in the brand and creating awareness.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

We do very little on the digital advertising side.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

It's not very much at all.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

Oh, for sure.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

That's a lot for us, actually.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

So I'll give you an example of what we invest in, in terms of content.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

So we invested in a project called Zip Academy, modeled after GT Academy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

I don't know if you know Gran Turismo Academy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

Okay, so there is a, it's about seven years old, but basically it was a marketing advertising program between Gran Turismo, the Sony PlayStation game, and Nissan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

where they would find talent on the platform, on the gaming platform, and then take the finalists to a track, put them in a real car, and see if they can find a real driver.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
659: He's Winning In Home Fitness Wars: $3+ Million Monthly Revenue, $45 Million Raised

They've been doing this for seven years, and over the last few years, they're actually finding real drivers.