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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

Partly because real drivers realize that this is a way to get a professional contract.

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

And so we took that model and created what we call Zwift Academy,

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

And we called out ladies all over the world last year to join this program.

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

1,200 ladies from around the world.

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

So it was just public relations, PR.

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

It was through various channels, media channels.

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

So 1,200 ladies from around the world signed up for this program.

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

And the three finalists, they had to go through a number of different tests and training programs, all on Zwift.

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

And they were being monitored by coaches, certified coaches.

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

We took three finalists, happened to be two Americans, one Dutch lady, to Mallorca, Spain, where they trained for 10 days with the professional team.

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

And the professional team would test these three riders and offer a professional contract to one of them.

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

And one of them is now a professional rider.

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

She was a former serious marathoner.

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

now a professional at the highest level and is now completing professional events.

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

So this is just an example of content that we invest in because it's aspirational.

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

And during this program, it's, you know, 1,200 ladies participated.

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

The vast majority of them know that they're not going to become a professional cyclist, but they want to be part of the journey because if you go through the journey, you will become a better athlete yourself.

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

You know, it's a balancing act.

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

But I'm not.

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

Because I think we're going after a very, very big opportunity.