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Jeff Pyjack

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
68 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

And that's where we're seeing the majority of the interest.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

But yeah, healthy margins.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

And, you know, we're we're.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

We're promoting youth fitness.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Kids are overcoming obstacles, and it's a timeless sport.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

We all remember going to the corner on the monkey bars, right?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Well, this is just a monkey bar gym on steroids.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

So we're embarking on a capital race of $9 million to launch a professional sport, especially with the Olympics headed this way.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

It's imminent that a professional sport is about to be created.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

We've gotten...

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

As far as finding strategic partners with this professional sport, it's a healthy ask to go out and raise $9 million.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Last month, literally, one of the grassroots leagues, an amateur league, gave me a call and said, hey, why don't you fold our league into this and we can already have a vertical of amateur league gyms?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

And then we can start this professional league together.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

So I'm actually, you know, I'm looking for your perspectives on these two paths.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Once you commit to the amateur league, that opportunity to raise that $9 million kind of goes by the wayside and you're fully committed.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

On the other side of the spectrum, you know, if I go another year or two to try to raise the $9 million, then I've lost that time in terms of trying to build a professional league from the ground up.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Yeah, it's the time factor moving towards the Olympics in 2028.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

It's just trying to get my arms around the timing of this.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

Internationally, there's a lot of interest in this, and I have to, like I said before, the

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue

I think it's imminent that this is going to happen.