Ep115 – Sam Wood (Founder – 28) on finding the right tech partners, bootstrapping and global growth

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep115 – Sam Wood (Founder – 28) on finding the right tech partners, bootstrapping and global growth June 11, 2020 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 115 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Sam Wood, the Founder of fitness app “28 by Sam Wood” Sam shot to fame as the star of season 3 of “The Bachelor Australia” tv series in 2015, but prior to this he had a successful 20+ year career as a fitness entrepreneur. He started Australia’s first children’s fitness centre, Gecko kids, with operations across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Now alongside his gym, the Woodshed, he is the founder of fitness app 28 by Sam Wood. The business originally launched as a desktop version in 2016 before relaunching in 2018 as an iOS and Android app and since then has gone on to become Australia’s #1 at home fitness app with over 350,000 customers around the world. We covered a range of topics in this interview including: Balancing persistence with pivoting your businessHow to find the right tech partner as a non-technical founderHow to identify your target customerGrowth strategies and how to balance a mix of different channelsThe value of bootstrappingFinding work-life balance & much more! Full interview below! Show notes: The Bachelor Australia28 by Sam WoodUniversity of TasmaniaGecko SportsThe WoodshedKayla ItsinesSweat (app)Michelle BridgesSnezana WoodTwo BullsAndrew Chin Join our next live podcast interview with Mina Radhakrishnan, the Co-founder of :DifferentDate: 16th June 2020Time: 8-9am (AEDT)Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/ep116Mina Feedback/connect/say hello:[email protected]@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player and now also available on Spotify. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/startupplaybook/Ep115_-_Sam_Wood_Founder_-_28_by_Sam_Wood_on_finding_the_right_tech_partner_bootstrapping_and_global_growth.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep115 – Sam Wood (Founder – 28) on finding the right tech partners, bootstrapping and global growth appeared first on Startup Playbook.