Jayam Vora on co-Founding Fitternity, helping 11.5 million app users to get fit, and advise for budding entrepreneurs! | 19 - a podcast by What the HAT!? - Podcast

from 2020-11-07T06:00

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About the guest:


A fitness enthusiast and a go-getter by nature, entrepreneur Jayam Vora is the Co-Founder and COO of Fitternity, India’s first and largest marketplace and booking platform for fitness services. Starting his career with a technology start-up in the healthcare space.


Jayam has spent the last 7 years understanding and working towards solving challenges faced by the Indian user in their pursuit towards a healthier lifestyle. He aims to use technology and innovation to help leapfrog India’s fragmented & under-explored fitness industry to a mature integrated fitness ecosystem.


About Fitternity: Fitternity is the largest managed marketplace and service provider in Asia for fitness and well-being services.   Having catered to over 11.5 Million users, Fitternity is operating a network of 12,000+ fitness centers & gyms in India. Fitternity also runs an innovative subscription business - providing users access to all of their network of 12,000+ fitness centers, swimming pools, spas, nutrition counseling, and other wellness services under one membership called OnePass.


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayam-vora-00169565/


Fitternity: https://www.fitternity.com/


Key Insights in this Episode:



  • The Beginning of Fitternity? [04:00]


  • Making Decisions as a Founder [24:00]


  • Business Models and Raising $8.5 million [28:00]


  • Advice for Entrepreneurs and Lessons Learned [40:00]



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Timestamps:


[00:00] Entrepreneurial journey


[02:00] Start of Fitternity


[07:30] Biggest challenge in starting Fitternity


[13:20] Fitternity and its competitors


[16:15] Working with your Co-founder


[17:20] Growing Fitternity and monitoring growth


[20:00] Learning while working for a startup


[24:00] How do you make decisions?


[28:00] Investors and business models (raising $8.5 million)


[32:00] What’s next in the fitness industry?


[40:00] Advice for Entrepreneurs


[46:00] Top 3

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