51. Jason Baptiste, CEO of STUDIO

Today I’m joined by Jason Baptiste, CEO of STUDIO. 


 


STUDIO is a smart hub for your home gym. 


 


In this episode, we discuss STUDIO’s transition from a fitness
app to connected hardware. How digital fitness companies can
build community online. Business model innovation in the fitness
industry. And whether or not gyms will go the way of movie
theatres and arcades. 


 


More from Jason 


 


Jason is the CEO and co-founder of STUDIO, the smart hub for your
home gym.  STUDIO is the one immersive screen that connects
to all your home gym equipment to take fitness classes from
instructors you love with a community that uplifts you. STUDIO is
financially backed by investors including Huami (NYSE:HMI), the
world's largest wearable maker, and LifeFitness, the world's
largest manufacturer of commercial fitness equipment.  Prior
to STUDIO, Jason was the CEO and founder of Onswipe, the world's
largest mobile publishing platform, before it was acquired in
2014.  Jason is also the author of "The Ultralight Startup",
a book on entrepreneurship professionally published by Penguin
Random House.  Jason has also been recognized by Forbes and
Inc. as a 30 under 30 CEO.


 


STUDIO, the smart hub for your home gym, is the one immersive
screen that connects to all your home gym equipment to take
fitness classes from instructors you love with a community that
uplifts you. STUDIO is financially backed by investors including
Huami (NYSE:HMI), the world's largest wearable maker, and
LifeFitness, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial
fitness equipment. STUDIO was founded by Jason L. Baptiste and
Nathaniel McNamara and is headquartered in New York City.


 


Learn more: https://www.trystudio.com/


 


 


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