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67 mincapital
Inside the $7.5B Merger Behind Mindbody, ClassPass and EGYM with Fritz Lanman & Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer
Fritz Lanman, Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer
48 mincapital
Jon Canarick, North Castle Partners, on Curves, Equinox, and GLP-1s in Fitness
Jon Canarick
46 mincapital
The Assembly Founder Jon Ward on GLP-1s, Deal Flow and Fitness's Future
Jon Ward
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34 mincapital
Why HYROX Is the Best Business Opportunity in Fitness Right Now
Andrew Sugerman
67 mincapital
Inside the $7.5B Merger Behind Mindbody, ClassPass and EGYM with Fritz Lanman & Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer
Fritz Lanman, Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer
46 mincapital
The Assembly Founder Jon Ward on GLP-1s, Deal Flow and Fitness's Future
Jon Ward
48 mincapital
Jon Canarick, North Castle Partners, on Curves, Equinox, and GLP-1s in Fitness
Jon Canarick
75 mincapital
Quarterly Report: Q2 Big Five with Andy Beckman of Garmin, Life Time Sheds Members on Purpose, Peloton's First Profit Ever, Xponential's 5x Problem
Andy Beckman
45 mincapital
WellnessSpace Brands' Paul Lunter on Cold Plunges, Red Light Saunas, and the Business of Recovery
Paul Lunter
49 mincapital
Jeff Byers on Scaling Momentous: 1,000% Growth, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Cutting a $500K Product
Jeff Byers
54 mincapital
Alberto Perlman (Zumba Co-Founder) on Building a 200,000-Location Global Fitness Empire
Alberto Perlman
45 mincapital
Eric Bormel - Good Deals Are Quiet: Demystifying M&A for Fitness Founders
Eric Bormel
71 mincapital
Juliet Starrett & Alex Alimanestianu - Quarterly Reports: The GLP-1 Tipping Point, CrossFit Finds Its CEO, Garmin's Quiet Takeover of Fitness
54 mincapital
Edward Hertzman - Why Are the Most Successful Companies Hiding? Athletech CEO on Repositioning the Industry
Edward Hertzman
52 mincapital
Rick Mayo - No Pressure, Just Strategy: Why Alloy Took a PE Partner After 30 Years
Rick Mayo
48 mincapital
Doug Gremmen - From 600 to 1.8 Million Participants: Inside Hyrox's Rocket Ship Growth
Doug Gremmen
50 minoperators
Karl Sanft - COVID, Bankruptcy, and Back: The 24 Hour Fitness Turnaround
Karl Sanft
93 mincapital
Juliet Starrett & Alex Alimanestianu - Quarterly Reports: $7.5 Billion Merger, a Surprise IPO, and Executive Shuffles
48 mincapital
Andrew Sugerman - 1.8 Million Athletes, 2 Million Pounds of Equipment: Centr's Hyrox Partnership
Andrew Sugerman
52 mincapital
Mark Mastrov - The 24 Hour Fitness Acquisition: Mark Mastrov Returns with Long Range Capital
Mark Mastrov
49 mincapital
Anthony Geisler's Sequel Brands: Five Boutique Brands, Zero Debt, 100% Control
Anthony Geisler's Sequel Brands
64 mincapital
Juliet Starrett & Alex Alimanestianu - Quarterly Reports: Peloton, Life Time, Planet Fitness, Garmin & The Bloodwork BOOM
51 mincapital
Carl Daikeler - Beachbody to BODi: Content is King, Simplicity is Queen
Carl Daikeler
55 mincapital
Adam Schafer - Beyond the Fake: Mind Pump on Trust, Truth, and Industry Snake Oil
Adam Schafer
55 minoperators
Chris Craytor - AI Strategy and 'Affordable Luxury' Success in Mid-Market Clubs
Chris Craytor
51 minoperators
Tony Scrimale - CR Fitness: HVLP Operational Excellence & The Private Equity Boom
Tony Scrimale
41 mincapital
Reka Gobis - Connected: Health & Fitness Summit 2026
Reka Gobis
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How are the merger leaders approaching integration?
Inside the $7.5B Merger Behind Mindbody, ClassPass and EGYM with Fritz Lanman & Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer · 7:33 ↗“And so we've been very, very cautious about integration for the sake of integration and have spent a lot of energy thinking about okay, how do we make sure we work really well together?”
What happened when Canarick's team combined fitness and diet through the Jenny Craig acquisition?
Jon Canarick, North Castle Partners, on Curves, Equinox, and GLP-1s in Fitness · 8:00 ↗“Uh, we ended up buying Jenny Craig uh as part of that. And so we actually sort of brought in this we created this combined center trying to bring fitness and diet together under one roof. I'm I'm I'm not embarrassed to tell you it did not work.”
How does Ward describe capital introductions within his network?
The Assembly Founder Jon Ward on GLP-1s, Deal Flow and Fitness's Future · 21:21 ↗“Or you're looking for capital. I know a guy like literally fits this family office model that you're talking about, and he knows other people. Can I connect you? Yeah, like who is he? Sends the link, there you go, off and running.”
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