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Capital and M&A
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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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50 mincapital
Sebastien Lagree - Lagree Fitness: 25 Years of Building to an Overnight Global Explosion
Sebastien Lagree
41 mincapital
Brian Von Ancken - Wellness Growth Mastermind: How to Build a Thriving Industry Community
Brian Von Ancken
44 mincapital
The Assembly: Reimagining How Industry Leaders Connect and Collaborate
The Assembly
90 mincapital
Juliet Starrett & Alex Alimanestianu - Quarterly Reports: Peloton, Life Time, Planet Fitness, Garmin & The Business of Longevity
47 mincapital
Julie Cartwright - 300% Digital Growth and 22 Studios: Pvolve's Omni-Channel Strategy
Julie Cartwright
39 mincapital
Mike Goscinski - 27 Words That Could Change Everything: The PHIT Act's Legislative Journey
Mike Goscinski
45 mincapital
Lise Kuecker - The State of Boutique: M&A Activity, Pilates Trends, and Opening Strategies
Lise Kuecker
55 mincapital
Anthony Vennare - The Future of Fitt Insider
Anthony Vennare
49 mincapital
Paul Byrne - Navigating MAHA: The Future of Fitness in American Healthcare
Paul Byrne
70 mincapital
Juliet Starrett & Alex Alimanestianu - Quarterly Reports: The Big Five, HUGE Industry Transactions, & Casey Means as Surgeon General
51 mincapital
Edward Hertzman - Athletech's Innovation Summit
Edward Hertzman
40 mincapital
Sam O'Keefe - Unlocking the $150 Billion HSA/FSA Opportunity
Sam O'Keefe
47 mincapital
Darren MacDonald - The Future of Tonal
Darren MacDonald
43 mintech
Dana Milkie - Smart Strength and AI: EGYM's North American Strategy
Dana Milkie
45 mincapital
David Knies - The 5 Forces Driving the Next Trillion Dollars in Wellness
David Knies
42 minoperators
Tim Green - TeamUp & The Golden Age of Fitness Entrepreneurship
Tim Green
46 mincapital
Heather Dietrick - Outside Interactive: Inspire, Activate, Celebrate
Heather Dietrick
44 minoperators
Benji Donhardt - Supafitgrow: Innovations in Gym Marketing
Benji Donhardt
68 mincapital
Juliet Starrett & Alex Alimanestianu - Quarterly Reports: Peloton, Life Time, Planet Fitness, Garmin & The MAHA Effect
49 mintech
Bryan O'Rourke - The Intersection of Fitness, Technology, and Global Trends
Bryan O'Rourke
32 mincapital
David Meltzer - Leveraging The Fitness Industry's Transformation
David Meltzer
56 mincapital
Emma Barry - Gen Z & Massive Systemic Change
Emma Barry
46 mincapital
Troy Taylor - Tonal 2 & Tonal Training Lab
Troy Taylor
54 mincapital
Mia Kyricos - The Wellness Renaissance
Mia Kyricos
Voices in the conversation
From the conversations
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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