Ameet Shah of Wodify on the Entrepreneurial Journey Run a Profitable Gym

When Ameet Shah first introduced Wodify to the CrossFit community, he had his work cut out for him. Convincing a bunch of gritty, low-tech fitness die-hards to ditch the whiteboard and put up a TV screen was a tall order.

But he did it — and today Wodify serves more than 5,000 gyms around the world.

Ameet joined Chris Cooper to talk about his journey from crab-sales website designer (yes, you read that right) to tech start-up founder to business leader.

Links:

Wodify
Gym Owners United

Timeline:

1:01 – From MBA to ilovecrabs.com.
6:23 – Starting his first company.
7:42 – The birth of Wodify. 
12:05 – Convincing people to trade the whiteboard for a digital tracker.
16:55 – Learning from a $750,000 mistake.
19:34 – Funding Wodify’s creation. 
22:03 – Providing high quality with low overhead. 
24:21 – Developing Wodify’s culture. 
27:17 – Admitting mistakes.
33:21 – Communicating with customers, overselling, and the product roadmap.
40:58 – Why Wodify walked away from a partnership with CrossFit, LLC.
45:22 – From entrepreneur to boss to leader.