Build and Scale with Devika

Devika

Build and Scale with Devika reveals the unexpected, rarely shared realities of growing a technology startup. Hosted by Ken Kencevski, founder of award-winning tech company Devika, each episode spotlights founders who turned bold ideas into multi-million dollar products with serious growth and exit potential. These aren’t your typical success stories... Through candid interviews, we explore how they built scalable tech, raised capital, and found product-market fit, often starting with just a pitch deck. New episodes every fortnight.

Episodes

  1. How Glean Became a Global Fitness App with Evan Daly

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    How Glean Became a Global Fitness App with Evan Daly

    After a career-ending injury as a jockey, Evan Daly rebuilt his life from the ground up. First as a personal trainer, then as the co-founder of Glean, a health and wellness app with thousands of subscribers. In this episode, Evan shares the full story: the unexpected pivot from personal training to technology entrepreneur, how he scaled a business with no technical background, and why community was the foundation from day one. You’ll hear how he and co-founder Sean Casey turned spreadsheets and Google Forms into a powerful platform, and how building with Devika unlocked the next level of scale. In this episode: How Evan went from racing horses to building digital products His first viral growth moment Launching Glean with 3K+ signups in minutes The marketing moves behind 100’s of lifetime members Why simplicity, transparency, and control are key to scaling software What non-technical founders should know before building an app Like what you hear? Follow the show and visit devika.com to learn how we help founders go from idea to impact. https://omny.fm/shows/build-and-scale-with-devika Youtube Link https://youtu.be/EleQoRCYMN8  Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:40 – Retired at 19: From Racing to Rock Bottom 03:00 – The Accidental PT Business 05:21 – The Social Media Explosion 07:31 – From 200 to 700 Members 08:47 – When Google Sheets Break: Time to Build 09:16 – The App Idea: Sitting on the Beach 10:28 – Picking Devika as a Tech Partner 11:39 – Go-to-Market and Launch Strategy 15:55 – Community as the Foundation 17:24 – Building the 4 Pillars of Glean 20:21 – Control, Integrations, and MVP Discipline 21:12 – Lessons in Product, Team, and Support 23:04 – Building Tech Without Being Technical   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Build and Scale with Devika reveals the unexpected, rarely shared realities of growing a technology startup. Hosted by Ken Kencevski, founder of award-winning tech company Devika, each episode spotlights founders who turned bold ideas into multi-million dollar products with serious growth and exit potential. These aren’t your typical success stories... Through candid interviews, we explore how they built scalable tech, raised capital, and found product-market fit, often starting with just a pitch deck. New episodes every fortnight.