Founding a Virtual Fitness Platform during a Pandemic: bande's Founder and CEO Rebecca Balyasny

In this episode of Restarting America, Josh Gibbs from 97 Switch interviews Rebecca Balyasny, the Founder and CEO of bande, an online fitness company. Throughout the interview, they discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and society. Balyasny shares how the current health pandemic has affected her company and how she is adapting to new circumstances.

For many people, a year of at-home workouts removed the personal relationship touch that so many of us crave in our exercise routines. Enter bande, whose mission is to strip down the overdose of impersonal virtual fitness experiences and smart machines by providing real-time, real-people connections through the power of movement.

Rebecca combined her venture background with executive talent from Exhale, Mindbody and Amazon to bring bande’s boutique fitness experience to people at home. Blurring the lines between fitness platform and social network, bande uses cutting-edge technology to encourage authentic connections between members, their peers and bande’s renowned instructors to celebrate a feeling of togetherness in a virtual world. You can learn more about bande by visiting bande.com. Follow at @webandetogether and webandetogether.