56 min
Zwift CEO Eric Min on Entrepreneurship, eSports and Reinventing Indoor Cycling The Common Threads
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When Eric Min was thinking about starting the indoor cycling giant Zwift in 2013, he wasn’t sure his previous business success was enough to justify calling himself an entrepreneur. He turned to his co-founder from his last startup and asked, “did we just get lucky or are we entrepreneurs? Let’s test that. If we do it again and it works, then I'd say we're entrepreneurs.”
Eric can safely call himself an entrepreneur. Zwift hit the cycling scene in 2014 and hasn’t looked back, raising $170 million and forever changing indoor cycling. Eric and his team are now on a quest to reimagine eSports and land the sport in the Olympics. If you’re like many of us who aren’t “gamers,” the concept of eSports is as foreign as trying to figure out the Fortnite craze.
But Zwift has nothing to do with sitting on a couch playing a video game. It’s people of all ages, all around the world, racing their bikes against real people through iconic mountains and cities. They just happen to be inside. Chasing a goal, avoiding traffic, and most certainly getting a lot more fit. It turns out Zwift might just be the perfect answer for people looking to keep their mind and body active with the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing.
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When Eric Min was thinking about starting the indoor cycling giant Zwift in 2013, he wasn’t sure his previous business success was enough to justify calling himself an entrepreneur. He turned to his co-founder from his last startup and asked, “did we just get lucky or are we entrepreneurs? Let’s test that. If we do it again and it works, then I'd say we're entrepreneurs.”
Eric can safely call himself an entrepreneur. Zwift hit the cycling scene in 2014 and hasn’t looked back, raising $170 million and forever changing indoor cycling. Eric and his team are now on a quest to reimagine eSports and land the sport in the Olympics. If you’re like many of us who aren’t “gamers,” the concept of eSports is as foreign as trying to figure out the Fortnite craze.
But Zwift has nothing to do with sitting on a couch playing a video game. It’s people of all ages, all around the world, racing their bikes against real people through iconic mountains and cities. They just happen to be inside. Chasing a goal, avoiding traffic, and most certainly getting a lot more fit. It turns out Zwift might just be the perfect answer for people looking to keep their mind and body active with the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing.
If you enjoyed this episode, we'd love to hear your feedback by leaving a star rating or review. For more like this, join our new community of athletes at https://theprokit.com/signup/.
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