Posts byJoe Vennare

June 17, 2021

Glucose Monitoring and Metabolic Health Startups Scale Up

A large, lucrative market ripe for disruption, metabolic health has attracted startups and investors.

June 17, 2021

Beyond the Bike: The Connected Rowing Wars are Heating Up

As funding flows to home fitness startups, the connected rowing wars are getting interesting.

June 17, 2021

Social+ Fitness: Community-focused Apps Outpace Competitors

The strength of a brand’s digital community can make or break fitness companies.

June 17, 2021

Nutrition Bars Cash In On Brain and Gut Health

A new batch of bar makers are doubling down on brain health.

June 17, 2021

The Peloton of ‘X’ Trend Goes Global

The connected fitness competition has gone global.

June 17, 2021

Investors Bet Millions on Plant-based Chicken Nuggets

The battle of the chicken alternatives is heating up.

June 16, 2021

Money Moves

April 24, 2021

Gen Z: The Ultimate Wellness Consumer

April 20, 2021

F45 Training Enters Pilates with New Studio Concept

FS8 classes utilize a Reformer, mat work, light weights, and resistance bands.

December 20, 2020

Salad Chain Sweetgreen Expands into the Suburbs

The company plans to open a drive-thru restaurant in Highlands Ranch, Colorado next year.

November 17, 2020

Levels Secured $12M in Seed Funding From Andreessen Horowitz For its Blood Glucose System

June 30, 2020

The Future of Personal Training

In the years to come, founders and investors will be well-served by putting fitness professionals at the center of the conversation about the industry’s future.

June 25, 2020

Issue No. 84: Psychedelic Wellness

Psychedelics are moving into the mainstream and could reshape the future of healthcare and wellness.

June 2, 2020

Issue No. 81: The Rise of the Fitness Creator

As consumer habits shift, and new digital tools emerge, the rise of the fitness creator could be more disruptive to the industry than Peloton.

May 26, 2020

Fitness, But Make It Free

More than ever, local parks, trails, and bike lanes have become a respite from an isolated, sedentary existence.

May 19, 2020

Gyms and Studios Reopen. And Then What?

Like the rest of the economy—and the country at large—gym owners are weighing the pros and cons of returning to business as usual.

May 12, 2020

The High-Performance Lifestyle

A new vertical within fitness and wellness has emerged. Say hello to the high-performance lifestyle.

April 28, 2020

Scott Galloway: SoulCycle’s At-home Bike is “Dead on Arrival”

April 27, 2020

Apple Fit: Building a Personalized Health & Fitness Bundle

Apple Fit could become a fortress of content, personalization, and even coaching within its existing ecosystem

April 18, 2020

Erasing Stigmas: The New Wellness Playbook

Wellness upstarts are eliminating cultural stigma by normalizing highly personal or taboo topics like mental health and sexual wellness. 

April 14, 2020

Sold Out: The Fitness Equipment Shortage

April 14, 2020

Losing The War On Childhood Obesity

April 9, 2020

Layoffs Hit Mindbody And Classpass

April 7, 2020

Forme Life, a New Connected Fitness Company, Combines Mirror with Tonal