Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 728 | Bootstrapping Gymdesk to a More Than $32.5M Exit

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In episode 728, Rob Walling interviews Eran Galperin, founder of Gymdesk, about his incredible exit. Eran shares his journey of transforming Gymdesk from "Martial Arts on Rails" into a successful gym management software company. He discusses how they succeeded in a competitive market, the role of TinySeed in their growth, and how feelings of burnout eventually led to a majority buyout for the company.

Topics we cover: 
  • 2:02 – Gymdesk Announces a $32.5 Million Strategic Growth Investment
  • 5:13 – How the investment will be used
  • 6:38 – Eran’s projects before Gymdesk
  • 9:21 – Sticking with one idea long enough to see success
  • 12:45 – Entering a competitive market
  • 16:37 – Rapid growth as a marketing leader
  • 20:54 – Dealing with burnout and entertaining an acquisition
  • 26:45 – Handling a stressful sales process
  • 32:19 – The future of Gymdesk
    • Links from the Show: 
    • Apply for TinySeed
    • Gymdesk Announces a $32.5 Million Strategic Growth Investment from Five Elms Capital
    • Episode 727 | Gymdesk Sells for More than $32.5 million, Hiring Gets Easier, and More Hot Take Tuesday Topics
    • Gymdesk.com
    • Eran Galperin (@erangalperin) | X
    • Eran Galperin | LinkedIn
    • Eran’s Website
    • Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) Explained: How It Works
    • Discretion Capital

      • If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!

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