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| 03.12.2021 | Startups at the forefront of the on-demand, at-home fitness craze | VCs make big bets on innovators, such as Tonal, ClassPass, Peerfit, Freeletics, Silofit, and FORTË
According to the CDC, only one in four US adults and only one in five high school students meet the recommended physical activity guidelines.... |
| 12.11.2020 | The Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Fitness and Self Care | ‘Tis the season to be shopping – that frantic time each year when we endeavor to find the perfect, unique gifts for all the perfect, unique people in our lives, and all while masked and socially distanced!
Let us help you reduce that stres... |
| 03.08.2016 | 500 Startups adds digital health track to focus on marketing, distribution, growth | In a phone interview, Rebecca Woodcock, an entrepreneur-in-residence at 500 Startups who is heading up the digital health track, outlined some of the program elements. Woodcock has had some success as a digital health entrepreneur. She prev... |
| 12.03.2016 | How to train your human, part II: Products that make habits last | In the first part of this series, we learned about designing products that use good triggers and motivators to get users like Joe to engage in healthy behaviors. Now, how can we ensure that these new behaviors become long-term habits?
In th... |
| 20.02.2016 | How To Train Your Human: Designing For Healthier Habits | Lakshmi Mani Contributor
Lakshmi Mani is a product designer at Tradecraft.
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| 01.02.2016 | Social network meets fitness startup KFit raises $12M for Asia-Pacific expansion | The new funding will enable KFit to expand beyond the 10 cities where it currently has a presence: Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Manila, Kuala Lupur, Taipei, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, and Auckland. It will also invest in product development,... |
| 20.04.2014 | In Digital Health, Does Nike Have A Path To Victory After Fuelband? | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah works on product for Swell, is a TechCrunch columnist, and an investor at Haystack. He blogs at Haywire, and you can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
This past week, conflicting reports about Nike leaked, suggestin... |
| 02.01.2014 | The Anti-Resolution: How I Stay On The Ball With Fitness All Year Long | ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.
You’re probably going to flunk out on your New Year’s resolutions.
So why make them?
Instead, do what I did along the way to losing 83 poun... |
| 14.11.2013 | Workout apps that keep you fit when traveling | This post is brought to you by Sheraton. Click here to explore Sheraton Club. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining editorial objectivity.
Staying fit on the road can be a serious challenge for business travelers. Between the ... |
| 14.11.2013 | Workout apps that keep you fit when traveling | RunKeeper
Running is a great way to explore new surroundings, and RunKeeper uses your phone’s GPS to track those runs. This smartphone app keeps tabs on your speed, pace, calories burned, and other information. When you’re done, it uploads ... |
| 23.09.2013 | Fitocracy Adds A New Revenue Stream With Group Fitness Plans | Fitocracy, the fitness gamification network with over 1 million users andmore user engagement than Twitter, is today launching a group fitness pilot in a big move towards monetization.
A big part of Fitocracy’s core offering is a community-... |
| 13.07.2013 | Why Behavior Change Apps Fail To Change Behavior | Nir Eyal Contributor
Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and blogs about the psychology of products.
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| 26.03.2013 | Fitness app Fitocracy pumps up 1M users, partners with Arnold Schwarzenegger | Fitness app Fitocracy has reached 1 million registered users, and to celebrate, it has signed a partnership with movie star/politician/robot/fitness guru Arnold Schwarzenegger to give users a new workout routine to try.
Fitocracy was founde... |
| 26.03.2013 | Fitocracy’s 1M Users, Including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Are More Engaged Than Any Other Social Network Besides Facebook | As quantified self devices and services come into their own, gamified social fitness tracker Fitocracy has found itself smack dab in the middle of a movement. But alas! The 500 Startups-backed company isn’t shoving wrist bands, smartwatches... |
| 14.01.2013 | Best Tech Events This Week (Social Retail Summit, Twitter NYC Talk, Enterprise Tech Meetup, Tech Drinkup, Bronx Tech Meetup, Music Hackathon, Hardware Startup) | This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red Tie”), founder and CEO of GarysGuide and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last count, over 40 red ties. You can reach him at gary [at] garysgu... |
| 02.01.2013 | The Ultimate Guide To The 50+ Hottest Health And Fitness Apps, Gadgets And Startups Of The Year | The holidays wreak havoc on our bodies, with their mandatory over-indulgence in food as well as family and reminiscences. As we reflect on the year past — its victories and losses — we also begin looking ahead to the next, and in big ways o... |
| 31.12.2012 | 7 Apps That Will Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions Alive | A brand new year is upon us, and it’s time to start thinking about the changes you want to make. But it can be difficult to follow through on New Year’s Resolutions, especially without any help or support.
But nine times out of ten, there’s... |
| 07.11.2012 | RunKeeper’s Marathon Plan for Startup Success: “We’re Not in a Rush” | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
You’d expect the founder of a successful fitness-tracking startup to be a pretty healthy guy. So when RunKeeper boss Jason Jacobs reports that he rode his bike to work despite... |
| 28.09.2012 | Review: Fitocracy app brings an RPG touch to working out | It's surprising how fun it can be to level up inside Fitocracy. reader comments 54 with 35 posters participating, including story author
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| 21.09.2012 | Do Startups Get Run Down by Passive-Aggressive Perks? The Downsides of Unlimited Everything | The Tipping Point Partners office. (Photo: Tipping Point)
Like cushy sign-on bonuses or drool-worthy stock options, perks are a potent recruiting tool for startups, dangled before potential hires like a treat before a ravenous animal. Expen... |
| 05.07.2012 | 4 small social networks that have a big impact on users | Facebook, Twitter, and other social media heavyweights may be winning the race to most number of users, but sometimes, having “everyone” in one social network can do more harm than good. Newsfeeds and streams are cluttered, shameless self-p... |
| 26.06.2012 | Startup News: Motivational Social Networks Edition | (flickr.com/seanvenn)
Steps to success Moteevate, formerly known as Fitango and self described as “the motivational social network,” went live last week. The site makes achieving your goals sound really easy by breaking them down into three... |
| 21.05.2012 | Gary Sharma’s Internet Week 2012 Highlights (Nerd Proms, Rooftop Parties, Will Arnett DJ’ing, Michael Stipe Sightings ‘n more!) | Aol’s Andrea Hong, GroupMe/Skype’s Steve Cheney, TechStars’ Justin Overdorff, Shelby.tv’s Chris Kurdziel and Lauren Appelwick, American Express’ Meghan Paul, Acquaintable’s Joel Rodriguez and Greycroft Partners’ Alisa Richter posing at the ... |
| 16.05.2012 | Startup News: Stop By Your Favorite Tech Companies, Engag.io Evolves | (via walkaboutnyc.com)
STOP BY, SAY HI Internet Week has the city’s tech community feeling even more welcoming than usual, and so many names you’ll recognize are participating in WalkaboutNYC, this Friday from 12 to 6pm. Tumblr, Gilt Groupe... |
| 24.04.2012 | These Body-Conscious Teens Grew Up To Have 8 Pack Abs And An Exploding Fitness Startup | Redeem now
Fitocracy's founders didn't always look like this.
Brian Wang was awkwardly thin.
Richard (Dick) Talens was overweight.
The once body-conscious teenagers now have eight-pack abs and a fitness startup that's exploding, Fitocracy.
... |
| 19.04.2012 | Health tracking app NeedToEat keeps your waistline in check | Diet and exercise tracking service NeedToEat helps you stay on top of what you eat and when. It uses real-life factors such as mood, habits, and preferences to track your health and keep you on a healthy eating regimen.
NeedToEat is hoping ... |
| 14.04.2012 | How I Got Ripped At 500 Startups | Editor’s note: Dick Talens is one of the founders of Fitocracy and an amateur competitive bodybuilder. Follow him on Twitter @DickTalens.
Little sleep, lots of stress, free food at all hours, and Paul Singh constantly try to booze you under... |
| 09.04.2012 | Fitocracy, drchrono investor 500 Startups raising $50M second fund | Health-related companies in 500 Startups’ portfolio include fitness reward program Fitocracy and EHR provider drchrono, which has already raised $4.1 million in seed funding.
McClure told various media outlets that the second fund would put... |
| 04.04.2012 | Startup News: Foursquare Day, Impact Investing, Assembled Capital and New Social Apps | Mayor Michael Bloomberg with Foursquare cofounder Dennis Crowley. The mayor declared April 16 NYC's official 4sqDay. (Ben Weitzenkorn)
2×2^2. April 16 is officially 4sqDay in New York and over a dozen other cities around the country. The fa... |
| 29.03.2012 | Fitocracy Finally Exits Private Beta, Celebrates With A New iOS App | It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the social fitness mavens at Fitocracy — they’ve been doing plenty of behind-the-scenes work, and now they’re ready to share the fruits of their labor. After spending over a year hunkered down in pri... |
| 27.03.2012 | Gary Sharma’s Shorty Awards 2012 Highlights (Mayor Bloomberg, Tiffany Thiessen, Miss USA, The Daily Show Gang and More) | 3 lovely ladies – my friend Victoria Song (Flybridge Capital) with Miss USA 2011 Alyssa Campanella and reigning Miss Teen USA Danielle Doty at the 2012 Shorty Awards. Raawwr!
This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red ... |
| 18.02.2012 | Beyond Facebook: The Rise Of Interest-Based Social Networks | Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Jay Jamison, a Partner at BlueRun Ventures, who focuses on early stage mobile, consumer and enterprise investments. He also serves on the boards of AppCentral, AppRedeem, Foodspotting, and Thumb.... |
| 02.02.2012 | The Seven Most Interesting Startups At 500 Startups Demo Day | Halfway to living up to its moniker with over 250 startups, 500 Startups held a series of demo days this week and last, where a group of 33 scrappy startups presented their wares to investors in both New York and San Francisco. As we are wo... |
| 02.11.2011 | Startup News: Fitocracy Goes Freemium, SNAP Hires a CFO, And Tonight’s NYTM Will Be Collegiate | General Assembly
FITOCRACY GOES FREEMIUM. Fitocracy, now a year old, just announced a subscription plan for $4.99 a month. Subscribers get unlockable titles, the ability to copy workouts, greater visibility in the stream and early access to... |
| 31.10.2011 | The new 500 Startups class is the most international yet, and they’re zombies! | 500 Startups, the accelerator founded by angel investor Dave McClure, today announced its new class of 34 companies, Batch 002, its largest, and most international cohort to date. The group includes eight female founders, and 15 of the comp... |
| 31.10.2011 | 500 Startups Unveils Latest Class Of 34 Startups | Today the Silicon Valley based accelerator 500 Startups lead by Dave McClure and Paul Singh has unveiled its latest set of startups which includes 34 companies from across the United States, which is the largest batch size to date. The late... |
| 31.10.2011 | 500 Startups Peels Back The Curtain On Its Third And Largest Batch Yet | It’s Halloween, so it’s the perfect day to unveil the newest group of 500 Startups’ “little monsters”. Yes, this is the name that founder Dave McClure and his partner in crime Christine Tsai give to all the rock star entrepreneurs that grac... |
| 03.10.2011 | Fitocracy’s Web App Wants You To Get Up And Go Mobile | The guys at Fitocracy, the social fitness tracker, have been very busy since we’ve seen them last. Though I’m a fan of the service, sometimes using it can be hit or miss. Don’t get me wrong — it’s absolutely great on a computer, but the sit... |
| 25.08.2011 | Start-Up News: BuyWithMe Hires Xoogler as Xecutive; Plus Lot18, Skillshare and a Tumblr Killer | We found this picture of poutine pizza via Jux's Twitter account.
DAILY EXECUTIVE DEAL. “On the heels of its fifth acquisition in the past five months, BuyWithMe today announced that it has hired Charlie Gray as Chief People Officer. Gray w... |
| 28.06.2011 | Fitocracy Brings Games And Social To Your Workouts (Invites Within) | You may not have heard of them quite yet, but a startup called Fitocracy is pretty hot right now. Six months into its private beta and Fitocracy has already gathered 18K users and has 8K more on the wait list. (And we have 1,200 free beta i... |
| - | Social network meets fitness startup KFit raises $12M for Asia-Pacific expansion | A push to make fitness more interesting by expanding options and finding ways to make it more social and less tiresome has been a priority for US-based companies such as PumpUp, Fitocracy, and MapMyFitness, acquired by UnderArmour.
KFit see... |
| - | Fitocracy, drchrono investor 500 Startups raising $50M second fund | 500 Startups, the tech seed fund and startup accelerator founded by former Simply Hired and PayPal executive Dave McClure, is raising a second, $50 million fund to invest in more Internet-based startups.
The firm invests $10,000 to $250,000... |
| - | The Health and Happiness Gift Guide: Fitness and Self Care | Photo by Taisiia Stupak on Unsplash
‘Tis the season to be shopping – that frantic time each year when we endeavor to find the perfect, unique gifts for all the perfect, unique people in our lives, and all while masked and socially distance... |
| - | Почему и как бизнес использует геймификацию | Почему и как бизнес использует геймификацию
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| - | 500 Startups adds digital health track to focus on marketing, distribution, growth | In its 18th class of startups, 500 Startups digital health track includes eight companies.
500 Startups has a history of investing in healthcare startups —49 actually, including uBiome, BetterDoctor, Dr. Chrono and Fitocracy. But with its 1... |
| - | Геймификация: цифры и примеры | Более 70% компаний Forbes Global 2000 применяют геймификацию. Игровые механики на 30% повышают вирусность продукта, число повторных визитов, вовлеченность и лояльность клиентов. Например, Autodesk на 40% увеличила объем пробного использован... |
