Strava Founder: How I Motivated 100 Million People To Stay Active: Michael Horvath | E148

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 2, 2022

Duration

1h 25m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

This episode is part of our USA series, over the coming weeks you will get to see some incredible conversations with guests the likes of which we’ve never seen before. Bringing more value, more incredible stories, and more world-beating expertise. Michael Horvath is the co-founder of Strava, the app to track and improve peoples fitness that’s used by millions of people worldwide. Topics: 0:00 Intro 01:17 What made you different? 11:02 What role do you play in keeping life balance within your team 19:34 Strava's journey 27:03 How does Strava motivate people to stay healthy and fit? 32:17 How did the pandemic impact your work community? 50:13 What were the hardest challenges you faced when starting up? 55:35 Work-life balance & stepping down 01:00:40 What did you learn from the passing of your wife 01:08:36 Returning to Strava 01:13:21 Difficult moments in Strava Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtkhorvath/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx Location courtesy of The Nightfall Group: www.nightfallgroup.com

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Michael Horvath

  guest

• Steven Bartlett

  host

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Michael Horvath and Steven Bartlett, Strava Founder: How I Motivated 100 Million People To Stay Active: Michael Horvath | E148 explores strava Founder Michael Horvath On Competition, Grief, And True Motivation Michael Horvath, co‑founder and CEO of Strava, traces how early experiences of family separation, belonging in a Harvard boathouse, and Silicon Valley’s first dot‑com boom shaped his philosophy on community, ambition, and company building.

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