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<ul><li>NordicTrack’s ski machine (1975) and Bowflex’s 2000X (1986) kickstarted the home fitness era, and machines for doing different kinds of exercises at home—running, elliptical, rowing, weights—proliferated on the market.</li><li>Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) took spin classes out of the studio and delivered them on-demand via subscription SaaS (70% gross margin) to high-resale-value bikes they manufactured themselves, notching LTV of $7K+—but post COVID, with CAC up by 20-30%, demand waning and the resale value of the bikes falling, their economics went upside down.</li><li>Under new CEO Barry McCarthy, Peloton has explored new business models like gaming that can drive more software margins—unlike content which requires paying live instructors and 30%+ royalties to music labels—along with becoming an app store by up the Peloton ecosystem to third-party app developers.</li></ul>

NordicTrack’s ski machine (1975) and Bowflex’s 2000X (1986) kickstarted the home fitness era, and machines for doing different kinds of exercises at home—running, elliptical, rowing, weights—proliferated on the market.Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) took spin classes out of the studio and delivered them on-demand via subscription SaaS (70% gross margin) to high-resale-value bikes they manufactured themselves, notching LTV of $7K+—but post COVID, with CAC up by 20-30%, demand waning and the resale value of the bikes falling, their economics went upside down.Under new CEO Barry McCarthy, Peloton has explored new business models like gaming that can drive more software margins—unlike content which requires paying live instructors and 30%+ royalties to music labels—along with becoming an app store by up the Peloton ecosystem to third-party app developers.

<ul><li>Once the pandemic hit and we made the decision to pivot to a direct to consumer product is where we truly experienced volume and hence product-market fit.</li><li>Our monthly usage is a lot higher than a Peloton because customers are getting on more frequently because the workouts are shorter and because more people are using it in your household.</li><li>Our costs are very manageable and predictable, which gives us better margins and allows us to be more aggressive in our ads, and to have a higher CAC because we can afford to market while our competitors can't.</li></ul>

Once the pandemic hit and we made the decision to pivot to a direct to consumer product is where we truly experienced volume and hence product-market fit.Our monthly usage is a lot higher than a Peloton because customers are getting on more frequently because the workouts are shorter and because more people are using it in your household.Our costs are very manageable and predictable, which gives us better margins and allows us to be more aggressive in our ads, and to have a higher CAC because we can afford to market while our competitors can't.

Andy Hoang, CEO Of Aviron, On The Unit Economics Of Connected Fitness

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Game-based connected rowing machine with streaming, workouts, and multiplayer fitness challenges

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Aviron And The Xbox Of Connected Fitness

Post-COVID headwinds broke the unit economics of connected fitness—now, we’re seeing startups vie to build the core fitness "gaming console" of...

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Andy Hoang, CEO Of Aviron, On The Unit Economics Of Connected Fitness

Sacra interview with Andy Hoang, CEO of Aviron.

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