#intros

A little slow to do this as I’ve been in here for a little bit now but better late than never (s/o @Johness Dailay for the nudge (+@Brad Seeber, @Kurt Hildebrandt, @Brian Von Ancken, <@U08GLEDQM0X>, + more for coming to our event this past weekend))

My Name: Ian Waltz

Location: Recently broke the Stockholm Syndrome of NYC and got a house in Richmond, Virginia

Current Role: Co-Founder / CPO, Somble

Hobbies:

• Massive soccer fan and desperately missing the NYC-scene, there’s nothing quite like it.
• Comedy
• Love playing sports and anything that reminds me that I’m athletically washed

Favorite Follow / Podcast / Show (Wellness):

• FITT Insider reigns supreme as far as high-level goings-ons is concerned
• Lenny’s Podcast tends to scratch the product-geek part of my brain
• All the regular slew of Comedy podcasts to help assuage the increasing male-loneliness issues (counting this as wellness-related)

Topics I’m Excited to Connect On:
• How product-related motions have made meaningful impacts (positive or negative)
• Increasingly Hyrox - Seems like it has, and will continue to dethrone, crossfit/intramural sports for the foreseeable future.
• Wellness/Fitness Communities
How I Can Support WGM:
• Love auditing product workflows as case-studies so if you’d like an opinion or consultation hmu
• Growing network of fitness professionals, coaches, trainers, etc
• Trends and Insights into what fitness consumers are resonating with.
• Connection with brands in the space (CPG, B2B, etc)
• Everything we do is emotionally-taxing, happy to simply lend an ear to listen, sounding board to vent + brag about your thing, or exchange founder war-stories.
How WGM Can Support Me:
• Any connections to more trainers, coaches, gyms/studios fitness business entities, I, or @Dom D'Alexander, would love to chat with.
• Mostly just interested in the community doing cool community things
My Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-g-waltz/