#intros

Hi! Long overdue, excited to be here

Name: Kelleigh Whelan

📍 Location: Tampa, FL (bought 1st 🏠 — interior design, homeownership tips welcome)

💼 Current role: VP, Strategy & Analytics @ Barry’s. Also building an app, Dinder — decision-making for dining out

🎯 Hobbies:
• Thrifting, ukulele, latte art ☕
• Running (Turkey Trot = my max race 🦃)
• Barry’s, reformer pilates, pickleball, yoga; currently trying to do the splits
• Nerdy tech (just got Meta display glasses 👓)
💬 Topics to connect about:
• Brick-and-mortar wellness businesses
• Building a consumer app
• Marketing + growth experiments (funnels, pricing, retention, GTM)
• Wedding planning (getting married in June in Madeira, Portugal )
🤝 How I can help:
• Share real-world lessons from operating hundreds of physical studios (ops, staffing, real estate, pricing, performance)
• Data advice
• Give direct feedback on positioning, onboarding, etc.
✨ How the group can help me:
• Tactical startup advice (best software/tools, etc.)
• Marketing + growth tips for launching a consumer app (early traction, channels that actually work)
• Product feedback on Dinder (value prop clarity, onboarding, monetization)
• (Also: Associate Board Chair at Safe Horizon — the largest victims’ services nonprofit in the US)