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Vanessa Chu March 31, 2025 at 09:10 PM

Name: Vanessa Chu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessamchu

Location: Williamsburg, NY (by way of Manhattan, SF, HK, etc.)

Current Role: Co-founder + now Advisor to Stretch*d (sold to PE-backed franchisor last year); growth + ops consultant to retail wellness businesses; plus, incubating a few new fitness / wellness concepts (more to share soon!)

Hobbies: Tourism by way of checking out new wellness + fitness places, yogi at heart, Padel (if anyone ever wants to play - reach out - I’m a beginner!)

Favorite Follow/Podcast/Show about Wellness: Erica Huss’s All Too Well Substack (and Podcast)- she gets it!!

Topics You're Interested in Connecting About: Cutting edge wellness trends and brands on the verge of becoming more mainstream; specifically, longevity, fitness and women’s health; on the less sexy side, building booking + ops software solutions for fitness / wellness businesses

How You Can Help WGM:
Here to offer advice to anyone building 4-wall wellness, franchising, fundraising, selling to PE investors, or generally building cool sh*t

How WGM Can Help You:
Excited to learn what’s new, to get smarter on new tech, and be inspired by other brand builders and entrepreneurs 🙌

Mavi Santarelli April 01, 2025 at 11:57 AM

I love Stretch*d! Came after the Women’s Half last year :) Welcome!

Brian Von Ancken April 01, 2025 at 08:57 PM

so excited to have you here and always great to give the great @Erica Huss some love.....you forgot to mention your silent retreat experience!!

Jackie Tsontakis April 11, 2025 at 03:36 PM

Welcome, @Vanessa Chu! Stretch*d sounds awesome - will have to check it out!!

Erica Huss April 29, 2025 at 03:19 PM

Thanks @Vanessa Chu !!! Everyone should listen to her, she has great taste. 🙃