Episode 123 covers the topic of connected fitness with our resident expert, Randy Kane. With the recent losses incurred by on-demand connected fitness company, Peloton, fitness industry leaders are trying to determine the best ways to position themselves as we move forward out of the pandemic. Will brick and mortar, in-person fitness businesses bring back members to pre-pandemic levels or will digital fitness platforms retain a large proportion of users and continue to grow? Or will the best approach be to find a happy medium between providing both in-person and digital fitness services to stay resilient should a new pandemic or challenge appear. Randy outlines all of the various business models around health, fitness and wellness, and identifies some of the bigger players in fitness and technology, and how they could influence the future. Randy Kane is an entrepreneur turned investor with over 25 years of experience building, managing, and investing in leading-growth companies. At Profec Partners, Randy identifies unique businesses with potential for scale and provides growth capital to early-stage companies from their inception through traditional venture capital investments. Most recently, Randy served as the COO and Advisor to the CEO and founder of DanceBody, a dance-inspired fitness company, helping to build and grow the company from inception. He furthered the company’s growth on a global scale by launching DanceBody@Home in early 2016 — an innovative, proprietary digital platform — featuring both OnDemand and Live streaming options. Randy continued to advise and guide the expansion of the business through mid-2019 with two studios in NYC, the first in NoMad and the second in TriBeCa shortly thereafter. You can find out more information on Randy Kane via the following links: Website: https://www.profecpartners.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/randallkane Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/randallkane/ The D&D Fitness Radio podcast is available at the following locations for downloadable audio, including: iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/d-d-fitness-radio-podcast/id1331724217 iHeart Radio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/dd-fitness-radio-28797988/ Spreaker.com – https://www.spreaker.com/show/d-and-d-fitness-radios-show Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5Py2SSPA4mntNwYRm0Opri You can reach both Don and Derek at the following locations: Don Saladino: http://www.DonSaladino.com Twitter and Instagram - @DonSaladino YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/donsaladino Derek M. Hansen: http://www.SprintCoach.com Twitter and Instagram - @DerekMHansen YouTube - http://youtube.com/derekmhansen