Nathaniel Jewell is a seasoned entrepreneur at the intersection of technology and wellness. He is the founder of wellness platform Recess.tv, a first in category solution that promotes wellness while empowering creators to run and grow their business with technology built for omnichannel engagement. Nathaniel has 8+ years in the tech and fitness industries and was an executive at Apple before starting his first company, Drift, and has applied a wealth of passion, operational, and business expertise to pivot during the pandemic and build a trainer first solution missing from the marketplace. “Start small. Maybe just getting up and walking around your living room for 10 minutes. Just very small, walk around the block. I think the key is how to start small to create some kind of habit.” Nathaniel’s wellness journey 1:26 Why he jumped into the wellness industry 8:53 Helping fitness instructors and trainers 13:43 How Recess compares to other companies 21:53 Advice for people that really want to get going in fitness 27:45 The future of the wellness industry 32:15 “The global health and wellness industry is over 4 trillion dollars. The global pharmaceutical industry is 1.3 trillion dollars. So just put that in perspective of where the focus goes for money and investment, and pharmaceutical. Massive, massive companies, and a lot of the time people think about health and wellness and you’ll hear sometimes, ‘Can you build a billion dollar company in health and wellness?’ Well, if health and wellness is almost 4 times as big as pharmaceutical, I actually think there’s gonna be a few multi billion dollar companies in health and wellness.” 22:25 Find out more: recess.tv