Génération Do It Yourself

Usually, apps invite us to stay home and do as little as possible. Meanwhile, Strava’s creators ask us we do the exact opposite: Get outdoors as often as we can and make big efforts. Strava started as a simple running app and now offers more than 140 sports activities, welcoming between 1 and 2 million new users every month. How can we explain such success? In this episode, my guest is Michael Horvath, the co-founder and CEO of Strava, to answer that. According to him, he owes his success to 5 principles: Start small; Stop talking and take action; Study the role of V.C;  Listen to your customers and not potential investors; Whenever possible, live according to Bruce Lee. From Harvard to Silicon Valley, Michael Horvath’s life and career could have the appearance of a classic American success story. That's without counting on his Swedish pragmatic side, without bullshit or business books. Discover in this episode: What a Sweden-infused company implanted in the USA looks like; Why comradery