Michael Horvath
11/7/2024
30/9/2024

“Running up That Hill” - Strava’s Co-Founder, Michael Horvath, on Building, Branding and Delivering: An Entrepreneurs’ Story

We welcome Mike Horvath onto the show, who set up Strava in 2009 alongside Mark Gainey. It's now a leading global fitness app, used by 100m athletes in 195 countries. In this interview, he shares the story & the lessons learnt in building the business.

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If you wrote a business plan in the 1990s that was way ahead of its time - a 20th century idea that needed 21st century technology to work - then put it aside and instead built an enterprise software firm that achieved a Goldman Sachs backed blockbuster IPO in 1999, you might say “bravo”.

If then, several years later you return to this earlier idea, build it and today have over 100 million athletes in 195 countries using it, you’ll know why we’re exceptionally excited about this conversation! 

Mike has helped grow Strava into one of the world’s leading activity tracking apps, employing about 400 people and achieving a valuation of approximately $1.5bn (as of its last funding round in 2020). 

The seeds of Strava were planted during Mike’s time as captain of the Harvard rowing team, which helped him develop an appreciation of the benefits of sport, both personally & professionally. 

Mike then earned a PhD at Harvard, before becoming an economics professor at Stanford and Dartmouth (and along the way, as one does, a CFO of a biotech firm!). 

In this longer-than-usual interview, Michael discusses what it takes to build a brand. He explains why they went “an inch wide and a mile deep” and why it’s best to “listen to your customers, not your investors”.

He also shares how he’s confronted setbacks, concentrating on excellence over growth, why they’ve stayed private, and why patience, persistence and perspective are central ingredients for success. One of my favourite interviews!

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