Strava

6 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 10, 2020 by Alex Mather · said 37 times in 8 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Everything said about Strava, oldest first

Jul 10, 2020
Assertion Supported
Mather helped scale Strava from 1,500 to over 10 million users
“I was lucky enough to be employee number seven there, the first sort of design and product hire, and built out those teams over the years at Strava, and helped grow that company from 1500 users to over ten million”
Alex Mather Jul 10, 2020 ▶ 4:31 20VC: The Future of Subscription Media, Why Startups Need To Stop Blaming Facebook and Google & How Founders Should Think Through Customer Acquisition Channel Dependencies with Alex Mather, Founder & CEO @ The Athletic
Jul 10, 2020 negative
What-if
Mather: Strava should have targeted casual cyclists sooner
“And at some moments in the company's history, we were probably a little too exclusive. We should have talked to more of the weekend warriors versus the folks already riding 200 miles a week.”
Alex Mather Jul 10, 2020 ▶ 7:20 20VC: The Future of Subscription Media, Why Startups Need To Stop Blaming Facebook and Google & How Founders Should Think Through Customer Acquisition Channel Dependencies with Alex Mather, Founder & CEO @ The Athletic
Jul 10, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Strava's founder and Charles Hudson wrote the first Athletic angel checks
“Michael Horvath, the founder of Strava, was our first check, but it was a smaller check, and then the next check was Charles Hudson at Precursor”
Alex Mather Jul 10, 2020 ▶ 19:28 20VC: The Future of Subscription Media, Why Startups Need To Stop Blaming Facebook and Google & How Founders Should Think Through Customer Acquisition Channel Dependencies with Alex Mather, Founder & CEO @ The Athletic
Jul 10, 2020 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mather: Early Strava overexpanded features into nutrition and route planning
“And so there were definitely a few years there at Strava where we were running around trying to build so many things at once. Whether it be nutrition or finding a route to ride or things like that.”
Alex Mather Jul 10, 2020 ▶ 6:27 20VC: The Future of Subscription Media, Why Startups Need To Stop Blaming Facebook and Google & How Founders Should Think Through Customer Acquisition Channel Dependencies with Alex Mather, Founder & CEO @ The Athletic
Dec 22, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Dave Powers: Strava founders had no ambition to be acquired
“You know, I had conversations with the founders there a couple of times not in that context, but just getting to know them and, you know, our brands partnering. And, you know, I know for them, they had really, I don't think they had any ambitions of being acqu…”
Dave Powers Dec 22, 2023 ▶ 48:00 Dave Powers: The Meteoric Rise of Hoka Running | E1098 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 23, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Harries scores first angel exit as running app Runner sells to Strava
“Runner, the running app, and they just did fantastically well. That's my first exit. They just sold to Strava.”
Luke Harries May 23, 2025 ▶ 1:00:10 20VC: ElevenLabs Head of Growth on Why You Do Not Need PMs | The 7-Part Launch Playbook That Gets 700K+ Views Per Product | The Truth About CAC, Payback & Performance Marketing in AI with Luke Harries
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