Alberto Perlman
27 statements across 4 episodes · 9 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2017 by Alberto Perlman · across every show →
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Jan 2, 2017
Jan 2, 2017
Jan 2, 2017 positive
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Jan 2, 2017 neutral
Perlman: Zumba's original plan was selling workout VHS tapes on TV
“And so then we said, okay, let's, we need to create some videos of your class. And basically create a collection, a DVD set. It was VHS at the time, actually, a VHS set. And sell it on TV, so we can explain where it comes from, and why, and what the results ar…”
Jan 2, 2017 positive
Perlman: Zumba class attendance doubled during the 2008 financial crisis
“Over the next few months, we started seeing that our instructor trainings were getting packed, and that there were more and more people who wanted to become instructors, and we also saw that the instructors were reporting to us That their classes were packed, …”
Jan 2, 2017 positive
Dec 4, 2017 positive
Perlman: Zumba's product breakthrough was replacing verbal instruction with visual cueing
“And so he doesn't scream at people in the class, or there's no talking. It's only visual cueing, so with hand signals, we tell people what to do. And the magic is letting the music lead the choreography, lead the class”
Dec 4, 2017
Dec 4, 2017 negative
Dec 4, 2017
Dec 4, 2017 positive
Perlman: Zumba classes and instructor trainings surged during the 2008 financial crisis
“Over the next few months, we started seeing that our instructor trainings were getting packed, and that there were more and more people who wanted to become instructors, and we also saw that the instructors were reporting to us that their classes were packed, …”
Dec 4, 2017 positive
Dec 4, 2017
Aug 6, 2020
Aug 6, 2020 positive
Perlman: Zumba enlisted Steve Aoki and Timbaland to score workouts
“So we went to our favorite DJs, DJs like Steve Aoki, Or producers like Timbaland, and we said, can you score music to this workout? Instead of the music being in the background, let's score music, just like you would score music to a movie, like a training sce…”
Aug 6, 2020 neutral
Perlman: 2020 Zumba instructor registrations lagged behind 2008 crisis levels
“So we are seeing people coming in. It's not as big as the 2008. And it's not as big as what we predicted was going to happen at the beginning of the year, but we are seeing every day a large group of people registering to become Zoom instructors.”
Aug 6, 2020
Aug 6, 2020 bullish
Perlman: Instructors earning $30 in person made $150 per virtual class
“I know instructors who were making 25 dollars a class teaching at the YMCA or 30 dollars a class teaching at the YMCA. Suddenly when they switched to virtual, they're making 150 dollars a class. So some of them are making more money Than before the pandemic.”
Mar 6, 2025
Mar 6, 2025 positive
Alberto Perlman nearly sold one-third of Zumba for $300,000
“I remember I offered investment in Zumba to four or five different friends of mine at the early days, and they could have bought a third of Zumba for 300,000 dollars. And I'm glad I didn't do it. I'm so glad I didn't do it because that equity down the road was…”
Mar 6, 2025 negative
Mar 6, 2025
Mar 6, 2025
Mar 6, 2025
Mar 6, 2025 neutral
Alberto Perlman: Consumers demand transparency due to lost trust in the FDA
“Transparency with consumers right now is huge. I think people have realized that they can't trust all companies. Before, when we were growing up, if we assume that the FDA was protecting us and that there were someone, some government authority protecting us a…”