Rice: SoulCycle Opened Three Months After Its Co-Founders First Met
Julie Rice · SoulCycle: Julie Rice & Elizabeth Cutler · Jan 7, 2019 · at 13:31
SoulCycle co-founder Julie Rice discusses the timeline of teaming up with co-founder Elizabeth Cutler and opening their first studio in New York City in 2006.
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“We met in January, and we opened SoulCycle in April.”
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