In this episode, Cesar Carvalho, founder and CEO of Wellhub (formerly, Gympass), a corporate wellness platform that connects companies and their employees to top partners in fitness, nutrition, sleep, and mindfulness.

Cesar shares his journey from consulting at McKinsey to founding a global corporate wellness platform. Cesar discusses the personal struggles that led him to prioritize well-being and the pivotal moment when he decided to create Wellhub.

He reveals the challenges of building the business, including his decision to drop out of his MBA program to focus on the startup. Cesar also talks about the innovative strategies that helped Wellhub secure its first major client and scale to 15,000 corporate clients across 11 countries.

In this episode, you'll learn:

Leveraging personal challenges to fuel entrepreneurial success

The importance of employee well-being and its impact on productivity

Innovative strategies for securing major clients

Building a scalable business model in a new market

Practical advice for entrepreneurs on resilience and perseverance

Creating a brand that resonates emotionally with customers

And many more valuable entrepreneurial insights...

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