Evan Daly – How Glean Became a Global Fitness App
How Glean scaled from spreadsheets to 3K+ signups in minutes. Evan Daly’s journey from jockey to global fitness app founder.
After a career-ending injury as a jockey, Evan Daly rebuilt his life from the ground up. First as a personal trainer, then as the co-founder of Glean, a health and wellness app with thousands of subscribers.
In this episode, Evan shares the full story: the unexpected pivot from personal training to technology entrepreneur, how he scaled a business with no technical background, and why community was the foundation from day one. You’ll hear how he and co-founder Sean Casey turned spreadsheets and Google Forms into a powerful platform, and how building with Devika unlocked the next level of scale.
In this episode:
- How Evan went from racing horses to building digital products
- His first viral growth moment
- Launching Glean with 3K+ signups in minutes
- The marketing moves behind 100’s of lifetime members
- Why simplicity, transparency, and control are key to scaling software
- What non-technical founders should know before building an app
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