Endurance Innovation 31 – The Birth of STAC (shorts)

12 Dec Endurance Innovation 31 – The Birth of STAC (shorts)

Andrew recounts the early days of STAC and the struggle to bring their first trainer to market. Then, we dream up our ideal Ironman course and cover the absurdly fast splits from the recent Bahrain 70.3.

• 1:00 The Stac Zero trainer origin story
  • 7:00 Fun with magnets
  • 8:00 the ‘widowmakers’
  • 10:00 We need more inertia!
  • 11:00 the rush to market
  • 12:15 the power of marketing
  • 15:00 the common (short) lifecycle of crowdfunded projects
  • 16:00 the unexpected costs of production
  • 17:30 to be good at ‘everything’
  • 19:00 startup support and incubators
  • 19:30 the cash flow woes
• 26:15 the fastest possible Ironman course
  • 28:30 The swim
  • 31:30 The bike
  • 37:45 The run
• 47:46 Bahrain 70.3