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:
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How Evan went from racing horses to building digital products
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His first viral growth moment
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Launching Glean with 3K+ signups in minutes
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The marketing moves behind 100’s of lifetime members
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Why simplicity, transparency, and control are key to scaling software
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What non-technical founders should know before building an app
Like what you hear? Follow the show and visit devika.com to learn how we help founders go from idea to impact. https://omny.fm/shows/build-and-scale-with-devika
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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:40 – Retired at 19: From Racing to Rock Bottom
03:00 – The Accidental PT Business
05:21 – The Social Media Explosion
07:31 – From 200 to 700 Members
08:47 – When Google Sheets Break: Time to Build
09:16 – The App Idea: Sitting on the Beach
10:28 – Picking Devika as a Tech Partner
11:39 – Go-to-Market and Launch Strategy
15:55 – Community as the Foundation
17:24 – Building the 4 Pillars of Glean
20:21 – Control, Integrations, and MVP Discipline
21:12 – Lessons in Product, Team, and Support
23:04 – Building Tech Without Being Technical
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