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<![CDATA[E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast]]>E1H Overtime | HYROX Co-Founder Moritz Fürste: “Gyms Can Become the Sports Club”E1H Overtime | HYROX Co-Founder Moritz Fürste: “Gyms Can Become the Sports Club”Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:15:00 GMT9:006ad9406190c112755c329d9dfalse
https://shows.acast.com/e1h-the-sports-entertainment-entrepreneurs-podcast/episodes/e1h-overtime-hyrox-co-founder-moritz-furste-gyms-can-become
6ad9406190c112755c329d9d6ad61f219c48ea3eb213a753e1h-overtime-hyrox-co-founder-moritz-furste-gyms-can-becomebonus12In this E1H Overtime, producer Dawn Barnable and the E1H cohort put HYROX co-founder Moritz Fürste through a quickfire Q&A.
In this episode:
A question from E1H Cohort 3 founder Maria Pirela of Fit Calendar: what makes a gym partnership work or fail?
Why Mo thinks gyms could become the new sports club
What surprised him most about the HYROX journey
The businesses he borrows from, and why he doesn't believe in role models
His entrepreneurial hot take
His daily non-negotiables
The company he'd swap jobs with for a week
His advice to his younger self
Hosted by: Jamie Cunningham, E1H
Produced by: Dawn Barnable, Mettleset Studios
Production Assistant: Blake Cotterrell
E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.
]]>In this E1H Overtime, producer Dawn Barnable and the E1H cohort put HYROX co-founder Moritz Fürste through a quickfire Q&A.
In this episode:
A question from E1H Cohort 3 founder Maria Pirela of Fit Calendar: what makes a gym partnership work or fail?
Why Mo thinks gyms could become the new sports club
What surprised him most about the HYROX journey
The businesses he borrows from, and why he doesn't believe in role models
His entrepreneurial hot take
His daily non-negotiables
The company he'd swap jobs with for a week
His advice to his younger self
Hosted by: Jamie Cunningham, E1H
Produced by: Dawn Barnable, Mettleset Studios
Production Assistant: Blake Cotterrell
E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.
]]><![CDATA[HYROX Co-Founder Moritz Fürste: "Losing Is Not Failure"]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:10:00 GMT1:04:306ad9247c7ad6f3812777bae8false
https://shows.acast.com/e1h-the-sports-entertainment-entrepreneurs-podcast/episodes/hyrox-co-founder-moritz-furste-losing-is-not-failure
6ad9247c7ad6f3812777bae86ad61f219c48ea3eb213a753hyrox-co-founder-moritz-furste-losing-is-not-failurefull12In 2017, Olympic hockey gold medallist Moritz Fürste co-founded HYROX in Hamburg, where 650 people raced the first event. Today it's a global sport with millions of participants. Host Jamie Cunningham asks Mo how a gap in the gym world became a global sport.
In this episode:
The lawsuit behind the HYROX name, and what HYROX could have been named
Why the gym network went from marketing cost to revenue stream
What three Olympic Games taught him about business
The founder partnership that works, and why
Buying back the majority from Infront, with L Catterton and WndrCo
Facing the backlash after the incident in China
The road towards the Olympics
Stay for E1H Overtime, a quickfire Q&A with producer Dawn Barnable and a question from the E1H cohort.
E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.
]]>In 2017, Olympic hockey gold medallist Moritz Fürste co-founded HYROX in Hamburg, where 650 people raced the first event. Today it's a global sport with millions of participants. Host Jamie Cunningham asks Mo how a gap in the gym world became a global sport.
In this episode:
The lawsuit behind the HYROX name, and what HYROX could have been named
Why the gym network went from marketing cost to revenue stream
What three Olympic Games taught him about business
The founder partnership that works, and why
Buying back the majority from Infront, with L Catterton and WndrCo
Facing the backlash after the incident in China
The road towards the Olympics
Stay for E1H Overtime, a quickfire Q&A with producer Dawn Barnable and a question from the E1H cohort.
E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.
]]>E1H Overtime | Two Circles Co-Founder Gareth Balch: “Fandoms Get Forged at Seven Years Old”E1H Overtime | Two Circles Co-Founder Gareth Balch: “Fandoms Get Forged at Seven Years Old”Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:05:00 GMT17:206ad8fb73608e60a9ccc7ce41false
https://shows.acast.com/e1h-the-sports-entertainment-entrepreneurs-podcast/episodes/e1h-overtime-two-circles-co-founder-gareth-balch-fandoms-get
6ad8fb73608e60a9ccc7ce416ad61f219c48ea3eb213a753e1h-overtime-two-circles-co-founder-gareth-balch-fandoms-getbonus11In this E1H Overtime, founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Two Circles co-founder Gareth Balch, before producer Dawn Barnable takes him through a quickfire round.
In this episode:
Keeping young talent in sport, with E1H Cohort 2 founder Leanna Newman of The People Agency
The one trait he looks for when hiring
Lessons from the track and advice to his younger self, with E1H Cohort 1 founder François Chabaudie of NEOMA
What sports organisations still get wrong about fans, with E1H Cohort 3 founder Bubs Felix of ShePlayz Sport
His dream client, and the businesses he most admires
His entrepreneurial hot take
The business he'd start in his next life
The biggest opportunity in sport that not enough people are paying attention to
The habit he wishes he'd never dropped
Hosted by: Jamie Cunningham, E1H
Produced by: Dawn Barnable, Mettleset Studios
Production Assistant: Blake Cotterrell
E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.
]]>In this E1H Overtime, founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Two Circles co-founder Gareth Balch, before producer Dawn Barnable takes him through a quickfire round.
In this episode:
Keeping young talent in sport, with E1H Cohort 2 founder Leanna Newman of The People Agency
The one trait he looks for when hiring
Lessons from the track and advice to his younger self, with E1H Cohort 1 founder François Chabaudie of NEOMA
What sports organisations still get wrong about fans, with E1H Cohort 3 founder Bubs Felix of ShePlayz Sport
His dream client, and the businesses he most admires
His entrepreneurial hot take
The business he'd start in his next life
The biggest opportunity in sport that not enough people are paying attention to
The habit he wishes he'd never dropped
Hosted by: Jamie Cunningham, E1H
Produced by: Dawn Barnable, Mettleset Studios
Production Assistant: Blake Cotterrell
E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.
]]>Two Circles Co-Founder Gareth Balch: “Know How You Want the Story to End”Two Circles Co-Founder Gareth Balch: “Know How You Want the Story to End”Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMT1:00:136ad92f497ad6f3812777bae9false
https://shows.acast.com/e1h-the-sports-entertainment-entrepreneurs-podcast/episodes/two-circles-co-founder-gareth-balch-know-how-you-want-the-st
6ad92f497ad6f3812777bae96ad61f219c48ea3eb213a753two-circles-co-founder-gareth-balch-know-how-you-want-the-stfull11Fifteen years ago, former GB 800m runner Gareth Balch co-founded Two Circles around a kitchen table. Today it's a global sports marketing business with more than 1,000 people in 10 offices, working with FIFA, UEFA, the Premier League and the NFL.Host Jamie Cunningham asks Gareth how putting fans first is at the core of his mission to build the defining sports marketing business of this era.
In this episode:
Why fandom is outgrowing the world economy
What the track taught him about building a business
The kitchen table where it all started, and where it is today
The three-year plan that set the bar, and what happened next
Two Circles' ownership chapters, and why he won't use the word “exit”
The one rule that keeps clients coming back
Why there's no head of AI at Two Circles
How fast women's sport fandom can really grow
Stay for E1H Overtime, where founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Gareth before a quickfire round with producer Dawn Barnable.
E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.
]]>Fifteen years ago, former GB 800m runner Gareth Balch co-founded Two Circles around a kitchen table. Today it's a global sports marketing business with more than 1,000 people in 10 offices, working with FIFA, UEFA, the Premier League and the NFL.Host Jamie Cunningham asks Gareth how putting fans first is at the core of his mission to build the defining sports marketing business of this era.
In this episode:
Why fandom is outgrowing the world economy
What the track taught him about building a business
The kitchen table where it all started, and where it is today
The three-year plan that set the bar, and what happened next
Two Circles' ownership chapters, and why he won't use the word “exit”
The one rule that keeps clients coming back
Why there's no head of AI at Two Circles
How fast women's sport fandom can really grow
Stay for E1H Overtime, where founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Gareth before a quickfire round with producer Dawn Barnable.
E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH.
]]><![CDATA[Introducing The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast]]>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:44:03 GMT1:206ad706b5e707036dbba20b6ffalse
https://shows.acast.com/e1h-the-sports-entertainment-entrepreneurs-podcast/episodes/introducing-the-sports-entertainment-entrepreneurs-podcast
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