Jitendra Chouksey - Founder and CEO, Fittr

<p>We are kicking off a brand new series called Founder Series. Here at Founder Series we will be calling founders , CEOs and builders who have created world class businesses and deep dive into them.</p> <p>My guest for today is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitendrachouksey/">Jitendra Chouksey</a>. JC is a first-generation entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Fittr, a community-driven online health and fitness platform. He took a simple idea of helping his friends and family get fit over WhatsApp and Facebook, and turned it into a 100-million-dollar enterprise. Today, Fittr has trained and transformed more than 200,000 people around the globe, provided jobs to over 600 people, and has democratized fitness. With a community spanning over 104 countries and 2.5 million people, Fittr is one of the hottest Indian startups backed by the likes of Suniel Shetty and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/sequoia-india/">Sequoia Capital</a>. JC’s vision of the community stemmed from his intent to offer a safe and judgement-free environment for people. He aims to transform over 50 million people and create 100,000 jobs through Fittr. A winner of the BusinessWorld Young Entrepreneur Award 2020, JC is a certified Sports Nutritionist from International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) and has an Engineering degree in IT.</p> <p>For this episode I am also joined by my co founder, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihirpatki/">Mihir Patki</a> who is very passionate about nutrition in same way as investing. He has been one of the early believers in Fittr as well.</p> <p>This episode is brought to you by<a href="https://multipie.co/"> multipie.co</a> where we believe Investing is an ignored life skill. Multipie is building up a platform where people can form communities and learn, share , collaborate on growing their wealth using the right tools. We want your hard earned money to work for you</p> <p>Show notes:</p> <p>0:00 - Introduction</p> <p>2:31 - JC's life journey</p> <p>9:01 - Why JC did not like Y Combinator