17 questions with former Peloton CEO John Foley | NYNext

where are we we are at the ernesta world headquarters what what company is this so it's ernesta we make custom cut rugs uh that are designer quality and affordable and we bring them to you in 2 weeks if you weren't doing ernesta what would you be doing if I weren't ernesta I was considering starting a moderate Media Company because I think media companies that are far left and Far Right are part of the problem in the world what made you become an entrepreneur uh necessity uh I need money uh no I'm kidding uh I love creating I love working with small teams and uh building stuff especially consumer Brands which we're doing here at eresa what's been your favorite job today uh favorite job to date um I actually uh ran Evite at one time evite.com and it was a six-person company uh and we had a lot of fun back then what's the best piece of advice you've ever got uh best piece of advice was probably from my brother-in-law when I was starting pelaton he said don't worry about consumer research build it for you and your wife and chances are you guys aren't that different than most folks and he was right what's one thing people don't know about you uh I'm a Texan I don't know what are three things you can't live without um I cannot live without my family um Fitness and uh friends what's the craziest bike race you've ever done ooh craziest bike race um I'm going to answer a different question uh craziest running race I've ever done was the Portland Hood to Coast which we went from the top of mountain Hood to the coast of Oregon a super fun 200 mile relay race what advice would you have told yourself 10 years ago oh gosh uh well if 10 years ago I would have said diversify out of pelaton stock um I would be slightly better off financially than I am today what's one workout Trend you're most excited about uh as I get older yoga uh is just so critical I'm enjoying yoga more and more what's something you don't want to be doing in 10 years um so I'm going to rotate around here so we can yeah uh something I don't want to be doing um I don't know I'm I'm I'm enjoying building oresta so I like working I like my commute from the westfi to Chelsea and I love the team I get to work with here so um I don't need to change much in 10 years what are your favorite rugs here oh favorite rugs oh jeez um what's uh the shine is not terrible um there's so many different styles of rugs there's indoor outdoor there's flat leaves there's wool Blends there's polypropylene there's um zyol and jutes and uh uh natural fibers so um you'd have to narrow the question a little bit cuz I love them all what is your relationship with the word success that's a good question uh right now I'm defining success financially because um uh I don't feel successful um based on my past performance make a prediction about yourself one year from today where will you be uh hopefully uh oresta will be more on the map of uh consumers and the investment community and the world of something super super special uh we're certainly building in that direction but a lot of people don't know it yet do you still use peton I do my wife and I are still addicted love the product love the instructors love the content love the music um I still think it's top of class Kar Trump uh Kamala [Music]

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