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The Pitch

FightCamp: A Name Change, A Game Change

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Technology, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

When Khalil Zahar and Tommy Duquette first pitched their boxing workout startup, Hykso, the investors saw a big opportunity. They wanted to know: Could Hykso be more like Peloton, an at-home cycling system that was starting to take off? Three years later, the company is trying to do just that — and it’s been a wild ride.  Today's investors are Jillian Manus, Phil Nadel, Howie Diamond and Jake Chapman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:01.6

From Gimlet this is the. I'm Josh Muchio. So about three years ago, when the

1:07.6

pitch was just a little scrappy podcast, we had a little scrappy

1:11.4

startup on the show called Hickso.

1:13.7

It was a wearable technology for working out.

1:16.5

Well, the pitch is a bigger Scrappy podcast now

1:19.8

and Hickso isn't even called Hickso anymore. And that's about the least of the changes that the company has gone through.

1:26.9

So we figured it was time for an update. We're going to play you the original pitch

1:31.1

with founders Khalil Zahar and Tommy Duquette and then we'll find

1:35.2

out where the company is now. All right here's the original pitch for Hixo.

1:42.0

We produce wearable technology and we allow people to play

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