DUMBBELL
Date of Foundation
2024

DUMBBELL

ITS A ALL IN ONE APP TO CONNECT FITNESS PEOPLE

The Idea origin story

Dumble is a comprehensive fitness app blending social networking, personalized tracking, and challenges. It allows users to connect with others, swipe to challenge them, and track progress through integrated tools. Dumble's unique gamification and community-focused approach make fitness fun and engaging, especially for Gen Z users. With features like diet planning, personalized feedback, and various fitness levels, Dumble transforms the fitness journey into an interactive, socially rewarding experience, filling a gap in the current market.

The Mission

Our vision is to build a global fitness community where users connect and grow. Our mission is to make fitness fun, social, and personalized, empowering everyone to achieve their goals.

Clients

Our customers are fitness-focused Gen Z and millennials who want a fun, social, and personalized fitness experience, valuing community, competition, and innovative tools to reach their goals.

Problems we solve

Client’s problem

Dumble solves the problem of traditional fitness apps being boring and isolated. It addresses the lack of social interaction, motivation, and personalized guidance in fitness journeys. By integrating social networking, challenges, and personalized tracking, Dumble makes fitness engaging, fun, and community-driven, helping users stay motivated and connected while achieving their fitness goals.

Confirmation of problem

The problem is serious because many people lose motivation or abandon their fitness goals due to isolation, lack of engagement, and insufficient personalized support in existing fitness apps.

Solution

Dumbbell offers a social, gamified fitness app with personalized tracking, challenges, and community support, keeping users engaged, motivated, and connected throughout their fitness journey.

Our technologies

This solution is based on technologies

How it works

Value for the client

Upon resolution, customers enjoy a personalized fitness journey with engagement and social connect, motivating them to attain more sustainable results.

Market and strategy

Market size

500

mln/year

We estimate the market size for which our solution is designed in monetary terms as follows

Market share goal

20

% of the market

Is our goal in the next 3 years

Team

My name’s

SPARSH SHAH

My key role in the product

My key role is the founder of Dumbbell, and I'm responsible for steering its vision & strategy, leading product development, handling marketing activities, and maintaining pivotal relationships with partners and investors.

Team size and key members

Our team includes developers, a dietitian, marketing experts, a tech advisor, a financial advisor for economic planning, and a UX/UI expert to ensure market fit, sustainability, and optimal user experience.

Competitors

Competitors

Our competitors include fitness apps like MyFitnessPal, Fitbit, and Strava, which offer tracking, diet planning, and social features. However, none combine social networking, AI-driven personalization, and gamified challenges like Dumbbell. Our unique blend of features sets us apart, creating a more engaging and community-focused experience that our competitors lack.

Our Advantages

Dumbbell stands out by offering social networking, AI personalization, and gamified challenges in the Arena. Unlike competitors, we provide a community-focused platform where users connect, compete, and stay motivated, making fitness both fun and sustainable. Our integrated approach ensures a unique, engaging experience that keeps users coming back.

Business model

Dumbbell earns through ads, subscriptions and commissions. Clients pay for premium offerings like personalized diet plans, FitPass access, online training and enhanced UI.

Traction

In just six months, Dumbbell has leveraged insights from fitness influencers and industry stalwarts to create a unique product – amalgamating social networking, AI personalization, and gamified challenges. This distinct blend sets us apart in the bustling fitness market.

By the time the funds run out, we expect to have fully launched Dumbbell, achieved significant user growth, established a strong market presence, and refined our product based on user feedback. We aim to have a scalable business model in place, with steady revenue streams from subscriptions and partnerships, positioning us well for the next phase of growth and potential additional funding rounds.

Metrics

Our MVP, Dumbbell ensures engaged user testing and leverages important feedback from influencers. Encouraging metrics indicate heightened interest which propels enhancements in personalized plans and Arena challenges to perfect our pre-launch phase.

In the MVP stage, Dumbbell maintains a moderate burn rate to assure a 12-month runway. With smart marketing strategies and influencer partnerships, we optimize CAC for cost-efficient growth when we launch. Sustainability is at our financial planning's core.

Incorporation

Our company incorporated in

Chennai

Key risks

Dumbbell faces market competition and user adoption risks. However, our unique features and influencer partnerships bolster confidence in success. With strategies designed to ensure scalability and maintain user engagement, we aim to mitigate potential risks effectively.

Investments

$

$18000

We raised investments

Our Investors

The project is currently self-funded, utilizing my personal savings, with no external investors involved, and I retain 100% ownership of the company.

Rising Investments

$

$200,000

Currently, we are raising investments

$

$15 million

Estimated pre-investment valuation of the company

We’re looking for a co-founders

I am actively seeking a Co-Founder for my startup, Dumbbell - a comprehensive, all-in-one fitness application uniquely combining social networking, personalized fitness tracking, and challenging game mechanics. Our vision to create a global fitness community where users can connect, compete, and collaboratively achieve their fitness goals has led us to develop a platform that provides engaging, personalized fitness experiences. Our target audience primarily consists of the fitness-oriented Gen-Z and millennials consistently looking for innovative ways to stay motivated and connected during their fitness journey. Currently, we are in the MVP stage with an impressive development plan laying ahead. Given this, the role of a Co-Founder for Dumbbell would demand strategic level decision-making, partnering and maintaining strategic alliances, active help in scaling up marketing efforts, product development enhancement and enabling user base expansion. A profile that blends leadership with technical understanding, community building, and experience in taking products from the MVP stage to full launch would fit perfectly.

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Additional information

Dumbbell merges social networking with AI-driven personalization and gamified challenges, offering a unique fitness experience. Features include the Arena, custom diet plans, and FitPass. We're refining the product based on feedback from influencers and advisors, preparing for a successful launch.

MVP