I chatted with Vidmantas Šiugždinis who is a very talented serial entrepreneur, investor, and lecturer. In a previous role as CEO of Lemon Fitness club, he grew a health company from 8 clubs in Lithuania to more than 30 clubs in 3 Baltic countries. Now he is creating MELP - a personalized employee benefits platform that provides a wide variety of choices for employees.
In this chat, we learn about his obsession with the number 7, the weird thing he does for his morning routine (99.5% of us wouldn’t even consider doing this), and why he believes the best segment of customers is one.
Show highlights:
- 0:35 – the books Vidmantas read in the past 3 months
- 2:00 – Vidmantas’ favorite athlete
- 3:45 - $50,000 in cash or dinner with Michael Jordan
- 4:35 – something weird Vidmantas obsesses over
- 7:00 – what he enjoyed working at BBDO
- 11:30 – the push to become a lecturer
- 13:40 – running one of the biggest entertainment groups in the Baltics
- 17:30 – challenges growing a new fitness brand from ground zero
- 20:40 – MELP – giving employees the opportunity to choose their own benefits
- 23:50 – the morning routine that 99.5% of us would never do
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