Ep 10 - Brainfood with Mary Biggins of Classpass and MealPal

The Big Idea Box

Mary Biggins is co-founder of MealPal, a lunch subscription service launched in Miami in 2016. Biggins is also co-founder of ClassPass, where she helps thousands of fitness studios grow their businesses by facilitating over 10 million reservations for ClassPass customers in 35 cities around the world. Alan Norton, Director of Engineering at MealPal, joins Biggins in the conversation and discusses his technical perspective. Moderated by Thomas “Tigre” Wenrich, CEO of The LAB Miami alongside the CEO and co-founder of LAB Ventures; a B2B venture builder company. Tigre is also an active angel investor and a mentor to several local emerging technology companies, having invested in more than two dozen startups...Let’s dive in!

Here are the topics addressed and timestamps: 1:58 Intro to Classpass and Mealpal; 7:09 Starting a business in Miami; 11:24 Fundraising for a startup; 14:08 Advice on how Miami can better support its ecosystem; 15:51 Q & A 35:58 Growth vs Profitability followed by Q & A

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Brainfood Speaker Series is a monthly, hands-on discussion with local entrepreneurs who share the secrets of their success and failures. This monthly event takes place at The LAB Miami, helping Miami startups as well as entrepreneurs understand the opportunities alongside the challenges of launching and growing a business. We’re sharing these amazing stories that provide new ideas and key, practical advice to advancing one’s own entrepreneurial career. Brainfood is brought to you by Endeavor Miami in partnership with The LAB Miami, LAB Ventures, Knight Foundation, and Startup Florida International University (FIU).