After a career-ending injury as a jockey, Evan Daly rebuilt his life from the ground up. First as a personal trainer, then as the co-founder of Glean, a health and wellness app with thousands of subscribers.

In this episode, Evan shares the full story: the unexpected pivot from personal training to technology entrepreneur, how he scaled a business with no technical background, and why community was the foundation from day one. You’ll hear how he and co-founder Sean Casey turned spreadsheets and Google Forms into a powerful platform, and how building with Devika unlocked the next level of scale.

In this episode:


How Evan went from racing horses to building digital products


His first viral growth moment


Launching Glean with 3K+ signups in minutes


The marketing moves behind 100’s of lifetime members


Why simplicity, transparency, and control are key to scaling software


What non-technical founders should know before building an app

Like what you hear? Follow the show and visit devika.com to learn how we help founders go from idea to impact. https://omny.fm/shows/build-and-scale-with-devika

Youtube Link

https://youtu.be/EleQoRCYMN8 


Chapters:

00:00 – Intro
00:40 – Retired at 19: From Racing to Rock Bottom
03:00 – The Accidental PT Business
05:21 – The Social Media Explosion
07:31 – From 200 to 700 Members
08:47 – When Google Sheets Break: Time to Build
09:16 – The App Idea: Sitting on the Beach
10:28 – Picking Devika as a Tech Partner
11:39 – Go-to-Market and Launch Strategy
15:55 – Community as the Foundation
17:24 – Building the 4 Pillars of Glean
20:21 – Control, Integrations, and MVP Discipline
21:12 – Lessons in Product, Team, and Support
23:04 – Building Tech Without Being Technical

 

After a career-ending injury as a jockey, Evan Daly rebuilt his life from the ground up. First as a personal trainer, then as the co-founder of Glean, a health and wellness app with thousands of subscribers.
In this episode, Evan shares the full story: the unexpected pivot from personal training to technology entrepreneur, how he scaled a business with no technical background, and why community was the foundation from day one. You&rsquo;ll hear how he and co-founder Sean Casey turned spreadsheets and Google Forms into a powerful platform, and how building with Devika unlocked the next level of scale.
In this episode:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">
How Evan went from racing horses to building digital products
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
His first viral growth moment
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
Launching Glean with 3K+ signups in minutes
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
The marketing moves behind 100&rsquo;s of lifetime members
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
Why simplicity, transparency, and control are key to scaling software
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
What non-technical founders should know before building an app
</li>
</ul>
Like what you hear? Follow the show and visit&nbsp;<a href="http://devika.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://devika.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757116154629000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xL72nqzgHG15Gkj_COhGK">devika.com</a>&nbsp;to learn how we help founders go from idea to impact.&nbsp;<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/build-and-scale-with-devika" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://omny.fm/shows/build-and-scale-with-devika&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757116154629000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38MU32A2FkyEq_gQkr99wY">https://omny.fm/shows/build-and-scale-with-devika</a>
Youtube Link
<a href="https://youtu.be/EleQoRCYMN8" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/EleQoRCYMN8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757116154629000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3nCDu_1elovpWKsvMxY6ab">https://youtu.be/EleQoRCYMN8</a>&nbsp; 
Chapters:
00:00 &ndash; Intro 00:40 &ndash; Retired at 19: From Racing to Rock Bottom 03:00 &ndash; The Accidental PT Business 05:21 &ndash; The Social Media Explosion 07:31 &ndash; From 200 to 700 Members 08:47 &ndash; When Google Sheets Break: Time to Build 09:16 &ndash; The App Idea: Sitting on the Beach 10:28 &ndash; Picking Devika as a Tech Partner 11:39 &ndash; Go-to-Market and Launch Strategy 15:55 &ndash; Community as the Foundation 17:24 &ndash; Building the 4 Pillars of Glean 20:21 &ndash; Control, Integrations, and MVP Discipline 21:12 &ndash; Lessons in Product, Team, and Support 23:04 &ndash; Building Tech Without Being Technical
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Build and Scale with Devika reveals the unexpected, rarely shared realities of growing a technology startup. Hosted by Ken Kencevski, founder of award-winning tech company Devika, each episode spotlights founders who turned bold ideas into multi-million dollar products with serious growth and exit potential.

These aren’t your typical success stories... Through candid interviews, we explore how they built scalable tech, raised capital, and found product-market fit, often starting with just a pitch deck. New episodes every fortnight.

Build and Scale with Devika reveals the unexpected, rarely shared realities of growing a technology startup. Hosted by Ken Kencevski, founder of award-winning tech company Devika, each episode spotlights founders who turned bold ideas into multi-million dollar products with serious growth and exit potential.
These aren&rsquo;t your typical success stories... Through candid interviews, we explore how they built scalable tech, raised capital, and found product-market fit, often starting with just a pitch deck. New episodes every fortnight.

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