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OYO Fitness

KC-based OYO Fitness flexes with new exercise app, 10-week workout challenge

By Tommy Felts / October 5, 2018

The freshly released OYO Personal Gym PRO model helps users avoid common exercise setbacks by offering true resistance and proper pacing of workouts with its new app component, said Graham Ripple. “One of the things that is often common with working out is that they’re not doing a full range of motion or are going…

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Komal Choong, ZOHR, and Jennifer Rosenblatt, MusicSpoke

Under-the-radar innovators exchange challenges, answer ‘Why KC?’ (photo gallery)

By Tommy Felts / October 3, 2017

It all comes back to time and money, Jennifer Rosenblatt said. “With a startup, things always take longer, and they always cost a lot more,” said Rosenblatt, co-founder of MusicSpoke. “Where we are now is not where I wanted to be.” Though selected as one of Startland News’ 2017 under-the-radar Kansas City startups, as well…

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OYO Fitness

2017 Under the Radar: OYO Fitness stretches its influence

By Tommy Felts / August 29, 2017

Editor’s note: Startland News picked 10 early-stage firms to spotlight for its annual Under the Radar startups list. The following is one of 2017’s companies. To view the full list, click here. A Kansas City startup originally established with NASA astronauts in mind continues to expand its orbit. OYO Fitness — which stands for On Your Own…

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OYO Fitness flexes muscles internationally after $1M in US crowdfunding

By Tommy Felts / August 14, 2017

The pressure isn’t letting up for OYO Fitness. With nearly $1 million in sales via crowdfunding already banked, the Kansas City-based fitness firm hopes to add more muscle to its brand by expanding into Asia. After previous success on U.S.-based Kickstarter and Indiegogo, OYO (On Your Own) Fitness launched its collapsible, portable gym product last…

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KC-based OYO Fitness closes a historically successful Kickstarter

By Tommy Felts / February 24, 2017

To say that OYO Fitness has a successful Kickstarter campaign would be an understatement. The Kansas City-based fitness firm folded up and then crushed its recent crowdfunding effort, which raised a stunning $659,000 for its collapsible and compact exercise device. OYO’s DoubleFlex Black campaign — which snagged pre-orders from 4,200 backers — was the second…

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