Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 143: Trey Phills

Today we welcome Trey Phills to the podcast. Trey is the co-founder and CMO of Gymble, a software company helping athletic facilities, personal trainers, and athletic trainers better manage their businesses and client bookings.

After graduating from Yale in 2019, Trey played in the NBA G League and launched his TikTok (@tphills), quickly growing to over 800K followers and becoming a TikTok Partner. During 2019 and 2020, Trey and his cofounders (Devon Oakley and Akim Mitchell) began working on the idea that became Gymble. Today, Gymble is participating in Techstars’ Anywhere Accelerator as a member of the 2023 Winter Class.

We cover a lot in our wide-ranging conversation, like …

Parallels between professional/collegiate athletics and building a company
How being transparent about getting cut helped Trey grow a sizeable TikTok following
Techstars’ process for helping founders do more, faster with systems
Maintaining and growing a professional network by sharing social media expertise
The importance of finding true believers instead of converting skeptics in both fundraising and sales

…as well as Gymble’s plans for 2023, and more. Please enjoy this conversation with Trey Phills.

 

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