The accidental $250B trampoline park company

Jeff Platt, Sky Zone, Networking, Non-Tech, PR / Media Marketing, Scaling

When I looked at the list of upcoming guests for this month and I saw that we had someone who ran a trampoline business I said, “Trampoline?”

It turns out this is a story of a guy who created something in the real world that works like businesses have always worked, except much bigger. And that’s why my team wanted me to interview him. They said, “Wait until you see the numbers, Andrew. It’s a pretty impressive business here.”

Today’s guest is Jeff Platt. He is the founder of Sky Zone, a chain of family entertainment centers that are trampoline based.

Jeff Platt

Sky Zone

Jeff Platt is the founder of Sky Zone, a chain of family entertainment centers.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview mostly software, frankly, tech startups, mostly software entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses.

And so when I looked at the list of upcoming guests for this month and I saw that we had someone who ran a trampoline business I said, “Trampoline? Is it like an Airbnb trampoline where people rent out space on their trampolines at home and would got to the share economy angle?” No, my team said, “No.” I said, “Is it like all these line-bikes that I see around the city where you can just go jump on a trampoline and use your app to act?” No. It turns out this is a story of a guy who created something in the real world that works like businesses have always worked, except much bigger. And that really is why my team wanted me to interview him. They said, “Wait until you see the numbers, Andrew, on this. Do you...

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