Our good friends Dave Werner and Nancy Meenen of the the FIRST EVER CrossFit affiliate are celebrating their 7th Birthday at Level 4/CrossFit Seattle! Congrats! Check out this great image that Nancy forwarded me from one of their newsletters! And who doesn’t dig Robb’s velour shirt? 
Ahh…the good ‘ol days!
so much innocence and hope! that panned out…
Nikki,
Check this video interview at 37s with blow hard Jason Calcannis and David Heinemmeir Hanson.
DHH makes the point, maybe 50 minutes in (start watching at 47) that the only thing that matters to business is profit and sustainability. I think this is an undervalued aspect of the business of CrossFit. If I’m running my business the way I want, I have the freedom of being an owner, I’m helping people change their lives physically, AND I’m making more money than I was at my cubicle-drone job and saving and investing and living all of my dreams, ISN’T That the point?
Who cares about market share and client count EXCEPT as it relates to sustainability, customer experience (at some point you need a group for fun), and your freedom and fun?
Am I missing something?
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2219-jason-calacanis-vs-david-heinemeier-hansson-on-this-week-in-startups
Not the next globo gym,
Kevin
Hey Kevin,
Thanks for sharing…I’ll check it out and let you know what I think…
Hi Nicki!
We just celebrated our 5th Birthday at CrossFit Portland as well this weekend. I had no idea that Scott opened on nearly the same day, 2 years later, as Level 4.
Xi Xia
Happy B-day to you all at CF Portland as well!
Was that the very first one? I wonder if they knew at the time that it would revolutionize itself to be this huge sport. I see Olympic games in the future!
Christina! CF North was indeed the first affiliate…you should dig around…there’s loads of interesting CF History