News
- 5 Apr 2008 - MINDBODY, Inc. Launches a New Website
MINDBODY Inc., a leading provider of online business management software, is launching a new Web site as a part of their rebranding efforts. ...
- Yoga Is More Than Just Showing Up, but That Does Help
After taking just a handful of yoga classes, Lisa Lew didn't know the plow from the plank and wasn't overly impressed with the age-old discipline. Still, she decided to tag along with a co-worker for the first day of a promotion at Levitate Yoga, a Manhattan studio, where students had committed to 21 consecutive days of yoga ... - MINDBODY in SLO to Hold an Open House - July 2007
An open house at MINDBODY Online in San Luis Obispo is on tap for the July 2007 meeting of Softec, the Central Coast Software and Technology Association. MINDBODY Online develops Web-based business management software for the health and wellness industry. It supports health clubs, day spas, resorts, beauty salons, personal trainers, and yoga, Pilates and dance studios. MINDBODY Online's software helps these businesses manage classes and events, handle automatic payments, schedule appointments, manage customer relationships and client photos, and maintain an online store. The company also offers credit card processing and FitLink software that works with QuickBooks ... - Businesses Find That It’s Easy Being Green
For an increasing number of local companies, going green means far more than installing solar panels and recycling office supplies. They're building with denim insulation instead of fiberglass, installing cork floors instead of hardwood ones and using carpet that features recycled content ... - Attracting Venture Capital to SLO County
With about $5 million in venture capital funding, Rick Stollmeyer believes that his fast-growing company MindBody will be able to launch a Web portal that will change the way customers find, schedule and pay for personal services — spa treatments, hair cuts or yoga classes ... - Online and In Sync
When MINDBODY Online founder Rick Stollmeyer last spoke to the Tribune a year ago, he had developed a successful business niche that combines the power of the Web with the personal service industry. Founded in 2001, the company was selling an estimated $1.2 million in accounting and online-scheduling software packages each year to 1,600 yoga, wellness, fitness and healing arts practitioners in 27 countries. "The most interesting development of our age is that everything we want can be shopped and purchased online," the software entrepreneur said. "Personal services are no exception. ...We recognized the potential to break into a growing niche market that hasn't attracted a lot of corporate attention..."
- Topic To Be Net Effect On Business
The Internet's impact goes well beyond the obvious benefits of music downloads, amateur video distribution and personal commentary in the form of blogs. In the business world, companies have been seeing their customer bases change because of the Internet, so creative entrepreneurs began using the Net's capabilities to modify or replace long-standing business methods. One such entrepreneur is Rick Stollmeyer, chief executive and founder of MINDBODY Online in San Luis Obispo. Stollmeyer develops software for use in managing a variety of health and wellness businesses such as health clubs, day spas, resorts, yoga and Pilates studios, dance studios, beauty salons and personal trainers...
- Fitness Made Simpler
Rick Stollmeyer is banking on his belief that the Internet can make everyone's life easier. His San Luis Obispo-based company, MINDBODY Online, provides Web-based business software for yoga, wellness, fitness and healing arts practitioners to organize and manage their payroll, employees and customers. It also allows customers to schedule spa treatments, children's programs and fitness classes on the Web -- much in the same way people book vacations online...
- Yoga Studio Chain and Software Developer Team Up to Fight Childhood Obesity
An ancient practice in balance and flexibility will be put to use to help eliminate a not-so-ancient health issue: childhood obesity. MINDBODY Online, a California software developer, and Core Power Yoga, a group of yoga studios located in Colorado, Oregon, and Minnesota, are joining the fight against childhood obesity by hosting a day of yoga marathons to benefit Louie’s Kids, an organization that provides scholarships to overweight children to attend weight loss camps and programs. “Our clients’ focus is on helping people achieve and maintain healthier lifestyles,” said Rick Stollmeyer, founder and President of MINDBODY Online...