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Product Partners LLC

In-home fitness and beauty/wellness products

"Using a business model we knew (direct marketing) and focusing on a category with incredible unmet demand (fitness)"

"Satisfied customers, enthusiastic employees, motivated management, and reasonable profits: A business that serves everyone involved"

"If you want real success, stay focused on doing and improving what you know."

"I honestly don't think we've tipped yet."

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Friends & family	Venture capital
Bank loan	Private investors
Line of credit	Credit cards
Savings/personal funds

Health insurance	Flextime
Life insurance	Company car
Telecommuting	401(K)
Tuition reimbursement	Stock options

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Carl Daikeler (left) and Jon Congdon (right)

Company Details

Location: Beverly Hills, CA
Founders: Carl Daikeler, 43, Jon Congdon, 43

Website: www.beachbody.com

Year Started: December 1998

Initial Investment: $500K

Turned a Profit: 2000

First Million: 1999

2002 Sales: $33M

2006 Sales: $139M

Number of Employees:

Day 1: 2

2006: 98

2007: 185*

* Projected by 2008

Company Background

Founded by Carl Daikeler and Jon Congdon in Beverly Hills, California, Product Partners LLC is the creator of Beachbody, one of the nation's most popular in-home fitness and weight-loss solutions. Beachbody's products include Power 90, Kathy Smith's: Project YOU and Yoga Booty Ballet. With a bustling online community, the health and wellness-advocate company is kicking up its net sales up to $139 million.

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