Latest news with #Solidcore
Cosmopolitan
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Is Vuori Hosting a Memorial Day 2025 Sale? Shop Finds Here
It is a truth universally acknowledged (sorry, just rewatched Pride and Prejudice) that everyone loves a great pair of stretchy, buttery-soft leggings. And because nothing brings me more professional joy than helping you save time and money with a great deal, I've been scouring the Vuori site to see what kind of deals they're dropping for Memorial Day weekend. Turns out the uber-popular athleisure brand isn't offering an official coupon code for MDW, but there's good news: Vuori's sale section is absolutely stocked with every type of discounted activewear you could possibly want. One thing you won't catch me doing is paying full price for leggings this weekend—styles like the Clean Elevation legging and the AllTheFeels™ legging are 20% off right now, while the Daily Legging is currently 40% off. Or, if you were raised to shop off-season like I was, this puffer coat is 50% off right now! There are tons of discounted hoodies available right now, too. I, too, am dreaming of pulling up to Solidcore decked out in my new Vuori gear, but lots of sizes are starting to sell out quickly so I wouldn't sleep on these deals if I were you! Go forth!
Buzz Feed
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Just 26 'Little Treats' To Buy Yourself If You Could Use A Budget-Friendly Pick-Me-Up
An adorable mushroom night-light, because no matter your age, the dark can be a scary thing — especially when you're stealthily sneaking into the kitchen to grab a midnight snack. Some Glamnetic press-on nails which come in various lengths, shapes, and styles, and — the most important "and" there is — reviewers say they last for two+ weeks!!! A dazzling cubic zirconia ring that looks *just* like the one you've seen on the hand of many a celeb and influencer — but for $10. Just keep it away from water (and maybe don't wear it to Solidcore classes if you sweat a lot), and you'll get your money's worth. An Instax Mini photo album keychain so you can parade around like a proud parent with shots of your BFFs and pets. A make-your-own slime kit if it's time you finally see what all these TikTok kids are on about. You can customize each one with your choice of add-ins, too. A TikTok-beloved, gold-plated paperclip necklace that reviewers say can even withstand frequent showers and trips to the beach! A flower-shaped pill organizer if you're notoriously bad at taking your meds and maybe — just maybe🙏 — keeping this cutie on your counter will help. NYX Fat Oil Lip Drip — a TikTok-approved Dior alternative that delivers the perfect pout for under 10 bucks! It can be worn alone for a subtle look or layered over other lip products for a full glam moment. A bottle of Elizavecca's Collagen Coating Hair Protein Treatment which works just like a hair mask to repair your locks in five minutes flat. The Ceramide 3- and collagen-packed formula repairs all types of hair whether you've got over-processed tresses or 4c hair that's susceptible to dryness. Reviewers even say the $9 product is comparable to Olaplex No. 3! A set of cylindrical wineglasses that'll make you feel R–I–C–H even if you're just throwing back some Two-Buck Chuck. An adorable Squishmallow pet bed so your baby can stop sleeping on — and deflating — your actual Squishmallows. Some hyaluronic eye patches that can stimulate collagen production, reduce dark circles and puffiness, and restore elasticity. They're less than $1 per set but they're also gold, so they feel extra luxe. A pair of stylish teardrop earrings if you want the luxe look of Bottega Veneta but don't want to drop the equivalent of a mortgage payment on them — especially with how often you misplace things. COSRX's Snail Mucin Repairing Essence — it addresses dullness and dehydration with, yes 😌, 96% snail sludge that's harvested in a *100%* ethical and environmentally friendly way. Thanks for sharing the goods, friends! 🐌 A Simple Modern tumbler if you're looking for an option that will keep your drink cold for 24+ hours and don't really care about the name brand. 🤷♀️ It also comes in a bunch of pretty pastels and checkerboard prints, sooo it's really a no-brainer. A CZ tennis bracelet that — according to reviewers — can pass for real-deal diamonds, especially when incorporated in a sparkly stack. A tube of E.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter — a $14 alternative to Charlotte Tilbury's Hollywood Flawless Filter — with a hyaluronic acid- and squalane-infused formula that beautifully blurs pores and leaves you dewy and radiant. A Calico Critters blind box that's definitely one of those things that make you think " does this exist, exactly?" but at the same point, once you've seen them, you absolutely need one of your own. A trio of hydrating lip sleeping masks for just $10 (!!) if you've been hesitant to drop $$$ on a singular Laneige lip mask. A cherry bag charm if you're currently 'Jane Birkinifying' all of your bags — aka accessorizing your accessories — and fell in love with a particular $95 charm that's taken TikTok by storm. A mini bottle of Color Wow's Dream Coat Supernatural Spray — it's just the ticket if you're looking to combat frizz, protect against heat tools, and give yourself a niiiiice shiny finish. We've all heard of glass skin... but now it's time for glass hair! A set of custom stickers you can make in the likeness of whoever you want — your pet, your partner, Cillian Murphy... Get creative with it! LivaClean Superstar pimple patches if you love the look of Starface patches, but can't stomach throwing even more money at your acne. Paying for clear skin is just the worst, isn't it?? A set of cross stitch-style sponges with R-rated sayings that definitely won't make the dishes fun, but will probably make them more tolerable. A sardine tin cosmetic bag so you can take all of your favorite products on the road, whether that's to work for midday touchups or to your BFF's house for your weekly sleepover. A cloud-like catch-all dish that looks like it'd be right at home in a trendy TikToker's GRWM.
Business Insider
26-04-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
I started taking Solidcore fitness classes to relieve work stress. Now I'm the CEO — here's a day in my life.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bryan Myers, the president and CEO of fitness company Solidcore, who lives in Washington, DC. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I always knew I had a passion for business. It was very present, even in my childhood. I tried to start businesses like door-to-door fruit sales and a babysitting agency — I had that entrepreneurial bug. I followed that passion and went to college for business, but when I graduated, I still couldn't answer the question of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I decided to kick the can down the road and go into consulting, thinking it would be a great way to see a bunch of different functional areas within a business and help me decide. I had an amazing experience as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group for nearly five years. But working with the largest companies in the world showed me what I was missing — the opportunity to help build a company. In 2014, I decided to leave my cushy job and join the leadership team at Sweetgreen as director of financial planning. During my time there, the team and I grew the brand and refined what the company would become. I also discovered Solidcore. It was where I went when I was stressed at work and when I wanted to be reminded of home while traveling. A few years later, when a former consulting colleague introduced me to the founder of Solidcore, I left my role as vice president of new store development at Sweetgreen to join Solidcore as COO. Now, seven years later, I'm the president and CEO. Here's what a typical day in my life looks like. I usually wake up around 6 a.m The first thing I do is walk my dog for 20 to 30 minutes. It's a great way for both of us to get some movement in. While I walk, I catch up on two things — my Whoop stats and the business. I like to check out my Whoop stats to see how I slept, my resting heart rate, and my heart rate variability (HRV). It gives me a baseline for the day and helps me determine how my body is feeling and what I need to do to make sure I'm showing up at my best. Then, I look at Solidcore's real-time dashboards to see things like cash sales, studio visitation, and membership growth. It allows me to walk into the day knowing what our opportunities and challenges might be. When I'm back from my walk, we're thrust into family get-ready time I have a toddler, so my husband and I get him and ourselves ready. We're usually all out the door by about 7:15. My husband is an elementary school principal in northern Virginia, so he heads to school, and on the way, we split up drop-off duties with me usually taking our dog to and him taking our toddler to their respective daycares. I'm usually at the office between 7:45 and 8 a.m. to get the day started. Even with the busy mornings, I'm a big breakfast eater. I eat in our office's communal kitchen — it's also a nice way for me to greet our team members as they arrive. My typical breakfast is a frozen bag of broccoli — the entire bag steamed — with four hard-boiled eggs and an English muffin. I believe it's the most important meal of the day and opt for something that gives me energy. During the day, I do the typical things you'd expect a CEO to do — go to meetings and spend time with the team Right now, we're growing a lot, and it's exciting to see the impact we're having as we enter more communities and see new people walk through our doors. When I joined the company, we had 25 locations, and now we're almost at 140 in 26 states. When I first started at Solidcore as COO, a lot of my role was about 'doing.' I was negotiating deals with landlords or hiring. Now, my role is much more oriented toward vision. It's focused on questions like, "Where are we going to be in five years?" or "Who are the team members or functions we need to add to this company?" I also spend a lot of my time on the road, seeing our teams and helping them feel connected to the mission and the vision of our company, as well as making sure they feel seen, appreciated, and inspired. I'm also finding ways to continue the magic our founder created while creating my own legacy and strategy After I became CEO, we made a big push to get people better pricing in exchange for their locking in and being a part of the community as members. We've also thought about race, age, body type — everything that can make people feel excluded from a fitness experience. We want people to look at our coaching wall and see themselves in a coach. We're also thinking about how we build products to help all people, whether they're super athletes or at the start of their fitness journeys. One of the ways we've done this is by introducing new class formats for those at different fitness levels, like our Starter50 and Advanced50. I love working out with my team One of the amazing things about working at a company like Solidcore is that we have a lot of flexibility; it's not uncommon for the folks who work at HQ to hop out and do a team sweat together. It might be at Solidcore — because, of course, we love Solidcore — but it might also be at another studio around our neighborhood. It breaks up the day and re-energizes us for what comes next. I love working out with our teams and often coach multiple times a week when I travel. A lot of business leaders take their teams out to dinner or happy hour, but coaching a class is another way for me to connect in a way that feels authentically Solidcore. Another way I connect with people is through my social media presence I'm very intentional in showing people that I'm more than just the title of CEO — I'm a father, I like to travel, I lip sync to Beyoncé, and I enjoy hosting dinner parties with my friends. I think that helps people relate to me and realize that you don't have to be stuffy or robotic to be a CEO. I also take time to get involved in organizations and philanthropic causes I care about I'm a strategic advisory council member for the Health & Fitness Association (previously known as IHRSA) because I believe that industries don't advance without people doing the work to help advance them. I also support The Ridley Scholarship Fund, which paid for my university experience and changed my trajectory by allowing me to be involved with extracurriculars and the student experience instead of thinking about work or having to pay off loans. I usually head home from the office around 5 p.m., and then jump into family time My husband and I make and eat dinner, catch up on the day, and play with our son. We really soak it all in before he goes to bed at 7 p.m. Once he goes to bed, my routine includes a combination of a few different things. Our mantra at Solidcore is to be the strongest version of yourself, and one of the ways I do that is by being a continuous learner. Sometimes it's reading — I've been reading " Strength to Strength." Other times, it's taking a Spanish lesson, which I've been doing with a tutor for the last three years. I also take time to catch up with friends through text, FaceTime, or Zoom. It's also a time to tap back into work and finish all the things I didn't get done before I left the office. I try to limit working in the evenings to no more than two hours so I can be ready to attack the next day. I end my day between 10 and 10:30 p.m. I wind down like a typical millennial — by scrolling through TikTok and catching up on funny trends as I decompress from the stress of running a growing business. It takes a village for me to stay energized and excited about my work. My husband, our family, my executive coach, and my assistant all support me. A lot of people look at successful people and think they do it all, but no one can do it all. The only way you can get to those levels of success is with an incredible community.
Business Insider
25-04-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
I'm the CEO of a fitness company. I start my day with a bag of steamed broccoli and end it with family — here's my routine.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bryan Myers, the president and CEO of fitness company Solidcore, who lives in Washington, DC. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I always knew I had a passion for business. It was very present, even in my childhood. I tried to start businesses like door-to-door fruit sales and a babysitting agency — I had that entrepreneurial bug. I followed that passion and went to college for business, but when I graduated, I still couldn't answer the question of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I decided to kick the can down the road and go into consulting, thinking it would be a great way to see a bunch of different functional areas within a business and help me decide. I had an amazing experience as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group for nearly five years. But working with the largest companies in the world showed me what I was missing — the opportunity to help build a company. In 2014, I decided to leave my cushy job and join the leadership team at Sweetgreen as director of financial planning. During my time there, the team and I grew the brand and refined what the company would become. I also discovered Solidcore. It was where I went when I was stressed at work and when I wanted to be reminded of home while traveling. A few years later, when a former consulting colleague introduced me to the founder of Solidcore, I left my role as vice president of new store development at Sweetgreen to join Solidcore as COO. Now, seven years later, I'm the president and CEO. Here's what a typical day in my life looks like. I usually wake up around 6 a.m The first thing I do is walk my dog for 20 to 30 minutes. It's a great way for both of us to get some movement in. While I walk, I catch up on two things — my Whoop stats and the business. I like to check out my Whoop stats to see how I slept, my resting heart rate, and my heart rate variability (HRV). It gives me a baseline for the day and helps me determine how my body is feeling and what I need to do to make sure I'm showing up at my best. Then, I look at Solidcore's real-time dashboards to see things like cash sales, studio visitation, and membership growth. It allows me to walk into the day knowing what our opportunities and challenges might be. When I'm back from my walk, we're thrust into family get-ready time I have a toddler, so my husband and I get him and ourselves ready. We're usually all out the door by about 7:15. My husband is an elementary school principal in northern Virginia, so he heads to school, and on the way, we split up drop-off duties with me usually taking our dog to and him taking our toddler to their respective daycares. I'm usually at the office between 7:45 and 8 a.m. to get the day started. Even with the busy mornings, I'm a big breakfast eater. I eat in our office's communal kitchen — it's also a nice way for me to greet our team members as they arrive. My typical breakfast is a frozen bag of broccoli — the entire bag steamed — with four hard-boiled eggs and an English muffin. I believe it's the most important meal of the day and opt for something that gives me energy. During the day, I do the typical things you'd expect a CEO to do — go to meetings and spend time with the team Right now, we're growing a lot, and it's exciting to see the impact we're having as we enter more communities and see new people walk through our doors. When I joined the company, we had 25 locations, and now we're almost at 140 in 26 states. When I first started at Solidcore as COO, a lot of my role was about 'doing.' I was negotiating deals with landlords or hiring. Now, my role is much more oriented toward vision. It's focused on questions like, "Where are we going to be in five years?" or "Who are the team members or functions we need to add to this company?" I also spend a lot of my time on the road, seeing our teams and helping them feel connected to the mission and the vision of our company, as well as making sure they feel seen, appreciated, and inspired. I'm also finding ways to continue the magic our founder created while creating my own legacy and strategy After I became CEO, we made a big push to get people better pricing in exchange for their locking in and being a part of the community as members. We've also thought about race, age, body type — everything that can make people feel excluded from a fitness experience. We want people to look at our coaching wall and see themselves in a coach. We're also thinking about how we build products to help all people, whether they're super athletes or at the start of their fitness journeys. One of the ways we've done this is by introducing new class formats for those at different fitness levels, like our Starter50 and Advanced50. I love working out with my team One of the amazing things about working at a company like Solidcore is that we have a lot of flexibility; it's not uncommon for the folks who work at HQ to hop out and do a team sweat together. It might be at Solidcore — because, of course, we love Solidcore — but it might also be at another studio around our neighborhood. It breaks up the day and re-energizes us for what comes next. I love working out with our teams and often coach multiple times a week when I travel. A lot of business leaders take their teams out to dinner or happy hour, but coaching a class is another way for me to connect in a way that feels authentically Solidcore. Another way I connect with people is through my social media presence I'm very intentional in showing people that I'm more than just the title of CEO — I'm a father, I like to travel, I lip sync to Beyoncé, and I enjoy hosting dinner parties with my friends. I think that helps people relate to me and realize that you don't have to be stuffy or robotic to be a CEO. I also take time to get involved in organizations and philanthropic causes I care about I'm a strategic advisory council member for the Health & Fitness Association (previously known as IHRSA) because I believe that industries don't advance without people doing the work to help advance them. I also support The Ridley Scholarship Fund, which paid for my university experience and changed my trajectory by allowing me to be involved with extracurriculars and the student experience instead of thinking about work or having to pay off loans. I usually head home from the office around 5 p.m., and then jump into family time My husband and I make and eat dinner, catch up on the day, and play with our son. We really soak it all in before he goes to bed at 7 p.m. Once he goes to bed, my routine includes a combination of a few different things. Our mantra at Solidcore is to be the strongest version of yourself, and one of the ways I do that is by being a continuous learner. Sometimes it's reading — I've been reading " Strength to Strength." Other times, it's taking a Spanish lesson, which I've been doing with a tutor for the last three years. I also take time to catch up with friends through text, FaceTime, or Zoom. It's also a time to tap back into work and finish all the things I didn't get done before I left the office. I try to limit working in the evenings to no more than two hours so I can be ready to attack the next day. I end my day between 10 and 10:30 p.m. I wind down like a typical millennial — by scrolling through TikTok and catching up on funny trends as I decompress from the stress of running a growing business. It takes a village for me to stay energized and excited about my work. My husband, our family, my executive coach, and my assistant all support me. A lot of people look at successful people and think they do it all, but no one can do it all. The only way you can get to those levels of success is with an incredible community.
Zawya
02-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Gold miner Solidcore eyes Gulf financing in post-Russia strategy
MOSCOW - Kazakh gold miner Solidcore is considering issuing bonds in the Gulf region to finance investment, including in new projects in Kazakhstan estimated to cost up to $350 million, the company's CEO Vitaly Nesis told Reuters. Solidcore, formerly Polymetal International, is the second-largest gold miner in Kazakhstan. The company had to sell its Russian assets, which represented 70% of its output, in 2024 after its business there came under U.S. sanctions. The new company, listed in Kazakhstan and with Oman's government-owned fund Mercury Investments as its largest shareholder, had to design its five-year investment programme from scratch. "The main strategic outcome of 2024 was the launch of our full-fledged investment program," Nesis told Reuters. "We are very actively considering the option of issuing exchange-traded bonds in the Gulf countries," he said. Nesis said that exchanges, based in UAE and Oman, could be an option for the bond placement, while bank loans and share issuance also remained on the table. "There is the Muscat Stock Exchange, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. We are looking at different forms, including classic bonds and sukuk (Islamic bonds). We are actively working with rating agencies, given that this direction as very promising," Nesis said. Nesis said the company's investment in the new Syrymbet tin project is estimated at about $250 million. Solidcore's Tokhtar gold project in Northern Kazakhstan is still at the exploration stage, but is estimated to cost $50-100 million. The company plans to double output to 1 million ounces of gold equivalent by 2029 and invest more than $1 billion excluding M&A until 2029 with focus on its the Ertis pressure oxidation hub in Kazakhstan. Record gold prices and sales growth almost doubled Solidcore's net profit in 2024, but Nesis said the gold rally may not last. "We believe that the current level of gold prices is unlikely to persist even in the medium term. Therefore, when we plan, we plan conservatively," Nesis said. Nesis said that the company looked at potential acquisitions of production assets in Uzbekistan and Oman. "We are asking our first steps in the M&A arena, preparing the groundwork for the company's further growth," Nesis said. Nesis reiterated that despite the high gold prices the company was not planning to pay any dividends as long as some of its shares were stuck in Russia's sanctioned National Settlement Depositary (NSD), part of the Moscow Stock Exchange. (Writing by Gleb Bryanski; editing by David Evans)
