YourGuru is a trusted marketplace and social platform for the health and fitness industry. YourGuru allows clients and students to discover, connect with, and book health and fitness experts, while simultaneously allowing gurus to grow their businesses, and connect with clients and each other to build meaningful, beneficial relationships.
Founders
Nt Etuk, co-founder and CEO
Nt Etuk bio
Nt is co-founder and CEO of YourGuru. He drives the company’s vision, strategy, growth, and product development. Nt and Holly met when he asked her to become his private Pilates instructor as he moved to strengthen his core and speed his recovery from Plantar Fascitis. Holly introduced Nt to Carmel, a friend. Many conversations about the state of the health and fitness industry, the challenges instructors face surviving in it, and the challenge of finding great instructors ensued, and the idea for YourGuru was born.
Nt is a serial tech entrepreneur having founded and run the ground-breaking educational videogame company DimensionU. He remains Executive Chairman of DimensionU.
Holly Jean Cosner, co-founder and Advisor
Holly Cosner bio
Holly Jean Cosner is co-founder and Advisor to YourGuru. A Pilates, Yoga and Barre instructor with over 16 years of teaching experience, Holly is a former professional dancer who performed with several ballet and modern dance companies in the US and France. She is the creator and co-author of the book PeeWee Pilates: A Pilates Workout for the Post-partum Mother and Baby.
Holly Jean works with many professional athletes and celebrities and has been featured in Glamour, Shape, Fit Pregnancy, and Pilates Style magazines. She has also appeared on Access Hollywood, the CBS Morning show and Good Day New York.
Carmel Louis, co-founder and Advisor
Carmel Louis bio
Carmel Louis is co-founder and Advisor to YourGuru. Carmel is the Founder and owner of Core Evolution studios in Chicago and the Executive Director of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater. She is also a certified Pilates and Yoga instructor, teaching dance, exercise, and movement therapy for over a decade. She is a classically trained and contemporarily informed teacher, fusing the clarity of the classical tradition with anatomical and kinesthetic precision.