Gym Business - Business for Unicorns Podcast
340 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsThe Business for Unicorns Podcast is for brick-and-mortar gym owners who want actionable strategies to grow their business, take amazing care of their clients, and build a life and fitness business they truly love.
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Episode 40: Fitness Business Owner Roundtable- Reopening During A Pandemic
May 18, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBAbout Luka and Pete: Luka is the owner and founder of Vigor in Renton, Washington. He’s made a name for himself as one of the premier trainers in Washington state as well as one of the up and coming strength coaches in the country, helping clients and athletes from all walks of life achieve their personal physique and performance goals. He’s also an international speaker; his talks ranging from effective and efficient programming to building a successful fitness facility. Pete is the Vi...
Episode 39: Getting Better Outcomes with Mark Schall
May 11, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBMark Schall is a Certified Professional Coach. He trained at iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching). iPEC is a fully accredited program by the International Coach Federation (ICF). He’s dedicated to assisting people like you to achieve their highest possible level of excellence and effectiveness, be that in your organization or in your personal life. He’s a recognized expert coach, motivational speaker, facilitator and educator specializing in human potential and interper...
Episode 38: How Helping the Earth is Good for Business with Danielle Azoulay
May 04, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBDanielle Azoulay is the VP of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability for L’Oreal USA. She develops and executes sustainability strategies within corporations to drive positive change, create value and increase stakeholder engagement: identify opportunities to create environmental efficiency (natural capital, carbon emissions, water) in supply chain, establish and exceed sustainability goals, increase environmental awareness through internal and external training and communicati...
Episode 36: How Leaders are Coping During COVID-19
April 27, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes - 38.3 MBWelcome to Season 3 of the podcast! In this short 20-minute episode, Michael shares his thoughts about leadership and entrepreneurship during the time of Coronavirus. Listen to learn the three biggest challenges Michael is hearing from business leaders right now and techniques for overcoming them.
Episode 37: Becoming a Change Maker with John Berardi
April 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBJohn Berardi is a Canadian-American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Precision Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition coaching, education, and software company. He's also the founder of Change Maker Academy, devoted to helping would-be change makers turn their passion for health and fitness into a powerful purpose and a wildly successful career. Over the last 15 years he's advised Apple, Equinox, Nike, and Titleist, as well as the San Antonio Spurs, Carolina Panthers, US Op...
Episode 35: Going “All In” with Aaron Hinde
June 17, 2019 09:00 - 56 minutes - 78.8 MBIn 2011, Dr. Aaron Hinde left his lucrative $350k a year sports chiropractic practice to push the chips “all in” with business partner and fellow Santa Cruz native Orion Melehan to enter an industry with a failure rate of 99%...the beverage industry. With zero beverage experience and high hopes of creating the next Billion dollar beverage brand, he moved his family off the grid…literally. With two kids, he downsized his life to live in a 400 sq. foot home with no power and no income. Obse...
Episode 34: Creating a Better Customer Experience with Dave Thomas
June 10, 2019 09:00 - 55 minutes - 85.7 MBIn 2011, Dave had a vision to challenge the status quo of what a gym experience should entail. He believed that fitness should be about development, not destruction. Inclusive, not divisive. That it should be more progressive than just barbells. Dave is the owner of Performance360 with 3 locations in San Diego, CA. He has coached over 4,500 classes, started the BecomeMore Coach Academy and his philosophies on programming, coaching, and culture have laid the foundation for what Performa...
Episode 33: A Testing Mindset with Sarah-Jane Kurtini
June 03, 2019 09:00 - 49 minutes - 80 MBSarah-Jane Kurtini grew up in England and moved to Bondi, Sydney in 2009 with her husband, Jason to live by the beach with their two children. Sarah-Jane co-founded Tinybeans in Sydney and then in 2018, she and her family moved to New York to help the business grow on the other side of the world. Tinybeans is a Modern Family Album App for parents to capture and privately share their children’s life stories. It’s available for free in the App Store or Google Play. In this episode, Michael...
Episode 32: Protecting Your Assets with Scott Royal Smith
May 27, 2019 09:00 - 51 minutes - 71.7 MBScott Royal Smith is a real estate investor and asset protection attorney in Austin, TX. Scott became an entrepreneur while still in law school, purchasing and running an auto mechanic shop, to pay his way through school. After graduating, Scott begin his law career as a high-stakes corporate litigator. He spent the last 8 years of his career analyzing real estate investment and asset protection. Today, Scott is the Founder and CEO of Royal Legal Solutions. A firm he built to offer tax, b...
Episode 31: Stress Less, Accomplish More with Emily Fletcher
May 20, 2019 08:00 - 53 minutes - 82.8 MBEmily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva, the creator of The Ziva Technique and regarded as a leading expert in meditation for high performance. Her debut book, Stress Less, Accomplish More was just published by HarperCollins on Feb, 2019. Emily describes... The Ziva Technique is a powerful trifecta of mindfulness, meditation and manifesting designed to unlock your full potential. It’s benefits include decreased stress, deeper sleep, improved immune function, increased productivity and extraor...
Episode 30: Money Matters with David Bach
May 13, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 88.7 MBDavid Bach is one of the most trusted financial experts and bestselling financial authors of our time. He has written nine consecutive New York Times bestsellers with over seven million copies in print, including two #1 New York Times bestsellers, The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late Finish Rich. In addition to his books, David has impacted millions of people over the past two decades through his seminars, speeches, newsletters, and thousands of media appearances. He is also the cofoun...
Episode 29: Hiring & Managing Remote Workers with Nathan Hirsch
May 06, 2019 08:00 - 48 minutes - 74.8 MBNathan Hirsch is a serial entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. He started his first eCommerce business out of his college dorm room and has sold over $30 million online. He is now the co-founder and CEO of FreeeUp.com, a marketplace that connects businesses with pre-vetted freelancers in eCommerce, digital marketing, and much more. He regularly appears on leading podcasts, such as Entrepreneur on Fire, and speaks at live events about online hiring tactics. Main Topics:...
Episode 28: The Kitchen Table of Business with Marisa Ricciardi
April 29, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 80.7 MBMarisa has advised many venerable brands, including Goldman Sachs, Omnicom, Morgan Stanley and NYSE Euronext. She led NYSE Euronext through a dramatic brand transformation, retooling their listings franchise to become #1 in attracting technology IPOs. Through those interactions with both Fortune 500 companies and pre-IPO startups, she identified a market need to advise growing companies on a host of marketing issues, inspiring her to found RG Marketing in 2014. She is a frequent guest lect...
Episode 27: Becoming a Learning Machine with Martin Smithmyer
April 22, 2019 21:07 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBMartin is Founder and CEO of Americord Registry, a company that preserves umbilical cord blood stem cells on behalf of expectant mothers. They ranked for the past three years as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Before founding Americord, Martin was an investment banker in Healthcare and Healthcare Technology at BMO Capital Markets. Martin worked in investment banking at Wells Fargo Securities, and also at American Capital (Private Equity) and NewMarket (Ve...
Episode 26: Preparing For Robots with Dave Gerber
April 15, 2019 16:03 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBDave Gerber, President and Founder of Synergy Development and Training, LLC is a change catalyst, motivating people to become the best version of themselves. Dave inspires his audiences to transform the way they engage with the world around them, build stronger relationships and organizations. His dynamic, humorous style and remarkable depth and breadth of content has earned him the reputation of “best speaker ever” by many of his audiences. His talent for simplifying complex ideas into eleg...
Episode 25: Building Trust and Taking Action with Jill Coleman
April 08, 2019 08:00 - 50 minutes - 75.8 MBJill Coleman launched her personal brand at JillFit.com in 2010,and was a co-founder of Metabolic Effect, Inc.. Her 16-year journey in the health and fitness industry began when she got her very first job at a gym just for the free membership at age 15! Since then, it has been a whirlwind of education in exercise science and nutrition, fitness competitions, landing several national covers for fitness modeling and plenty of business growth. Her work has been featured in SELF magazine, Famil...
Episode 24: Breaking The Rules with Flaviu Simihaian
April 01, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBFlaviu Simihaian is a Romanian entrepreneur, angel investor, and life hacker with a passion for fixing the healthcare system. He is the co-founder of Troy Medicare, who are building the first transparent, pharmacy-friendly Medicare Advantage plan. He also co-founded Amplicare (previously iMedicare), a Software-as-a-Service platform that 6,000 pharmacies use to grow their business and save time. Main Topics: Breaking The Rules Diagnosing Employee Morale Humor In The Workplace Me...
Episode 23: The Disrupt-Her Manifesto with Miki Agrawal
March 25, 2019 08:00 - 58 minutes - 89.3 MBMiki Agrawal was named 2018 Fast Company’s “Most Creative People”. 2017 “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” by the World Technology Summit, and was one of INC Magazine’s “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs of 2016.” She is the co-founder of THINX, a high-tech, period-proof underwear brand and led the company as CEO to a valuation of over $150 Million and to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2017, all while helping tens of million...
Episode 22: Creating a Transparent Meritocracy with Orrin Klopper
March 18, 2019 08:00 - 59 minutes - 92.1 MBOrrin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Netsurit. Netsurit provides proactive IT support, strategy, and consulting to streamline client business operations, increase productivity and boost profitability. Orrin is passionate about the power of culture, strategy and scalability. His work is focused on well built and well-managed technology environments. Main Topics: Culture Dreams Program Creating a Transparent Meritocracy Mentioned in this Episode: Netsurit Dreams Program “Map for L...
Episode 21: Empowering Girls in Tech with Adriana Gascoigne
March 11, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 79.6 MBAdriana is the Founder and CEO of Girls in Tech, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization devoted to empowering, educating and engaging women in the tech industry across 60 chapters in 36 countries. No stranger to growing brands and building amazing companies, Adriana has worked with tech companies like Indiegogo, Oracle’s Involver, and Change.org. She has also served in executive roles at Ogilvy & Mather, Interpublic Group of Companies, Social Gaming Network (SGN), and SecondMarket. ...
Episode 20: The Art of Lead Generation with John Franklin
March 04, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBJohn Franklin started Flipside Performance by offering free park workouts in 2013. He bootstrapped the company to $2mm+ in revenue in less than 5 years. Now John teaches business owners how to get more clients by improving their sales and marketing processes. There are 200+ success stories & counting. Main Topics: Lead Generation Sales Tracking Marketing ROI & Retention Mentioned in this Episode: Flipside Performance Two-Brain Business Snatched in Six Weeks ClickFunnels “S...
Episode 19: Building Powerful Online Communities with Molly Galbraith
February 25, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 98.8 MBMolly is the co-founder and woman-in-charge of Girls Gone Strong, a movement started in 2011 by seven women who wanted to change the landscape of nutrition and training information for women. Two and a half years later and it’s become a REVOLUTION! GGS offers evidence-based, body-positive, actionable tools to help women reach their health and fitness goals while falling in love with themselves. To date they have engaged over 600,000 women from 70 countries around the world. Today Molly s...
Episode 18: Creative Entrepreneurship with Jim McCarthy
February 18, 2019 09:00 - 59 minutes - 92.1 MBJim McCarthy is the co-founder and CEO of Goldstar, a company that sells millions of live event tickets to millions of people on behalf of more than 5,000 venues and producers each year. An e-commerce veteran, Jim has spent his entire career in high-growth businesses and likes to share his knowledge and insight with others. He's the editor and main contributor to Selling Out, a website for live entertainment and arts marketers. He's the curator and co-founder of TEDxBroadway the sold-out a...
Episode 17: Scaling Culture with VaynerMedia’s Andrea Sullivan
February 11, 2019 09:00 - 51 minutes - 78.6 MBAndrea is a business leader, feminist, activist, professor, dancer, flutist, board member, mother and wife. The first ever Chief Client Officer at VaynerMedia. She is responsible for scaling VaynerMedia's full service agency business globally. She is in charge of its client teams, thought leadership, new business and brand reputation. In this episode, Michael and Andrea discuss: Growing A Healthy Business Culture Client Management Trends in Media
Episode 16: Becoming An Industry Leader with Pete Dupuis
February 04, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBPete Dupuis is one of the few fitness professionals who identifies specifically as a "business guy." He has served as the Vice President and Business Director of Cressey Sports Performance since co-founding the company in 2007. With an MBA from Babson College, more than a decade of fitness industry experience, and a profound appreciation for the nitty-gritty realities of managing a fitness facility, he brings a unique perspective to discussions surrounding the business of fitness. Most i...
Episode 15: Balancing Art and Business with Patricia Burmicky
July 16, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBPatricia was born in Caracas, Venezuela to a Venezuelan-Slovenian family. In 2003, she received a B.S. in industrial engineering from the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas. She also studied photography at the Roberto Mata School of Photography in Caracas. In 2008, Patricia moved to New York to study at the International Center of Photography, where she was awarded with a Directors' Fellowship and graduated in June 2010. Her photographs have been exhibited at the Andrea Meislin Gallery and ...
Episode 14: A Family Legacy with Cary Borish
July 09, 2018 13:55 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBWhen Cary Borish opened the first Marathon in 1984, their goal was simple: to provide the neighborhood with the highest quality fresh food at an excellent value. The seeds they planted in their 10-seat burger joint in Northeast Philadelphia have grown into what Marathon is today. In this episode, Michael and Cary discuss: Cary’s experience running a family-owned business How to handle conflict when working with friends and family Lessons learned from looking back at 30+ years of busin...
Episode 13: Management and Leadership with Arin Sullivan
July 02, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBArin Sullivan is the Director of Programs and Client Services, overseeing Education, Business Development, and the Support Center. The Programs & Client Services department endeavors to expand the knowledge of the arts and cultural sector and deepen the impact of the high-quality data and resources provided by the Cultural Data Project. An actor and stage manager at heart, prior to joining the CDP in 2008, Arin was the managing director at Hedgerow Theatre, theater manager for Drexel Univers...
Episode 12: Blockchain Technology with Joe Snyder & Chris Brown
June 25, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBA serial entrepreneur for over fifteen years, Joe is the CEO of the publicly traded, revolutionary blockchain company, Lannister Holdings. CHRIS BROWN, Chief Technology Officer In their own words... Lannister Holdings is generating scaled revenues and growth by developing, owning, and delivering proprietary technology to the financial sector. In this conversation we discuss: Blockchain technology - what is it and why we should be paying attention. The current and possible future u...
Episode 11: Giving & Receiving Feedback with Rachelle Pereira
June 18, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBRachelle is an accomplished Executive Coach and Facilitator who has built a stellar client reputation by getting results. As e talk about in the podcast Rachelle recently started her own leadership consulting agency called Equalibrium with her long-time friend and business partner Katie Byrme. A little more about Rachelle - She is a qualified counsellor, and certified in a variety of Emotional Intelligence and personality assessment tools. Rachelle is a proud graduate from Reed College (Or...
Episode 10: The FitCast Crossover with Kevin Larrabee
June 10, 2018 05:07 - 1 hour - 143 MBIn our first crossover episode, Michael speaks with host of The FitCast, Kevin Larrabee. They talk about the struggles of starting a new business, the rollercoaster of life, and the current state of the fitness industry. Kevin Larrabee graduated from Keene State College with a BS in Health Science in August 2008. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Kevin has had a passion for fitness and nutrition ever since win...
Episode 9: Building Connection and Belonging with Radha Agrawal
June 03, 2018 22:22 - 1 hour - 141 MBRadha Agrawal is a community force. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Daybreaker, an early morning dance movement in 22 cities around the world with a community of over 350,000 members who connect through dance, yoga, music and mischief. Her upcoming book “BELONG: Find Your People Create Community and Live a More Connected Life" published by Workman comes out next fall (September 2018) and open sources all that she learned about community building with methods and exercises she designed s...
Episode 8: Balancing Emotional and Rational Selling with Chris Burgess
May 21, 2018 14:44 - 1 hour - 134 MBChris is the owner of Lift the Bar Education for Personal Trainers which offers high quality education for health & fitness pros delivered by the brightest in the industry. He is also the proud owner of Lift the Bar Gym, a training studio in England. In this podcast Michael and Chris discuss: Chris’ ability to be a super-connector and networker. How to harness the drive for constant improvement. How to attract and hire staff that connect with your values. What steps leaders can ...
Episode 7: Scaling Culture and Community with Joanna Lee
May 14, 2018 09:55 - 56 minutes - 88.9 MBJoanna is currently the Vice President of Marketing at WeWork, a seven year old real estate-meets-technology-meets-community start-up, originally founded as a shared office space provider - now on a mission to transform the way we work, live and play. Before WeWork, Joanna spent over 10 years in the fashion world at brands like J.Crew, Lilly Pulitzer and Vera Wang, working across retail and digital marketing. Joanna also did a brief stint on Wall Street, working on the trading floor at Gol...
Episode 6: Harnessing Your Greatness with Dan Emery
May 06, 2018 22:08 - 1 hour - 103 MBDan Emery is on a mission to bring the thrill and pride of guitar playing to the world. He is the founder of NYC's friendliest and fastest growing guitar schools, New York City Guitar School, Brooklyn Guitar School and Queens Guitar School. He is the author of the Amazon best selling guitar book "Guitar For Absolute Beginners" and several other books on guitar playing and deliberate practice. He has a Masters in Education from Columbia University Teachers College, and extensive performing...
Episode 5: Solving Better Problems with Mona Patel
April 30, 2018 07:59 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBMona is the CEO of Motivate design, UX expert, professor, speaker and author. “I work to make technology approachable. At first, I got to think about keeping shuttles in space and medical equipment operating smoothly. It was groundbreaking and heavy, and I thrived. It gave me a distinct POV: there is no problem too big to solve for, and no design too small to make a big impact.” In 2009, Mona started Motivate Design, a UX/UI research and design agency. They are based in NYC and their cli...
Episode 4: The Science of Motivation with Steven M. Ledbetter
April 22, 2018 18:03 - 1 hour - 122 MBSteven M. Ledbetter, aka "Coach Stevo" on Twitter, is an expert in the science of human behavior change and has been helping people who know what to do, but can't make themselves do it since 2008. He is the CEO of the behavior change consulting company Habitry which he co-founded in 2014. Originally from rural Georgia, he moved to San Francisco in 2005. He collects mid-century modern furniture, never carries more than 6kg of luggage, and is a third generation Eagle Scout. In this podcast M...
Episode 3: Leading with Creativity with Susan Blackwell
April 15, 2018 20:14 - 1 hour - 114 MBSusan Blackwell is on a mission to free people’s self-expression. As a performer, writer, speaker and educator, she champions this cause around the world, on Broadway, off-Broadway, in classrooms and writing, and on TV, film, sound recordings and the Internet. As the founder of Susan Blackwell & Co, she partners with like-minded, compassionate artists and thought leaders to deliver inspiring entertainment and educational offerings aimed at freeing people’s creative self-expression. As an edu...
Episode 2: Digital Storytelling with Erik Gensler
April 06, 2018 04:08 - 52 minutes - 82.8 MBErik Gensler is the President of Capacity Interactive, a digital marketing consulting firm for the cultural sector, whose clients include the country's leading arts institutions. In 2010 Erik founded Digital Marketing Boot Camp for the Arts, the only conference 100% focused on digital marketing for arts and cultural organizations. Erik hosts a podcast series about arts administration called CI to Eye. He is most proud of CI placing #25 on Crain's Best Places to Work in NYC in 2016 and 2017. ...
Episode 1: The Secret to Becoming a Business Unicorn with Mark Fisher
April 01, 2018 16:31 - 1 hour - 144 MBIn this podcast Michael and Mark discuss: How to manage constant change in a growing business. Mark's recipe for continuous learning and personal development. How to treat feedback like a gift and improve your ability to give feedback. The 3 levels of management that we all experience. How to deal with the chronic stress of leadership. How to balance transparency and privacy in your communication. Mark's roadmap to building a personal brand and speaking career. How to use cont...