Entries for the ‘Being your own boss’ Category

Building a business from the ground, up. One year later…

ShareOn this, the eve of construction for our first Anytime Fitness gym, I wanted to share some thoughts about the last 13.5 months: We’re not there yet, but we made is this far!…  Have a sense of humour. (That’s me at 1am – those are the drawings I submitted the next day for our building [...]

Building a company from the ground, up. – Past experiments

Share An amazing and inspiring speech by Apple co-founder CEO.  This week I’ve decided to take a break from the story-telling to share some of my other business attempts that didn’t quite work out. They say that behind every overnight success is ten years of hard work. This definitely applies to me even though we [...]

Building a company from the ground, up. Part 2

ShareA Crushing Defeat – An investment pitch gone horribly wrong One of the lowest points of this entire experience was that pitch to my friend and her financial advisor. I am an eternal optimist; I always assume that things will work out for the best. So when I learned that they had agreed to meet [...]