Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and fitness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Jack Wheeler, President, and co-owner of 360 Fitness LTD., located in Red Deer, AB, Canada.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
We are 360 Fitness! We are a high-end, private personal training studio that helps clients lose weight, increase energy, understand nutrition better and live life to the fullest. Our clients are typically 40+ who want to trim up, feel better in their clothes, gain strength and prevent disease.
Tell us about yourself
I've been in the fitness industry for 16+ years as a personal trainer and nutrition consultant. We started 360 Fitness Red Deer in 2009 and 360 Fitness Sherwood Park in 2016. Now we have 30+ employees, about 1000 members, and have a business that performs well and makes tremendous impacts on our clients' lives and in our community.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
My biggest accomplishment is how we started as a one-man band and now have 30+ team members. The business employs us, pays us, gives us an outlet for our passion, and enables us to have security, income, and to do what we love for a living.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
One of the hardest things is finding qualified and extraordinary new team members to add to our amazing crew. The job market is rather low right now with good candidates, and it's tough to find the needle in the haystack.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
To find your business, identify one of your major skills that you can deliver a tremendous value for, that you enjoy doing, and one that the market is eager for and run with it.
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
Owning and running a business is a rollercoaster of emotions, and that's ok! If you are all in and you care about it, then it's ok to be on the rollercoaster.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://reddeer.360fitness.ca/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/360fitnesspt/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/360FitnessRD
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