"What Was Your First Business?"

0:00What was your first business? >> So, I'm actually writing a book right now. And so, my first business was a charity project called the free print free training project. So, people would donate $500 to $1,000 to the charity of their choice, and I would train them. And so, it was like kind of a goodwill, and I got I got testimonials from it. And then, that's what started my online business that was for-profit. I used the testimonials from the charity to uh start the the for-profit side.

0:29I started doing that. Um I like >> Why Why did you make the switch? >> I I wanted to do fitness full-time, and I couldn't I wasn't making any money on the charity, so I I was like, "Hey, I'm doing this for profit now." And I got like 20 guys who signed up with me. And then, um >> I like I like that you made a change, though, because I think you know, a lot of people that they they try something, and then they're like, "Oh, this doesn't not working." >> Yeah.

0:55>> But, you just made a small switch. You're like, "I still want to do this, >> Yeah. >> but I'm going to provide it in a slightly different way." >> Yes, I switched to the for-profit, and then, um from there, I I wanted to get in I want I figured the next step was to start a gym. So, I I would do my online training clients on the weekend, and then I would do my I went and drove out to a gym owner in California. I was in East Coast.

1:20And asked him if he could like like mentor me. And uh he said, "Sure." And so, I I worked with him for like 3 months, and just like when he went to the gym, I went to the gym, and worked from like we did 4 to 4. So, he drove up at 4 at the gym, and then we'd leave at 4. So, I did that, and then, um I started my first gym in Huntington Beach. >> Mm. >> And that was like my >> Very cool. >> my first business experiences.

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