Are you a business owner who wants to grow your franchise from a couple locations to hundreds? Do you have a single-location business right now that you would like to start franchising? Then this week’s podcast episode is for you. Tune in as Sadie Lincoln, the Co-Founder & CEO of barre3 shares successful franchising secrets she’s learned over the years as she’s grown barre3 to hundreds of locations worldwide.
Sadie Lincoln is the co-founder and CEO of barre3, a fitness company focused on teaching people to be balanced in body and empowered from within. Starting in 2008 with the flagship studio in Portland, Oregon, barre3 has grown to include more than 185 franchise studios powered by female entrepreneurs, plus an online-workout streaming-subscriber base in 100+ countries. What started as a workout has blossomed into a full-blown movement made up of millions of people focused on body positivity, being empowered, and redefining what success in fitness means.
Sadie is on Inc.'s Female Founders 100 list and the MO100 Impact list, has been featured on NPR's How I Built This, and speaks regularly on the topics of mindful leadership, the power of body wisdom, and the movement to redefine what success in fitness means. Beyond running her company and being a global spokesperson, Sadie still enjoys teaching barre3 classes to many of her founding clients in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.
Be sure to take notes as Sadie shares:
Don’t be afraid to disrupt your industry, it could lead to great things
Why it’s important to hire people who have the skill you need to grow your business, who have experience and a worldview around growth
Why, in order to grow, you need to realize you need people who have done it before
How believing in yourself and knowing that you deserve the best, top-notch team in your business will help you succeed
Why it’s important to realize you always have to do what’s right for your business versus what’s right for you emotionally
Be prepared to be motivated to grow your franchise with Sadie’s inspiring tips!
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