Gym Business - Business for Unicorns Podcast

Chris 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....

Joanna 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 digit...

Dan 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...

Mona 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 star...

Steven 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,...

Susan 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 enter...

Erik 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...

In 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....