The Everyday Jiu Jitsu Podcast Ep 111: Biggest Myths For Gym Owners

About this episode

Matt Kwan discusses the biggest myths surrounding gym ownership based on his 10 years of experience running a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy.

Owning and operating a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school is both a labour of love and a huge responsibility. Speaking from 10 years of experience running my own academy, I talk about the biggest myths that I heard surrounding gym ownership. Some topics of discussion are kids programs, building customer loyalty (the right way), ordering gear overseas, building profit, and big name affiliations. Maybe this episode turned into a bit of a venting session, but I think you will find it interesting nonethe...

People in this episode

Host: Matt Kwan

Topics covered

• gym ownership
• myths
• customer loyalty
• kids programs
• profit building
• gear ordering

Keywords

• gym ownership
• Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
• customer loyalty
• kids programs
• profit
• gear ordering
• affiliations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

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