My Favourite Failure: Pro baseball player who lost childhood dream & nearly lost gym business at critical moment - Burn Boot Camp Founder Devan Kline
Aug 24, 2023
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Former pro baseball player Devan Kline, founder of Burn Boot Camp, shares his journey from nearly losing his gym business to growing it across 42 states. He discusses overcoming failure, the challenges of expanding the gym business, the importance of establishing relationships, and transforming his worst day into his best by adapting to the challenges of 2020.
The importance of clear partnerships, due diligence, and establishing expectations early on.
The need to have tough conversations, maintain clear roles and responsibilities, and turn the worst days into opportunities for growth and innovation.
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The Rise and Fall of Burn Bootcamp: Lessons from a Founder's Favorite Failure
Burn Bootcamp, founded by Kevin Klein and his wife Morgan, started as a fitness company in a parking lot with only $600 and grew rapidly to 375 gyms across 42 states. However, their growth came with challenges. In their pursuit of speed, they made the mistake of entering a partnership without considering the partner's lack of business experience. This led to financial losses and a lack of clear expectations. Eventually, they had to close down one of their gyms in Nashville. This failure taught Devin the importance of clear partnerships, due diligence, and establishing expectations early on.
Navigating Hard Conversations and Overcoming the Worst Days
Devin's journey as an entrepreneur has had its fair share of hard days. From closing down all 275 gyms due to lockdowns to facing financial struggles, Devin shares his strategy for overcoming adversity. He emphasizes the importance of having tough conversations with employees and partners and highlights the book 'NVC: Nonviolent Communication' by Marshall Rosenberg as a valuable resource for navigating such conversations. Devin also stresses the need to maintain clear roles and responsibilities within partnerships and to make the worst days into opportunities for growth and innovation.
Former professional baseballer, Devan Kline founded fitness company Burn Boot Camp with his wife Morgan. From starting out in a parking lot with only 600 dollars in his bank account, they are now operating in 42 states and have 375 gyms across the country.
But we wouldn't be talking to Devan if everything had all gone up and to the right. In the early days he made a serious mistake that put the whole company at risk.
What happened?
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