From Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates Business

Episode 630: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Anne Mahlum ( https://www.instagram.com/annemahlum/ ) about starting an $8M/yr charity from scratch and betting her entire life savings ($175K) on a pilates studio.

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Show Notes:
(0:00) Building a $8M/yr non-profit
(16:27) The economics of [solidcore]
(22:07) Play a game you can win
(24:16) How to be a killer negotiator
(27:00) Turning down $75k
(30:39) 0 – 27 locations in 4 years
(43:50) Idea: Endurance events
(50:21) Idea: Taboo for recruiters
(51:37) Idea: AI Personal trainer
(56:45) Idea: SeatGeek for airlines

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Links:
• Back on My Feet – https://backonmyfeet.org/
• [solicore] – https://www.solidcore.co/
• 29029 – https://29029everesting.com/
• HYROX – https://hyrox.com/
• OxeFit – https://www.oxefit.com/

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• Hampton – https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp – https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That – https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey – https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List – http://samslist.co/

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