🌎 Mateo Lopez is joined by Nick Castiglia (https://www.instagram.com/ottawamartialarts/?hl=en) from Gracie Barra to discuss his journey from managing a gym to opening his first with just $2,000 in recurring revenue, and now owning 3 jiu-jitsu super gyms with over 1,000 members.

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📱 Socials:

Gracie Barra - https://www.instagram.com/gbbarrhaven/

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🔥 Show Notes:

(00:00) Introducing Nick

(7:31) Becoming a successful MMA coach

(11:48) Managing a gym and lessons learned

(15:23) Opening the first location

(20:04) Making the gym profitable

(24:26) Scaling the gym business 

(27:57) Run a successful gym with Kilo (visit https://usekilo.com/)

(28:31) Growing gym businesses during COVID

(33:43) The secret to scaling a successful gym business

(36:03) The systems and processes of the gyms today

(42:50) Becoming Papa Nick and building community

(47:52) Common mistakes gym owners make

(49:26) Managing a healthy work-life balance

(52:27) Where to go if you want to find Nick