Holly Bond

I called the national news and they interviewed me on CTV national news. And I said during the interview that I was creating a franchise. Now I didn't even have an application for I'm not kidding. I had nothing. I don't even know that's lesson number two. You just don't do that. So I said, we're franchising. Now, that was a Saturday. On Sunday, you know, on Canadian news, it loops every half hour.

I called the national news and they interviewed me on CTV national news. And I said during the interview that I was creating a franchise. Now I didn't even have an application for I'm not kidding. I had nothing. I don't even know that's lesson number two. You just don't do that. So I said, we're franchising. Now, that was a Saturday. On Sunday, you know, on Canadian news, it loops every half hour.

So it's looping. So the story is playing over and over all day. When I got home at the end of the evening, I opened up my laptop and I'll never forget. I looked down and said, you have 103 emails. And my first instinct was spam. Oh, my goodness. And I opened it up and it was 101 people wanting a franchise. and a lawyer and a marketing company. So the lawyer said, I can help you franchise.

So it's looping. So the story is playing over and over all day. When I got home at the end of the evening, I opened up my laptop and I'll never forget. I looked down and said, you have 103 emails. And my first instinct was spam. Oh, my goodness. And I opened it up and it was 101 people wanting a franchise. and a lawyer and a marketing company. So the lawyer said, I can help you franchise.

The marketing company said, we can help do your marketing. I hired both of those companies. They flew down and met with me. I reached out to every one of those 101 people, And I said, I will get an application form to you. And then I had to create an application form. And I went on to a international franchise company that already exists.

The marketing company said, we can help do your marketing. I hired both of those companies. They flew down and met with me. I reached out to every one of those 101 people, And I said, I will get an application form to you. And then I had to create an application form. And I went on to a international franchise company that already exists.

And I look at their franchise form and I tweaked that and I sent it out to 101 people. And that's how we started. We sold 11 franchises. In a matter of two years, we won awards. It was fantastic. It was Canada and Nova Scotia. There was so many funding opportunities because they were trying to small businesses grow. And then a company, it's called Wildbrain now.

And I look at their franchise form and I tweaked that and I sent it out to 101 people. And that's how we started. We sold 11 franchises. In a matter of two years, we won awards. It was fantastic. It was Canada and Nova Scotia. There was so many funding opportunities because they were trying to small businesses grow. And then a company, it's called Wildbrain now.

Listeners would know them as the people who own Animated shows, they have a very large library of animated shows like Animal Mechanicals and Dora the Explorer. And they own Charlie Brown Peanuts, those cartoons. So they saw a real connection with making exercise fun for children. And one of their shows that they had for kids where this animated character had a bracelet.

Listeners would know them as the people who own Animated shows, they have a very large library of animated shows like Animal Mechanicals and Dora the Explorer. And they own Charlie Brown Peanuts, those cartoons. So they saw a real connection with making exercise fun for children. And one of their shows that they had for kids where this animated character had a bracelet.

And every time, you know, the animated character would tell kids, jump up and down, jump up and down. And her bracelet would flash on and off. And they thought, what if we sold those bracelets? What if we created this in the Bulldog Interactive Fitness Clubs? And so this is the collaboration that we were going to do. So we sold it. And then the

And every time, you know, the animated character would tell kids, jump up and down, jump up and down. And her bracelet would flash on and off. And they thought, what if we sold those bracelets? What if we created this in the Bulldog Interactive Fitness Clubs? And so this is the collaboration that we were going to do. So we sold it. And then the

We hit a really bad economic, economic turndown of 2009. The recession hit and they pulled back from any more investment in any new new opportunities. So they just shuttered it. But it was absolutely I've learned so much from that. It was the most difficult thing. ever. And now I help companies. I help people who want to start their own business.

We hit a really bad economic, economic turndown of 2009. The recession hit and they pulled back from any more investment in any new new opportunities. So they just shuttered it. But it was absolutely I've learned so much from that. It was the most difficult thing. ever. And now I help companies. I help people who want to start their own business.

I help people who want to franchise their business. I tell them all the negative things because everybody can imagine the great things about it. Everybody has their head in the clouds and they're like, I want to do this. And I tell them all the really hard stuff. And if they come back to me, then I help them. But most of them do not. Most people do not come back to me.

I help people who want to franchise their business. I tell them all the negative things because everybody can imagine the great things about it. Everybody has their head in the clouds and they're like, I want to do this. And I tell them all the really hard stuff. And if they come back to me, then I help them. But most of them do not. Most people do not come back to me.

Cast law was always an issue. So if you're well-funded, you take that constant worry and stress out of the way. You know what I learned? I learned two hard things. One was really take it to this day. And I'm a mentor for business owners, and sometimes I see this quality, and I always talk to them about it. We had a board of 16 advisors and shareholders. There were 16 shareholders.

Cast law was always an issue. So if you're well-funded, you take that constant worry and stress out of the way. You know what I learned? I learned two hard things. One was really take it to this day. And I'm a mentor for business owners, and sometimes I see this quality, and I always talk to them about it. We had a board of 16 advisors and shareholders. There were 16 shareholders.

At one point, we had an individual who wanted to become a major partner and grow this in Toronto. They wanted to have the head office in Toronto and they wanted to have 50% of the company. I was told by my shareholders, they were advising me not to move forward with this person. They didn't get a good sense from them, but I was so excited about the growth of the company.

At one point, we had an individual who wanted to become a major partner and grow this in Toronto. They wanted to have the head office in Toronto and they wanted to have 50% of the company. I was told by my shareholders, they were advising me not to move forward with this person. They didn't get a good sense from them, but I was so excited about the growth of the company.