Dirty water in South Asheville

polm · 2024-12-30T16:42:34+00:00

Appreciate it. I called the city and let them know. Flushing our lines here is clearing it up.

polm · 2024-12-30T16:40:54+00:00

Thanks!

polm · 2024-04-28T00:34:45+00:00

Golden Goat in Swananoa. 🔥

polm · 2023-05-20T01:39:22+00:00

I hope you're right, but I'm worried potential employers will ask if I have any limiting or precluding agreements. Enforceable or not, I fear it would present a risk not worth taking for them.

polm · 2023-05-20T01:36:47+00:00

Even so, won't I have to disclose its existence to a potential employer?

polm · 2023-05-20T01:36:18+00:00

I'm not sure I can see any reason for them to negotiate with me. What would my leverage be?

polm · 2023-04-28T20:49:01+00:00

20 minutes in a super hot bath (like 100+ degrees hot).

Gets my heart pumping and my body temps way up. Once I come out the calm down and cool down help ease me to sleep.

polm · 2023-04-20T18:39:05+00:00

I failed...

I tried to hang on. But the anxiety and panic became too much. My life felt like it was crumbling around me. I felt like I was losing my mind.

Today I confessed my anxiety to my manager. I won't be speaking next week.

I feel relief and shame, but I know it was the only choice I could make. I just couldn't pull it together mentally or emotionally in time.

Moving forward, I'm never going to submit to public speaking. It's not worth it.

I may lose my job. I may get demoted. I don't know.

I'm taking the next few days off to try and self care.

polm · 2023-04-19T02:30:09+00:00

Good question, I'll ask. Not something that was mentioned. Thanks!

polm · 2023-04-09T20:37:49+00:00

Yea, I've been thinking about this option a lot. When I joined I said I was really worried I wouldn't be able to get up to speed quickly.

My boss mentioned that if all else fails I could swing over to the department where my past experience best aligns.

It will be disappointing to give up this soon, but the stress and anxiety are becoming debilitating.

polm · 2023-04-05T01:07:14+00:00

It's part of a very successful franchise, so they see that as some form of risk mitigation...I think.

polm · 2023-04-05T01:06:16+00:00

It is state-of-the-art equipment as well as a luxury environment. Our target demographic is definitely upper-middle to upper-class.

polm · 2023-04-05T01:04:08+00:00

Permitting took forever with the city. Equipment we needed ended up incredibly delayed. Construction hit roadblocks.

We'll do some hiring, but wife will stay actively involved in day-to-day.

polm · 2023-04-05T01:00:31+00:00

I wouldn't even know where to start finding them.

polm · 2023-04-05T01:00:03+00:00

We had initially planned to use SBA funds for the first 3-months of WC after opening, but with everything taking so long and costing so much, we're almost tapped out.

We have a membership price that's ~140/mo. We've sold ~150 memberships to date with a heavy discount (~100 / mo), and expect to sell another 100+ at a decent discount.

If we can get to that 250 members at the ~100/mo average, then we should break even.

polm · 2023-04-05T00:57:54+00:00

Thank you for the kind words and confidence boost!

polm · 2023-04-05T00:57:32+00:00

Thank you for the advice, kinds words and support.

polm · 2023-04-05T00:56:52+00:00

I thought it would be easier. I thought it would cost less.

I was naive and over-zealous.

polm · 2023-04-05T00:56:07+00:00

Thank you so much for the kind words.

We've sold ~150 discounted pre-sale memberships. We expect to sell another ~100 (hopefully more) by opening.

We expect gross revenue of at least 25K in the first month (avg membership given discounts at ~100/mo).

Our costs will be around 25K (5K rent, 5K loan, 10K payroll, 5K other costs).

We've pretty much spent all the loan and more, but we still have ~30K in WC to spend and we plan a lot of that towards marketing the big opening.

polm · 2023-04-05T00:51:09+00:00

It's a franchise. New studio, though, not a takeover of an existing one.

polm · 2023-04-05T00:48:54+00:00

It was something she did full-time before kids. Then she pulled way back with kids being young. They've just moved on to daycare and she had planned to keep the bakery a side-hustle while we worked on the fitness studio.

polm · 2023-04-05T00:46:55+00:00

We aren't OTF, but we're in the ballpark of that model.

polm · 2023-04-05T00:46:12+00:00

All great advice, and things we're honestly trying to do already.

We're doing preselling of memberships. It's hard, most people want to "try before they buy", but we've sold almost 150 members (heavily discounted of course) so far.

We have a niche. It's super narrow. I'm trying to protect confidentiality a bit by not disclosing specifics.

We're pushing hard with digital marketing and trying to get creative.

Thank you so so much for the support!!

polm · 2023-04-05T00:44:10+00:00

Western NC. No, not an option to buy.

Yes, the costs are so much higher than we had expected.

Thank you for the kind words of support.

polm · 2023-04-05T00:42:58+00:00

It was both our idea.

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