{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Vibe Marketing","title":"Bodybuilding Discipline, Applied to Business","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1988,"description":"Cara Fitch signed up for a blowout membership because she was desperate for a last minute appointment on her birthday. Three years later she got a marketing blast from that same business asking if anyone wanted to franchise, and she picked up the phone. What followed was a 17 month process, an ice cream shop that taught her everything she didn't know about permitting, and a lesson about mentorship she wishes she had learned nine years sooner.\nWhat we cover:\nThe email that turned a loyal customer into a franchise owner, and how fast she actually moved on it\nWhy hiring a business coach 3X'd a business she had already run successfully for a decade, and why Craig waited 17 years to do the same thing\nThe $8,000 permit for a sink that was already installed, and what her first brick and mortar taught her about going it alone\n17 months from first phone call to opening day, including the long stretch where it feels like nothing is happening\nSelling a service your market doesn't know exists yet, including the wedding room block angle nobody had pitched before\nThe One Thing: Get a mentor earlier than you think you need one. Cara ran a profitable business for nine years before hiring a coach, and that coach handed over twenty years of hard won lessons in a matter of weeks. Craig did the same thing at year 17 of running his agency. Both of them said the same thing about it afterward: we should have done this sooner.\nCara Fitch is the owner of Blo Blow Dry Bar in Lake Mary and co-owner of Team Modern Fit, an online fitness coaching business she runs with her husband Ryan. Blo Lake Mary opened July 8, 2026.\nConnect with Cara\nEmail: cara@bloblowdrybar.com\nPhone: 689-371-0707\nWebsite: www.blomedry.com\nInstagram: @blo_lakemary\nAddress: 242 Wheelhouse Lane #1240, Lake Mary, FL 32746","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cpSubJblz6fIvSfx81KfvvAD9F-o47iyZH9oL2Q5OCk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lOWI1/NjU2YTAxYjY4MTYw/OGZjMjVhZDAyZDFh/ZTU1OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}