008: Serial Entrepreneur Anne Mahlum, Founder of Back on My Feet & Soildcore

I had an amazing opportunity to sit down with Anne Mahlum. Anne is an incredible serial entrepreneur that likes to go fast! She started her first non-profit business that is called ‘Back On My Feet’ eleven years ago. After about six and a half years with Back On My Feet, Anne just kept reaching and started her next business venture that is growing at an accelerated rate, Solidcore. Solidcore has a changed from the workout stereotype to slow, controlled resistance training workout.

Anne is most definitely a person who has a drive to make an impact on the community. At the very beginning of her journey she knew the change started with one person, herself. She also recognized that the change you want to make in the world needs to be your passion. It is important to be driven by your passion not just money.

Being a huge believer of tracking, Anne felt strongly about tracking KPI’s and I couldn’t agree more! KPI is a Key Performance Indicator, tracking these is important because you need to know what you are being measured against then you can see how far you have come and what direction you are going.

Question Highlights:

What’s a piece of advice you would give someone to move them outside of their comfort zone towards their passion?

What does being “bold” mean to you?

How has giving more lead to more success for you?

What would you tell someone who wants to give up?

Do you think that everyone can be an entrepreneur?

What is your opinion on having business partners or employees?

Why do you think that you have such high retention in your company?

How important is a KPI in a business?

What’s one piece of advice you would tell yourself, if you could do it all over again?

Where can people find you:

Instagram: @annemahlum, @solidcore

Facebook: Anne Mahlum