#33: How One Man Defied All Odds and Built a Fitness Empire Amidst Chaos! with Bedros Keuilian

The Clever Investor Show

In this episode of "The Clever Investor Show," Bedros shares his journey from personal training to creating Fit Body Boot Camp, emphasizing recurring revenue and providing value. He discusses the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the shift to online coaching and supporting franchisees. Bedros also opens up about his personal struggles, therapy, and coping with anxiety. He assembles a team for a 75-hour experience to help high-speed entrepreneurs bond and share traumas. Despite setbacks, he remains committed to the project and reflects on its impact.

Bedros highlights the importance of instilling values in young men and combating negative influences. He mentions his successful business ventures and commitment to making a positive impact, including supporting charities.

About Bedros

Bedros Keuilian is an American Entrepreneur and a believer in the American Dream. He and his family are immigrants who escaped communism and came to the United States to find freedom, opportunity, and a better life.

Today Bedros is a serial entrepreneur and investor in over a dozen industry-leading brands and businesses. He’s the founder of Fit Body Boot Camp, three times listed in Inc Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 fastest-growing franchise brands in the world. Bedros is the author of the Wall Street Journal Best Selling book Man Up – How To Cut The BS and Dominate In Business and In Life.

Bedros believes in the power of the human spirit and uses the stage, TV, social media, his podcast and his blog to share his Immigrant Edge and American Dream story to help inspire audiences worldwide to get unstuck and reach their fullest potential!

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Bedros shares stories of resourcefulness and determination, inspired by mentors and clients.

• Creating Fit Body Boot Camp through the transition from personal to group training.

• Emphasizing recurring revenue and building a value-focused business.

• Adapting to COVID-19 with online coaching and supporting franchisees.

• Personal journey, including overcoming past traumas and coping with anxiety.

• Creating a challenging program with a team of experts for high-speed entrepreneurs.

• Importance of vulnerability and sharing to build a supportive community.

• Facing challenges like losing franchise locations and a wrongful death lawsuit.

• Reflecting on the positive impact despite difficulties.

• Promoting values in raising young men and combating negative influences.

• The Squire Program offers mentorship to fatherless young men.

• Bedros' successful ventures and commitment to making a difference.

• Support for charities like Shriners Children's Hospital.

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Website URL: https://bedroskeuilian.com/

Social Media URL:

Bedros Keuilian IG 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bedroskeuilian/

Bedros Keuilian FB 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bedroskeuilian

Bedros Keuilian YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@BedrosKeuilian

Bedros Keuilian LinkedIn 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bedroskeuilian/

Bedros Keuilian Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/BedrosKeuilian

TIME STAMPS:

• 00:00 - Prelude

• 00:11 - Introduction to Bedros Keuilian

• 02:10 - How Bedros got to this point

• 02:50 - Being resourceful in the absence of resources

• 03:53 - Mentors and built-in mentors

• 04:49 - The first real entrepreneurial lesson

• 07:46 - Executing Premier Results in the early 2000s

• 09:18 - How to make $40,000 a month from a 3000-square-foot gym

• 10:57 - The 2008 housing market crash

• 12:55 - The Fit Body Boot Camp

• 14:04 - Creating an eight-mile protected territory for fit body locations

• 15:02 - Becoming a franchise

• 16:48 - Finding a franchise attorney and creating SOP

• 17:56 - Franchising is not sexy, but very profitable

• 19:32 - The barrier to entry to becoming a franchisor is high

• 21:39 - Franchises that succeed and those that fail

• 23:27 - The 18-month lead way in the franchising world

• 25:55 - Pivoting during the coronavirus pandemic

• 26:56 - Preparing for a year of shut-downs

• 28:01 - Pivoting to online coaching during the pandemic

• 29:27 - How long before franchisees started shutting down?

• 31:02 - How to get involved in real estate deals

• 31:58 - The impact of the pandemic on Fit Body

• 32:53 - The Project and what it is

• 33:38 - The morning of my heart attack

• 35:12 - Struggling to get to the pool deck

• 36:27 - How to deal with anxiety?

• 38:50 - The weight of being molested by two older boys

• 40:04 - What happened to Bedros

• 43:11 - The six pillars of high performance

• 43:44 - The six-week challenges

• 46:27 - The quit rate of men

• 47:35 - The four-hour evolution of the project

• 50:41 - Feeling defeated and feeling like a big bad entrepreneur

• 52:37 - Wrong death lawsuit

• 53:11 - The pandemic delayed and the coroner's report

• 55:15 - First aid, jiu-jitsu fighter and swat guy

• 57:38 - Compartmentalize, prioritize and execute during the pandemic

• 58:48 - Eos and fit body boot camp meetings

• 01:02:06 - Raising a modern-day knight

• 01:04-05 - No such thing as toxic masculinity

• 01:05:53 - Getting together with men you trust

• 01:07:25 - The 12-hour father and son experience

• 01:08:05 - Mentors for young men without fathers

• 01:11:54 - Private equity could take the brand

• 01:13:32 - The importance of giving back to the community

• 01:17:48 - How Bedros thinks about his investments in spending money

• 01:22:00 - How to connect with Bedros and how to get involved in fit body boot camp?

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• 01:24:08 - Free real estate success kit

• 01:24:47 - END

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