Jun 28, 2019
Becoming 9Round: Approval Day
Your vision is clear, and you've done your due diligence by researching and asking yourself the tough questions to decide if owning a 9Round is a commitment you're ready to make. You’ve familiarized yourself with the exclusive information through 9Round’s online portal, and the next step...
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May 28, 2019
Financing your Franchise, the 9Round Way
Looking for your next investment? Perhaps franchising is the best route for you to take for this endeavor. Franchising gives people the chance to own and operate their own businesses with a pre-developed system to guide them… What could be better? But once you get into the actual process of becoming...
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Apr 30, 2019
Becoming 9Round : Due Diligence
You’ve decided that owning a 9Round is just the life change you’ve been looking for – so what’s next? Your vision is clear, and you’re ready to learn what the next steps are in opening your own location. Beginning this journey is a tenacious first step, and the commitment...
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Apr 26, 2019
Becoming 9Round : 20-20 Vision
Your mind is made up. You’re tired of working for someone else, you’re taking control of your future and you want to open a fitness studio. You have a vision, sure. But how clear is it? Before you take the leap and commit to even starting the process of opening a 9Round, you need to check...
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Mar 29, 2019
9Round Recognized Among the Fastest-Growing Franchises
Ranked at number 20 on the Fastest-Growing Franchises list by Entrepreneur magazine, 9Round is recognizing its highest ranking ever received on this list of 150 total franchises. 9Round’s ability to grow, along with each franchisee is an accomplishment that our Founder and CEO, Shannon Hudson,...
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Mar 6, 2019
A World-Champion Business
I was recently interviewed on the “CEO in 10” podcast where I got to do one of my favorite things: talk about how we created 9Round and turned it into the world’s largest kickboxing franchise. It’s never easy starting something from the ground up. My wife Heather and...
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Feb 6, 2019
Introducing: 9Round’s Semi-Absentee Ownership Franchise Model
As a fitness franchise, our brand has two main audiences that we must keep in mind at all times: Our fitness customer base, and our franchise customer base. We are constantly working to improve the ways our brand can meet each of these customer bases’ needs. One way we’ve recently done...
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Jan 23, 2019
9Round Named Among Franchising Elite
9Round was recently ranked number 112 in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500. This is the highest ranking 9Round has received on this list to-date, in its seven consecutive years of inclusion in the list. 9Round also claims the fifth highest ranking out of a total of 21 brands in the...
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Dec 28, 2018
The State of Fitness: 2019 and Beyond
With the emergence of digital retailers like Amazon and more and more news stories of the closings of big-box stores like Toys-R-Us, people are quick to proclaim retail is dead. But where fitness is concerned, nothing could be further from the truth. Contrary to traditional retail, service-based or experience-based...
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Nov 24, 2018
Celebrating Small Business
If you’ve never heard of it, Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses and communities across the country. Founded by American Express in 2010, this day is celebrated each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. After big box retailers hit you with...
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