Go With the Flo

In this episode, Folarin is joined by Blake Guillaume, founder of Element Training Club in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They discuss Blake’s journey from UPenn to consulting at Bain and strategy and operations at DoorDash, the quarter-life crisis that pushed him to rethink his definition of success, and his decision to leave corporate America to pursue entrepreneurship. Blake shares how a failed attempt to buy a gym eventually led to him opening his own, the financial and personal risks he took to bring Element to life, and the challenges of building a business from the ground up. They also get into building in public, going viral on social media, creating community through fitness, HYROX training, betting on yourself, and much more!!

Start -1:30   Blake intro

1:30-5:15   From UPenn to Bain 

5:15-9:00  Deciding to leave to tech 

9:00-13:30  Quarter life crisis 

13:30-25:00   Taking a leap of faith to entrepreneurship 

25:00-28:10   Community 

28:10-30:30   Coming up with the name Element Training Club

30:30-38:40  building in public 

38:40-40:40  Financing the business 

40:40-50:20  Building out a team, opening 

50:20-End    Reflecting and whats to come 

Hosted by Folarin Okulaja

Produced by Folarin Okulaja

Engineered by Folarin Okulaja

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