🖱️ How do you grow from one gym to multiple locations without losing control, cashflow, or your sanity?

🎙️ In this episode of You’re Not Alone: The Business Podcast, Phillip Keenan (Director at Bishop Collins Chartered Accountants) sits down with Mark Greenwood, owner of multiple Anytime Fitness franchises on the Central Coast, to unpack 31 years of real business lessons, including the mistakes, the pivots, and the decisions that changed everything.

Mark shares what partnerships taught him the hard way, why side ventures can quietly drain profit and focus, and how a perfect storm of competition, the GFC, personal change, and cash pressure forced a major reset. You’ll also hear what it was like backing Anytime Fitness early in Australia, how Mark tracks the numbers that actually matter, and what succession planning looks like when you want to step back without giving away more than you need to in tax.

If you’re building a business, considering a franchise, navigating partners, or thinking about your eventual exit, this episode will give you a clearer playbook and a few warnings worth listening to.

💡Key topics covered:

✅ Partnerships and why most fail

✅ Partnership agreements and shareholder agreements as your rule book

✅ Focus vs distraction and when extra revenue streams are not worth it

✅ The perfect storm and making decisions under pressure

✅ Franchising with Anytime Fitness and why 24 7 access changed the model

✅ Cashflow, pricing pressure, and dealing with banks

✅ Leading teams across multiple locations and keeping standards consistent

✅ Hiring for attitude and values alignment, not just experience

✅ KPIs that matter, including membership growth, retention, and sales activity

✅ Succession planning and selling sites over time

🎙️ Featuring:

Phillip Keenan, Director, Bishop Collins Chartered Accountants

Mark Greenwood, Anytime Fitness Franchise Owner, Central Coast NSW

📍 Recorded on the Central Coast NSW and Sydney NSW, Australia

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