Building a Wellness Business That Lasts: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love, Hardcover

Start and grow a durable business in the rapidly growing wellness industry

Wellness has become one of the largest and most important business opportunities of our age, fueled by massive societal trends, rapid technology innovations and hundreds of thousands of wellness business entrepreneurs. It is these independent teachers, trainers, and therapists, and studio, gym, spa and salon owners who transforming shopping malls and downtown districts with wellness experiences that help hundreds of millions of people live healthier, happier lives.

Whether your goal is to open a neighborhood wellness business, work independently from home, or launch the next highly successful wellness brand Building a Wellness Business That Lasts: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love is your definitive guide. This book will teach you how to translate your passion for wellness into a compelling business vision, weave that vision into an effective business plan, and leverage the latest technologies to accelerate your growth.

Author Rick Stollmeyer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mindbody, Inc., the leading technology platform for the wellness industry. Across more than two decades, Rick built Mindbody from a garage startup into a multi-billion-dollar technology platform for the wellness industry, helping thousands of wellness business owners achieve their visions in the process. This experience gave Rick a front-row seat to the explosive growth of the wellness industry. He brings that unique experience and his passion for entrepreneurialism to Building a Wellness Business That Lasts. This book will inspire and inform you at the same time and will serve as a powerful guide you can refer back to on your path to success.

About author(s):

RICK STOLLMEYER co-founded Mindbody in his garage in 2000 and served as the company's CEO until August 2020. During his two-decade tenure as the company's principal leader and visionary, Rick played a key role in the development of the modern wellness industry--from the introduction of the industry's first integrated online booking and business management systems in the early 2000s, to the release of the first fully cloud based business management solution in 2005, to the groundbreaking Mindbody Consumer App that is used by millions of people today.

Rick remains closely involved with Mindbody, serving as the company's executive chairman and advocating for wellness businesses and practitioners around the world.