189: How Harlem Cycle Founder Tammeca Rochester Is Shaking Up the Fitness World
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Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Today in the guest chair we welcome Tammeca Rochester, the owner and founder of Harlem Cycle, Harlem's 1st and only indoor cycling studio.
Tammeca's journey to opening an indoor cycling studio in Harlem started when she was looking to find a workout that would both get her back in shape while putting her in a positive frame of mind. After exploring the various workout options, she found herself drawn to indoor cycling.
Her entrepreneurial spirit and her passion for all things Harlem inspired her to start researching how to open a cycling studio. Her entrepreneurial spirit and her passion for all things Harlem inspired her to open the doors to Harlem Cycle in 2016.
In episode 189 of Side Hustle Pro, Tammeca talks about:
- How her academic background and career helped her secure the space for Harlem Cycle
- What it took for Harlem Cycle to become profitable
- How she brings in new clients and strengthens brand loyalty
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Tammeca Rochester (Instagram) - @tammeca_rochester
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| 0:00.0 | All of those accelerated our growth within that first month. |
| 0:06.5 | Within that January I saw immediate growth from Harlem Cycle because I was now |
| 0:11.8 | dedicated. |
| 0:15.1 | You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, |
| 0:17.4 | the podcast that teaches you to build |
| 0:19.4 | and grow your Side Hustle, |
| 0:20.9 | from Passion Project to Profitable profitable business and I'm your host |
| 0:24.3 | Nakela Matthew Zocomey so let's get started. |
| 0:27.6 | Hey hey guys welcome welcome back to the show it's |
| 0:32.3 | Nakela here and today the guest chair we have |
| 0:35.3 | Tamika Rochester |
| 0:37.5 | Tamika is the owner and founder of Harlem Cycle Harlem's first and only indoor cycling studio. She also has three degrees, |
| 0:46.7 | mathematics from Spellman College, mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of |
| 0:51.3 | Technology, and her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. |
| 0:55.6 | And we get into how all of these influenced her in the interview. |
| 0:59.1 | So in 2016, Tamika decided to tap into her passion for fitness and open Harlem's first and only indoor |
| 1:06.9 | cycling studio. |
| 1:08.9 | Tamika's journey to opening an indoor cycling studio in Harlem started when she was looking to find a workout |
| 1:14.4 | that would both get her back in shape |
| 1:16.6 | while putting her in a positive frame of mind. |
| 1:20.1 | After exploring the various workout options that existed, she found herself drawn to indoor cycling, |
| 1:25.8 | since it took her back to her happy childhood memories of riding her bikes on the streets of Atlanta. |
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