All right everyone today's episode is Anne Malume and started this company called Solid Core.

Solid Core is a Pilates studio where she bootstrapped it in the first year she did something like a million and a half in revenue.

It costs like a hundred thousand dollars to start and she eventually sold this company in the year nine for something like 350 million dollars and she goes through this entire story

But if you're listening I think the really amazing part is to copy some of her attributes because I get done listening to her and I'm like I need to step it up in terms of confidence or in terms of being passionate about something.

And in fact, there's like in minute 30, I honestly tiered up hearing some of her stories. So check it out. And by the way, if you are interested in Ann, I'm going to give a plug for MoneyWise this podcast I did with her where she went deep on her finances.

So how much money she spends, how much money she made, everything.

And because I liked her so much on that podcast, I wanted her to come on here.

So check it out. And I hope you guys enjoy this episode and let me know in the comments.

Let's do a little background so I think you had a normal job but then started a

nonprofit called back on my feet is that right yeah And what was the original idea? I don't know if you know much about how the

homeless system works, but many of the shelters in the major cities, you can go live there for 30 days and then you get kicked out. They give you 30 days to get your

crap together, which is not very much time for someone who isn't going

through homelessness, to be honest, to sort of start over, go back in the city,

get back in the system.

95% of the folks we worked with were dealing with addiction on some level.

So, you know, Sam, I know a little bit of your

addiction and I think I mentioned on our last conversation my dad's an addict and when you ask my dad

Mark what was your addiction and he'll kind of look at you and say everything

because my dad doesn't understand moderation.

You know, he had unfortunately instances with drugs and alcohol.

He went into inpatient program before it was five, so I don't really remember this,

but that seemed to do the trick he hasn't had a

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