GYM OWNERS

Create More Impact, More Income, and More Freedom

Get one-on-one coaching, in-person retreats, support in developing your team, and more… from actual gym owners just like you

If you’ve been in this business for any period of time, you probably know the fitness industry has a real problem…

Too many training gym and studio owners are struggling to get by.

See if any of this rings a bell…

Or maybe you’re already kicking ass but you just KNOW there’s another level…

To create an even BIGGER impact, to increase your income, and experience real personal freedom…

The Unicorn Society is exactly what you’re looking for to take your business to the next level.

We help training gym owners create more freedom, a bigger impact on your clients, and more take-home income… without compromising your integrity.

How we help

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Personalized coaching to overcome overwhelm

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A library of proven playbooks to grow your gym

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10+ Office Hours per week for on-demand support

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In-person retreats to connect with peers

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Weekly trainings to learn what’s working now

access

Access for your team for no extra charge

We are a curated community of hand-picked fitness business super-achievers…

And we’ve been waiting for you.

Who is the Unicorn Society For?

What You Get

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Success Stories

Who We Are

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Business for Unicorns is run by gym owners, just like you.

Our founders, Mark Fisher and Michael Keeler, founded NYC’s wildly eccentric Mark Fisher Fitness in 2012. MFF has been named one of Men’s Health’s Top Gyms in America, been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Inc., the Wall St Journal and more, and has grossed $30m in revenue and counting.

BFU Coach Pete Dupuis is the co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, widely regarded as the top baseball training facility in the world. Pete has an MBA from Babson college and nearly two decades experience running one of strength & conditioning’s most respected brands.

BFU Coach Ben “The Secret Weapon” Pickard is the owner of Lean Strong Fitness in Guelph, Ontario. Ben has consistently made multiple six figures in profit running the exact kind of gym that most of our clients aspire to operate. He’s also one of the smartest systems/operations minds in the industry.

Business for Unicorns is run by gym owners, just like you.

Our founders, Mark Fisher and Michael Keeler, founded NYC’s wildly eccentric Mark Fisher Fitness in 2012. MFF has been named one of Men’s Health’s Top Gyms in America, been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Inc., the Wall St Journal and more, and has grossed $30m in revenue and counting.

BFU Coach Pete Dupuis is the co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, widely regarded as the top baseball training facility in the world. Pete has an MBA from Babson college and nearly two decades experience running one of strength & conditioning’s most respected brands.

BFU Coach Ben “The Secret Weapon” Pickard is the owner of Lean Strong Fitness in Guelph, Ontario. Ben has consistently made multiple six figures in profit running the exact kind of gym that most of our clients aspire to operate. He’s also one of the smartest systems/operations minds in the industry.

Memorable Unicorn Society Moments

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DREW SKAGGS

OWNER OF THE SHOP

Our monthly recurring revenue has increased by over $16,000 every month.

And from year to year, from 2021 to 2122, we grew by 50% in our total revenue. From 2022 to projected 2023 is going to be almost 40% more.

And from year to year, from 2021 to 2122, we grew by 50% in our total revenue. From 2022 to projected 2023 is going to be almost 40% more.

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Marrie merritt

Owner of momentum fitness

Since joining BFU, my average monthly growth revenue has increased from $60,500 to $72,900 year to date.

I have been flipping the archaic systems my business used and am implementing new ones from BFU.

If you’re questioning pulling the proverbial trigger and think you can do it alone, let me be the cautionary tale, and don’t hesitate!

Want to know a bit more before you apply? Email us at hello@businessforunicorns.com

FAQs

Ok, hold on to your hats. Here are all the bells and whistles…

COACHING

  • Up to 60 minutes of 1-on-1 Coaching Calls
    – So you get customized support to decide what to fix next and coaching on how to fix it
  • Weekly Accountability Text Check-Ins
    So you stay on track with your Most Important Next Action
  • 10+ Office Hours Per Week
    – So you can always  access on-demand coaching
  • Complementary Access to BFU’s 12-Week Marketing Sprint
    – So you can follow along a  done-for-you curriculum to master gym marketing
  • PLUS We will coach your team for you
    – So you can rely on industry experts to help develop and upskill your staff

 

CONTENT

  • 60+ Playbooks
    So you have a done-for-you solution to any problem and any copy-pastable system you may need
  • Unicorn University Library of Video Courses
    – So you can go deep on important topics for gym owners like time management, leadership, customer service, wealth-building, and more
  • Live Weekly Trainings
    – So you stay up-to-date with fresh trainings on exactly what’s working now
  • SOPs for Mark Fisher Fitness and Cressey Sports Performance
    – So you can model the systems used by two of the most successful gyms in the industry
  • Done-for-you 2025 Marketing Calendar with swipeable copy, scripts, offers, dates, and more
    – So you can have a simple, effective, and copy-pastable plan of action to grow your gym in 2025
  • Did we mention your team gets access to all of this too?

 

COMMUNITY

  • In-Person Retreats:
    – Toronto March 21st-22nd: Marketing & Sales
    – Denver September 26th-27th: People & Systems
        – 3 Free Tickets for You and 2 Team Members
    So you can travel to awesome places, connect with like-minded gym owners, and  learn from industry experts
  • Small Group Meet-Ups in Seattle, Austin, NYC, Boston, NJ, South FL, London, and more
    So you have even more chances to meet in-person with other members and gym owners in a small group setting
  • Members Only Facebook Group
    – So you can immediately crowdsource solutions and resources from the entire group

The Unicorn Society is a 12 month commitment. Just like you expect your clients to take their commitment seriously, we expect the same.

That said, we know sometimes life really and truly gets in the way. So we’ll always work with you if truly extenuating circumstances pop up.

And/or you try it out and for some reason you hate our guts. 😉

We have 10+ Office Hours calls per week. So it’s very unlikely you won’t be able to find an Office Hour.

Also, you have up to 60 minutes of 1-on-1 coaching per month that fits around your schedule. PLUS you get access to video recordings of our weekly trainings.

We’ll be sad and cry! But we’ll still love you.

The retreats are one of the most valuable parts of membership, and our most successful members attend at least one (if not both) each year.

That said, we understand it can be hard to get away. That’s why we make high-quality video recordings of all talks to upload to our online learning platform.

Pretty much. Technically we had 2 locations in New York City at one point. But the second wasn’t open very long. So the vast majority of our revenue came from 1 location. And yes, it was over $30 million. In fact, almost $34 million between 2012-2024. But who’s counting? 😉

If you have less than 30 active clients and don’t work full time in the business, sadly we can’t help you. In most cases, you’re best served by our free resources while you grow to 30 active clients. We recommend starting HERE.

Once you have 30 clients, you’re eligible for our 12-week marketing sprint. For the Unicorn Society itself, we usually suggest a minimum of 50 clients. We occasionally break this rule if you’re a stone cold killer.

You also need to have some time to work on your business. If you have absolutely no time to do anything at all, it’s not going to be the right fit. We give you plenty of copy-pastable stuff, but even those resources need some time to be implemented.

Also, if you don’t actually own a gym or fitness studio, then we can’t help you. Sorry personal trainers and online coaches; we love ya, but we are not the droid you are looking for.

Our bread and butter is gyms and fitness studios that offer small or large group strength training and/or sports performance. That’s what most of our members do. And it’s what our co-founders and coaches offer at their gyms.

We also work great with class-based models that have a strength component, like CrossFits and other independent brands. And some of our client gyms offer primarily one-on-one personal training.

We’re not the best fit if you’re a big box gym with open access memberships (unless you’d like to roll out a small group training option, then we can help). We’re also not the best fit for non-strength training modalities like yoga, pilates, cycling, kickboxing, etc.

While we’re fitness agnostic and love to see people moving and being active, we also know enough to stay in our lane. So we focus on modalities and business models where we have a proven track record, both in our own gyms and with our clients.

We do! In fact, our co-founder Mark Fisher currently owns a fitness franchise, Alloy Personal Training. So he’s very familiar with the in’s and out’s of franchising as a model, and we have other franchisees in our group.

That said, check out the FAQ above about “what kind of gyms we work with” to learn more about what modalities are — and aren’t — a fit. And remember, when you work with a franchise system, the franchisor will make a lot of the final calls about what plays you can and can’t run.

So while we do work with franchisees, we take that relationship seriously. Mama didn’t raise no home-wreckers! So we’ll give you playbooks you can implement, and we’ll also invite you to honor the sanctity of your business marriage. 🙂

Yep! We guarantee a $60k return within 12 months of being a Unicorn Society member. (Many of our members do a lot better, btw.) If we don’t help you achieve that, we’ll work with you for free until we do.

Definitely not. But if you wanna pay for the year up front, we’ll give you a few bucks off.

$1299 per month.

But again, you can save some cash if you want to pay-in-full.

Honestly? You don’t. And neither do we.

Because at the end of the day, it will be up to you to implement. If you’re not coachable and you execute poorly and/or slowly, we wouldn’t expect you to get different results.

And you know what else? We have no idea how good your product is. We assume you’re at least ok, as the vast majority of gym owners are not reading this or even thinking about how they can improve their business. We do provide some guidance here, mostly through our partners at Certified Functional Strength Coach. But even with the best business systems, the strength of your product is going to be a huge deal when it comes to word of mouth and retention.

Not only that, you know what else no one ever seems to talk about? Some markets are just harder than others. And that means even when you do things right, it’s going to be harder than less-crowded markets.

Ok, ok.. Did I crush your dreams? 😉 I hope not! 

Because in most cases, we CAN help.

What we know for sure is: when gym owners implement our systems, we have a track record of consistently adding $100k, $150k, $250k and more. We’ve done it again and again and again. And again. And again. 

That’s why we can guarantee you’ll add at least $60k revenue within 12 months. We’d look like idiots and go out of business if we couldn’t deliver on this.

For more, check out a bazillion testimonials and vids HERE.

And for what it’s worth? While you should damn sure DEMAND a return on your investment…

Sometimes there’s value in slightly more modest returns that ALSO cut your work week in half and lower your blood pressure with a clear plan to win over time.

That’s up to you to decide!

You can see all our bells and whistles above. And we think we got us some good-ass bells and whistles. They’ll make it a metric ton easier to increase your income, impact, and freedom.

And it’s also true we have a unique and varied track record between our partners’ experience:

  • Making nearly $34m running a gym in NYC
  • Partnering with Eric Cressey to create the world’s top baseball performance facility
  • Running a gym in Guelph, Ontario that’s pulled in multi-six figure profits for almost a decade
  • Opening up and running a franchise gym
  • Speaking and consulting all over the world to businesses in and out of fitness, from mom and pop independent gyms to globally recognized brands

 

All of this is to say nothing about our coaches who run multiple locations, operate other companies in other industries, and generally put up gonzo numbers of revenue AND take-home income.

But we’re not here to tell you we’re “better” than any other solution. Yes, there are many shady-ass characters in the “get rich quick online business coaching space.” But there are definitely other good options.

And sometimes we’re not the right vibe fit (we’re not offended).

Or sometimes you’re not ready to make this big of a commitment and investment.

Or sometimes you probably should just hire an ad agency to get you more leads.

The good news is we’re playing a long game here. And we ain’t going anywhere. If and when you want you to hop on a call, we’ll tell it to ya straight. That may mean sending you elsewhere OR telling we can help and if you don’t sign up right now you’re making a big mistake. 😉

But at the end of the day, our most important principle is this: you know your business best.

And we’re here to support in any way that feels right to you.

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