Tim Bainton and Alex Planes You’ve made it! You’ve built yourself a thriving business, and now it’s time to grow. Every entrepreneur’s goal is to make more money while working less than they were at their old nine-to-five grind. At least, it should be -- why start a...

Tim Bainton and Alex Planes Some fitness entrepreneurs and coaches seem to have it all figured out. Their business is thriving, their book of business is packed, and the community is buzzing about their talent and expertise. It’s not necessarily because they really...

Tim Bainton and Alex Planes Are you ready to start a fitness business, or do you already have one? Have you written a business plan yet? “Make lots of money” doesn’t count. We told you to start figuring out your niche -- an important component of effective business...

Tim Bainton and Alex Planes Are you ready to start a business? You’re probably mentally ready. You’re reading this article, after all. But are you financially ready? You might have heard that 90 percent of all businesses fail within their first five years of...

F Tim Bainton and Alex Planes People become sports and fitness professionals for many reasons. They might want to continue a lifelong relationship that began on courts or in gyms as children and turn passion into profit. They might want to be able to wear comfortable...

Maintaining Health Insurance while travelling - International Medical Group This is the first in our series of monthly columns related to controlling and managing your financial and personal health while traveling. Knowing that you have health and medical resources at...

It might surprise you to discover that the most powerful lead-building tool in today’s connected world remains the humble business card. Exchanging business cards is professional human interaction at its best. The ability to connect face to face can elevate you above...

Tennis is one of the oldest of the modern ball sports, and its lineage can be traced back to palm-ball games played in the 12th century. Modern tennis, as we know it, has been played in essentially the same format for well over a century with few rule changes. Even...

Nobody is an island, and no business can succeed if its leaders close themselves off from the outside world. There may be a huge array of digital opportunities for connection, but none of them will matter, and none of them will endure if you can’t forge durable bonds...

Imagine you’re in a typical office. Look around you. There are patterns everywhere. They’re in the stripes on the carpet, the tiles in the ceiling, and even in usual clutter of a workspace. What will you do about those patterns? Do you clean up the clutter or lay down...

Any good tennis player can adjust their strategy and think creatively to win a match. This adaptability is often the killer edge that pushes some players far ahead of others. The same is true in the “game” of business, of which coaching is only one small element. A...

Coaches: What Does Successful Entrepreneurship Look Like? Entrepreneurship is a primordial urge, independent of product, service, industry, or market. The business of tennis is similar to the game itself, since a tennis entrepreneur must adjust his strategy and think...