The Disruptive Entrepreneur

‘I am motivated, have loads of energy and want to motivate and encourage others. I am happy speaking in front of a crowd’ The name Rosemary Conley is synonymous with diet and fitness and in this episode, Rob and Rosemary are in conversation about her entrepreneurial journey discussing candidly both the highs and the lows. Having been in business for nearly 50 years Rosemary has fascinating insights into success and how to achieve it.   KEY TAKEAWAYS We launched Rosemary Conley as a franchise in 1993 and sold 67 franchises in the first year My diets, books and fitness were all going out to the people and the business grew at an incredible rate. It was such an adventure, we had fantastic opportunities for franchising and product endorsements. In 2014 it became tricky because by then the whole world was doing fitness. Instead of people queuing for classes, it became difficult to get people to attend. We lost a number of franchisees followed by the magazine and it all came to an end in a year. I should have licen