We are just passing our yr mark but still having major issues getting our name out there. Especially since we just moved back into a garage style training environment, but when funds are low you do what you have to do.
Well, we started in our garage, teaching my Law Enforcement staff our self-defense program. We eventually partnered with a gym in our local mall, and things "boomed" for us, we gained like 10 more students. Which was a lot for us in the first week. But around 4 months into the partnership, I found out he was not cleaning the gym at all when I was not there, and it was just too unclean. I picked up his tile mats and my feet stuck to the floor type dirty. I told him I could not have children training if he refused to try and keep it clean when I am not there. So, we discontinued and moved back into a garage style gym. Needless we lost all but 5 memberships, but I could not keep them training in that. They said if we had a "commercial location" they would join again. So, we are starting over once again.