SUCCESS
Charlotte Roach
I realised that it wasn’t sport and exercise that was
wrong, it was the products available to enable you to
get fit that were falling short
I quit my
job and
decided
to live off
the fear of
failure...
and a lot
of Tesco
Value baked
beans!
Capital. As it says on the
website, www.joinrabble.
com - the Rabble runs fitness
classes unlike any other.
Every session is a game, a
different one every time.
Fitness can be fun!
“This summer we held an
event for Tesco, with loads of
their staff, which was like a
team building, incentive day
for them. It was great fun and
a big achievement for us, as a
small company, as we’ve only
been running for five months.
Now we’ve been offered
£150,000 in funding to help
us to expand and to bring on
additiona l support staff as, as
you can imagine with most
start-ups, it has been
all hands to the pump so
far,” she said.
It is often said that
everyone has an idea, just not
everybody has the make up to
go for it. For Charlotte, that
certainly rings true, and she
has a theory as to why that is.
“I think, for most people
the biggest obstacle is the
fear of failure. Those who
tell themselves “What have I
got to lose?” are generally the
ones who can take the next
step. Others mire themselves
in the what-ifs and buts and
never get it off the ground,”
she theorised, adding; “For
me, I said, I’m alive, so it can’t
get any worse than it was.”
Still, it took a nudge in
the right direction for her to
get Join The Rabble from a
concept on paper to reality.
“I was working in
construction and got offered a
great opportunity where I was
to name my salary and hours,
but I’d had a few ideas evolving
in my head for a while and I
figured if I took this job then
they’d probably die forever.
There just wouldn’t be an
opportunity to pursue them
and this would be my life from
now on. It kind of struck a
chord with me, so I quit my job
and lived off the fear... and a lot
of Tesco Value baked beans!”
With the accident firmly in
the rear-view mirror, Charlotte
is now looking to push forward
with her business venture. The
progress they have made since
inception, considering they
only started with Charlotte’s
£3,500 in savings, goes to show
that you don’t need vast sums
of money or crippling loans to
make a business a success.
“In five years time, it’d be
great to be able to go into any
major town in the UK and join
a Rabble,” mused the British
star. “We’ve only been running
for half a year, and the first
few events were free so we
could test the market. Now
we’ve been offered funding and
worked with big companies
like Tesco, so who really knows
where this could end up?”
Charlotte’s story of going
from major adversity to success
is certainly inspiring, and she
has some excellent words
of wisdom for anyone who
finds themselves struggling
at the bottom in business
too, founded from her own
experiences.
“Anyone can fight a battle,
but it is totally about mindset.
Everyone goes through difficult
periods, but being a bit nicer
to yourself, and surrounding
yourself with good people
helps. Believing you can do
something is half the battle,”
she smiled.
Contact:
To find a Rabble near you and
get involved in the fun, visit
www.joinrabble.comm
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