Meet today’s guest in-person. Annette Rondano, founder of The Great Metropolitan Backrub, is participating in our WeMentor Mini LAB on June 19. She is upgrading her sales process. You can too. Yin and Yang Mini LAB Join us. See the Mentoring Tips below to sign-up.
Annette has been in business since 1995. She started out with chair massage at Calhoun Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prince wrote a song entitled, Calhoun Square.
Before starting The Great Metropolitan Backrub, Annette was living in poverty and raising two small children as a single Mom. Annette is college educated and grew-up in an entrepreneurial environment and around wealthy people. Her parents ran two frame stores. She knew she could find her way out of poverty through business ownership. Download
Annette joined one of my peer mentoring groups in 1998 where she wrote her first business plan. Got a $36,000 business loan and took the feedback from fellow peer mentors over a three-year period and grew to owning two stores. A different path than her parents. The same entrepreneurial spirit and tenacity to never give up.
We talk about the healthcare industry and how allopathic medicine hasn’t made us better. Synthetic pharmaceuticals are very dangerous. Pills aren’t fixing us. Using our inner wisdom can. Annette says, “Massage helps people get to know their body in ways they haven’t before.”We discuss her journey through 2005. Next week we will continue our conversation to present time.
Here are some massage industry statistics I found after our mentoring conversation. The reference and more information can be found in the Mentoring Conversation Resources.
The Massage Therapy Profession
- Research estimates that massage therapy was a $16 billion industry in the country in 2017.
- By comparison, in 2005, massage therapy was projected to be a $6 to $11 billion a year industry.
- It is estimated that there are 335,000 to 385,000 massage therapists and massage school students in the United States.
- From 2012 to 2017, revenue from alternative/complementary healthcare providers, which includes massage therapists, increased 4 percent, and employment increased 3.3 percent. Revenue growth is projected to continue at an average rate of 4 percent per year through 2022.
- Between July 2016 and July 2017, surveys indicate that roughly 47.1 – 59.5 million adult Americans (19 – 24 percent) had a massage at least once. The Massage Therapy Profession
Mentoring Tips
- To Sign-up for the WeMentor Mini LAB, email, nancy@wementor.com . You can then pay online at www.wementor.com . Scroll down to payment options and follow the directions. Or, you can send a $79.00 check made out to WeMentor, inc., 1545 Toledo Ave. N., Golden Valley, MN 55422.
- Schedule a massage with Annette or one of her team members.
- Check out our WeMentor E.L.M. LABs
How Can You Get To Know Your Body Better? Episode 124 The Great Metropolitan Backrub
Resources
- Prince’s song, Listen to Calhoun Square
- Allopathic or allopathy is another word for modern scientific systems of medicine, or Western medicine. The term was coined in 1810 by Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, as a synonym for mainstream medicine. Allopathic Definition
- The Start of Holistic Schools
Podcast Guest Mentor
Annette Rondano. Annette owns the Great Metropolitan Backrub. No Appointments. No Oils. No Showers. Fully-clothed Therapeutic Massage or Shiatsu by the minute. The Great Metropolitan Backrub is the Twin Cities most convenient, affordable, absolutely “Best Massages in Minnesota.” Best Massages in Minnesota
Episode 124: How Can You Get To Know Your Body Better?
Author: Nancy A. Meyer, M.A.
Nancy A. Meyer, M.A., is a seasoned entrepreneurial leader, business and life mentor/coach/teacher, podcaster, author, and certified mindfulness yoga and meditation integrator (she integrates those skill sets into everything). Nancy’s compassionate and collaborative approach reinforces resilience while maintaining accountable conversations supporting how you redefine your lead while redesigning your business. Nancy calls this “Dual Innovation Leadership.” Nancy founded WeMentor, inc. in 1992 to change the leadership in our country by providing emerging and existing business owners with mentoring in Dual Innovation Leadership. She has mentored thousands and is eager to work with you! Assert self-leadership and get started today! Clients say, “Nancy is a compelling, engaging, and ‘decipher the trees from the forest’ kind of mentor, speaker, and leader. A dedicated entrepreneurial leader and mentor who role models what she preaches. Her style and candor enrich the content she delivers and the results clients experience.” Nancy accepts people where they are while inspiring them to breakthrough into new dimensions: As an Entrepreneurial Leader (Innovator), As a Competent Business Owner (Practitioner) As a Mentor (Role Model) As a Spiritual Being and Self-Leadership Master! Start by subscribing to WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST. Join your peers and...
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