Herb Liberman ⋅ Healdsburg, CA BPS Reprograhics ⋅ 35 years experience

A couple of thoughts regarding financing. Try crowd funding, which you can review on Google. A number of websites offer crowd funding. An SBA loan may be a direction. Many banks are makers of these loans. More than happy to review your business plan.

Eric Miller ⋅ Pueblo, CO U.S. Air National Guard, Captain ⋅ 8 years served

I agree Kickstarter is great, but consider Indieegogo. Kickstarter requires you to raise all of the funds toward your campaign to get the full funding. For example, if you want to raise $10,000 and only get 9,000 raised, you get zero. With Indiegogo however, you have a goal, but get whatever is raised. Here is a good comparison of these two. There are others in the crowdfunding realm. I've had several friends generate funds with successful campaigns on both. http://crowdfundingdojo.com/articles/kickstarter-vs-indiegogo-choosing-your-crowdfunding-platform

Crystal Benton ⋅ Alexandria, VA Powell Tate ⋅ 13 years experience

Hi Ryan,
The Small Business Administration has programs specifically for vets starting small businesses:

http://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/ovbd/resources/160511
And
http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/1/2985

Hope this helps, thank you for your service,
Crystal

Dario Dangelo ⋅ Los Gatos, CA IBM ⋅ 24 years experience

Hi Ryan,
my favorite is Kickstarter .
http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav
Best of luck.
- Dario -

Tom Cal, CFA ⋅ San Francisco, CA Army Veteran, Investment Manager ⋅ 25 years experience

Ryan,
I admire your entrepreneurial spirit.

Here is an interactive practical exercise. Read the discussion below. Perform your own research on these topics, then come back and teach us what you've learned. I think it will benefit you more to first self-discover the knowledge, and then come back and ask follow up questions.

The busies plan is I think critical. Who are competitors? Are there examples of other mobile operator sin the fitness industry. (Google mobile crossfit, mobile gym, etc.)

https://www.google.com/search?q=help+writing+a+business+plan

http://www.bing.com/search?q=mobile+crossfit+-alabama

A mentor from SCORE.org can also help you write a business plan.

SCORE.org

https://acp-advisornet.org/search?Search=crowdfunding

https://www.google.com/search?q=veteran+small+business+funding

https://www.google.com/search?q=veteran+crowdfunding

https://www.google.com/search?q=crowdfunding

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