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September 30th, 2008

BUTTERFLY LIFE: Unhappy Franchisee Interview With Matt Wilson, Franchise Owner

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BUTTERFLY LIFE: Interview With Franchisee Matt Wilson
After attending a well-orchestrated sales seminar, Atlanta-area franchise owner Matt Wilson and his wife joined Butterfly Life with the dream of being their own boss, helping women improve their health, and getting a good return on their investment.  Once they opened their club, they claim […]

By Sean Kelly -- 1 comment

March 2nd, 2008

Butterfly Life’s Golob: Failed Franchise Owners Should Blame Themselves

(FranchisePick.Com) Related Reading:
Fortune Article Spotlights Butterfly Life Franchise Woes
Butterfly Life Franchise Lawsuit in Forbes
Franchise Pick’s Most Volatile Posts of 2007: A Wrap-Up
Franchise Dreams Becoming Nightmares for Many Fitness Club Owners
Will the REAL Butterfly Life Franchise Please Wave Its Wings?
IS BUTTERFLY LIFE A GREAT FITNESS FRANCHISE?
Read interviews with Butterfly Life franchisees at UnhappyFranchisee.com
In Stuart […]

By Sean Kelly -- 13 comments

February 15th, 2008

Article Scrutinizes Quiznos Rick Schaden, 1-2-3 Fit Franchise, Butterfly Life Franchise, Contours Express Franchise & Fitness Franchise Woes

Stuart Goldman of Club Industry’s Fitness Business Pro, a leading health club industry trade publication, has written an extensive and well-researched article on the struggling 30-minute fitness franchise chains and some of the powerful names that were instrumental in putting the match to this “hot new franchise” phenomenon.
I plan to look at particular points of […]

By Sean Kelly -- 7 comments

December 20th, 2007

Troubled Fitness Franchise Butterfly Life Lowers Franchisee Royalties

(FranchisePick.Com) Read interviews with Butterfly Life franchisees at UnhappyFranchisee.com
Failed, failing and still-struggling club owners of the Butterfly Life women’s fitness chain have not been shy in voicing their displeasure with BL President/CEO/Founder Mark Golob and Chairman/Founder Thomas Gergley [pictured, below].
On recent FranchisePick.Com BL posts (see here and here), Golob gets the most blistering comments, […]

By Sean Kelly -- 45 comments

September 12th, 2007

Will the REAL Butterfly Life Franchise Please Wave Its Wings?

(FranchisePick.Com)  Read interviews with Butterfly Life franchisees at UnhappyFranchisee.com
Finding reliable information on a given franchise opportunity can be a challenge. Sometimes you have to sort through wildly conflicting views and accounts.
For example, we sought out information on a fitness franchise opportunity called Butterfly Life in our post IS BUTTERFLY LIFE A GREAT FITNESS FRANCHISE?
The […]

By Sean Kelly -- 162 comments

May 10th, 2007

IS BUTTERFLY LIFE A GREAT FITNESS FRANCHISE?

Read interviews with Butterfly Life franchisees at UnhappyFranchisee.com
We sent out emails to fitness franchise owners, managers, employees, and customers asking which fitness franchise is best, and why. Our first responses were regarding a fitness franchise called “Butterfly Life.”
One commenter wrote:
Butterfly Life is the hottest new fitness franchise to hit since Curve’s… With all 3 […]

By Sean Kelly -- 410 comments