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Episode 10: Interview with Bedriye Hulya, founder of B-fit
Episode 10: Interview with Bedriye Hulya, founder of B-fit
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jun 9, 2014
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Podcast episode
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Bedriye Hulya is the founder of B-fit, Turkey’s first national chain of women-only gyms. Bedriye is a serial entrepreneur, prior to setting up B-fit she set up a popular restaurant, two boutique hotels and an importing company. Bedriye opened the first branch of B-fit in February 2006 based on an idea she had come across when living in America.B-fit now has more than 250 gyms in a variety of socio-economic and geographic locations throughout Turkey-with more than a hundred and sixty thousand members-the majority of whichare run by women as franchisees. Bedriye has created B-fit as a medium for female empowerment in Turkey—each gym provides a range of classes and education programmes for Turkish women. Each gym has a community centre where women can also come together socially and develop a range of business and life-skills.Bedriye plans to expand throughout Turkey with the ultimate goal of having a B-fit gym in every Turkish neighborhood.In this interview, Bedriye talks about:
Exercise as a tool for female empowerment
The importance of economic empowerment through entrepreneurship
How word of mouth has helped build B-fit grow
The challenges funding a social business in Turkey
Why Bedriye recruits people who are unhappy with the status quo
The mix of patience and impatience that is key to success as a social entrepreneur
Exercise as a tool for female empowerment
The importance of economic empowerment through entrepreneurship
How word of mouth has helped build B-fit grow
The challenges funding a social business in Turkey
Why Bedriye recruits people who are unhappy with the status quo
The mix of patience and impatience that is key to success as a social entrepreneur
Released:
Jun 9, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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