Start-Up Circle Success Stories
Success Stories
Since 2021, Realize Bradenton has offered the Start-Up Circle program, a free cohort-style learning experience for aspiring and newly established entrepreneurs. The program helps participants build a strong foundation, gain confidence, and take meaningful steps toward owning and growing a business.
Five years later, Start-Up Circle graduates are putting their ideas into action across our community. This series celebrates their journeys and gives you a closer look at the people, passion, and purpose behind their businesses.
Meet Addie Rose, founder of Yoga with Addie and Pathways Yoga.
Addie works with organizations that want to offer yoga (and other wellness aspects) to their employees, citizens, students, and patients.
Her clients include:
- City government (yoga in parks, libraries)
- Government employees (teachers, students)
- Healthcare organizations (yoga for employees, yoga for patients)
- Aquariums (staff and guests)
- And many more.
Addie offers yoga in person and online with a footprint in the west coast of Florida, Denver, St Louis, Missouri, and Southwestern Illinois. She also offers yoga retreats and has taught in India, Sedona, AZ, Yosemite, California, Italy, and Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.
We asked her to share more about the story behind her business, what she learned in the Start-Up Circle, and what she’s up to today. Here’s what she had to say…
Tell us about the biggest "ah-ha" moment you had during the Start-Up Circle...
Every class. The accounting was especially helpful. The business plan. The connections with other small business owners and experts. The advice to delegate (hire out) the things that I wasn’t an expert at, like accounting, billing, marketing, and social media.
What's one piece of advice from the program that you find yourself using every day?
Do what you love. Some days it’s a labor of love, but I love teaching yoga, and I love facilitating classes.
Who is your ‘ideal customer’ and how do you want them to feel when they interact with your brand/business?
I love working with medium-sized organizations that are looking to retain the awesome employees they have. Many don’t know that when they offer classes for employees, the cost may be reimbursed entirely or partially through their health insurance programs.
I want all of my students to feel respected, cherished, and supported. We all need love (agape) and support. That’s my “why.”