Slide 1: Jeff Skeen
Founder of Titan Fitness and accomplished Health and Fitness Industry Leader
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Slide 2: Jeff Skeen “I Didn’t Think It Would Be a Career”
1992, became partner in Gold’s Gym in Fairfax,VA. 1992-1998, grew from one club to 11 in four states 1998, hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to secure capital to purchase GGE now know as GGI. 1999-2004, served as principal and CIO of GGI 2004 , founded Titan Management Solutions, a consulting company to assist Gold’s Gym franchisees open new stores and improve operations Opened a facility with more than 7,000 memberships in pre-sales Turned chain operating at a loss of $1M per year to a projected annual profit of more than $700k within three months; successfully sold the chain five months later 2007, found Titan Fitness, an investment company dedicated to purchasing and opening gyms under the Gold’s Gym brand
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Slide 3: Titan’s Long-Term Vision
Build a chain of 60+ clubs in 4 – 6 markets 11/07 purchased 8 in Minneapolis 12/07 purchased 6 in Raleigh Buy first – both Gold’s branded and non-Gold’s clubs/chains 3+ locations $1.5 million adjusted EBITDA Keep management in place to continue to grow out the market Then build – establish/enhance brand leadership in acquired markets by building top notch clubs
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Slide 4: Leveraging Technology to Drive Profitability
Value of Using Technology to Drive Profitability Technology’s Impact on Three Components of Club Health Setting Up Your Organization for Optimal Club Efficiency
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Slide 5: State of the Union: Health & Fitness Industry
Our industry characteristics are extremely appealing Strong growth / recession resistant / stable Highly fragmented Excellent economics and cash flows Our industry has been discovered Heavy inflow of private and public capital in 2000’s Run of M&A activity Well-funded platforms consolidating and building new gyms Our world has dramatically changed Continued growth and consolidation – required by private and public investors Skill sets required to compete have changed Cost to be in the business has dramatically changed Technology is critical
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Slide 6: Value of Using Technology to Drive Profitability
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Slide 7: Value of Technology to Drive Profitability
Run your club like any other business Focus on operating each club more effectively not solely on revenue Technology is a critical element that provides the data and information clubs need to grow as well as tools to leverage staff’s time Analyzing the data captured by software and other technologies can help identify ways to maximize productivity, increase efficiency and drive profitability
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Slide 8: Data Analytics
Data is not useful until it becomes information What does the following data mean to you:
Chain of gyms haa a 40% Corporate EBITDA Maximum number of members per square foot in a gym is 4 A gym’s payroll is 17% of Revenue A 7,000 sqft facility has a four wall EBITDA of $300,000 A facility has $5 millions+ dollars in revenue 50% of a gym’s dues billings are billed using credit card Gym purchased for 7 times EBITDA
Until you have a way to evaluate your gyms performance to others, if you can improve your business.
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Slide 9: Data Analytics
What are tools you can use to evaluate your data?
IHRSA – Profiles of Success Billing Company – CheckFree has thousands of facilities in their database Other operators and consultants Business Intelligence – Tool used show data in a useful manner
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Slide 10: Business Intelligence Tool
Need to blurr data
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Slide 11: Billed vs. Collected Rates
(Average)
Active Members
Club Size
Average Collection Rate
(Average Collection Rate of Clubs with Collection Rates Lower than the Overall Average) 72.3% 62.8% 57.0% 89.7% 89.6% 89.5%
Low Mean
(Average Collection Rate of Clubs with Collection Rates Higher than the Overall Average) 99.4% 99.7% 99.1% 99.0% 98.4% 98.7%
High Mean
< 100 101 – 500 501 – 1000 1001 – 5000 5001 – 10000 > 10000
94% 92% 90% 97% 96% 96%
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Slide 12: Technology’s Impact on Three Components of Club Health
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Slide 13: Technology’s Impact on Club Health
Business Health Member Health Societal/Community Health
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Slide 14: Technology’s Impact on Business Health
Allows you to view performance in real-time Running standard daily reports can help identify potential issues and take swift corrective action. Can be as simple as: “No entry” reports Credit expiration reports Analyzing expense and revenue reports can help you find areas where you need to focus Bid where appropriate Using data captured through software applications such as accounting, billing and membership management systems to fine-tune club operations Accurate records help maximize selling price and save time when in the market to sell
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Slide 15: Technology’s Impact on Member Health
Clubs must have technology in place to help members achieve their personal goals. Caring about members pays off (have them blame you for their success): Increased retention Protects against when competitor enters market There are many tools / technologies a club can use to help members accomplish their objectives and track their success Health assessments Nutritional / meal programs Personal training
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Slide 16: Technology’s Impact on Societal/Community Health
The poor health of Americans continues to drive the prevalence of chronic disease in the United States The increasing prevalence of chronic disease is having an astronomical financial impact on the United States. Costs are in the trillions. Wellness and health promotion programs are showing positive results An effective health improvement program needs to take an integrated approach and focus on improving lifestyles
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Slide 17: Health clubs will become integral to preventive health, disease management, and lifestyle improvement programs
Health club works in unity with wellness programs, physicians, dieticians, and other specialists to personalize lifestyle improvement programs Utilizes technology to test members, measure progress, and securely share data with appropriate parties Results and other data supplements traditional medical data to form a more comprehensive “health picture”
Source: Briefing, “The Conexion Solution”
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Slide 18: Value Proposition*
Impact of Diabetes $132,000,000,000
Example
Number of Diabetics in the U.S. Cost Per Diabetic Reduction In Claim Cost Share In Savings Share to the Consumer, Employee, Employer, Provider, Health Program, Gym
17,000,000 $7,765 $388
$388
% of Diabetics That Can Be Helped AssumptionsTotal Share in Savings Available ($388 x 1.7M) Lifestyle improvements reduce medical claim costs by 5% 10% of the diabetic population can be helped
1,700,000 $659,600,000
*Provided by Deloitte Consulting
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Slide 19: Setting Up Your Organization for Optimal Efficiency
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Slide 20: Setting Up Your Organization for Optimal Efficiency
There are a number of technological products available. Be careful not to overwhelm staff with the implementation of new systems Strategically implement proven operational and technological systems Evaluate return on investment to determine if worthwhile Establish relationship with preferred vendor partners. Vendors have been exposed to many different ways of using their systems.
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Slide 21: Challenges Finding Right Software Solution
Looking for solutions within the health and fitness industry: Software companies are small with low employee count and minimal support staff Greater possibility of company failure Limited ability to create wide breath of successful product lines Limited resources to improve core products Looking outside the industry: More expensive Lack of attention due to perceived limited opportunity Not focused on specific health club needs
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Slide 22: Choose the Right Tools to Support Your Business, Staff and Members
Qualities of a Successful Software Solution. Should assist in: Increasing revenues or decreasing expenses Making staff more effective in completing their jobs Allowing management insight to business performance Improving ability to collect dues and keep the money you have earned Improving member retention by offering services to improve the member experience
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Slide 23: Example of an Increase in Profitability – Nutrition/Weight Management Division
Variables: New clients per month Supplements Weight Mgt Supplement Fees: Enrollment On-going Monthly Attrition Weight Management Fees Annual Increase in EBITDA (Beginning 3rd Year): Revenue Expenses Annual EBITDA System One-time setup Costs: $ $ $ 315,917 160,759 155,157 9,545 $ $ $ 35 11 75 45 10% 315
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Slide 24: Example of an Decrease in Expenses – Time & Attendance System (Biometric)
Variables: 50 employees $10 per hour wage 1% error factor $1,000 setup fee $2.50 per month per employee fee
Annual Savings due to accuracy/labor reduction Human Error Factor Savings $ Auditing Savings Corrected Time & Leave Data Entry Savings Lost Time Savings Gross Weekly Savings $ Gross Annual Savings $
309 50 10 25 267 661 34,353
System Costs Setup (one time) Annual On-going: 24 Employee Fee Time clock rental $ 1,000
1,500 2,400
Slide 25: Example of an Decrease in Expenses – Business Intelligence (Replace Excel)
Variables: Hourly rates Regional Ops GM OM $ $ $ 29 per hour 37 per hour 11 per hour
Note: includes 10% increase for taxes and benefits
Time allotment Ongoing Regional Ops General Mgr Operations Mgr 4 hr per month per gym 15 hr per month per gym 30 hr per month per gym
Annual Savings Due to reduction in labor:
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Regional Ops
$
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Slide 26: Example of an Decrease in Expenses – Billing Fees
Variables: Annual Dues Billing Fees Fee Reduction Annual Savings $ $ 1,200,000 5% 10% 6,000
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Slide 27: Additional ROI Considerations for Outsourced Billing & Gym Software
No incentive to steal More effective in collecting money Significant investment in gym management software & billing systems No one person responsible for billing or software functions Possible evaluation of business against large database of gyms PCI compliance protects against possible fines
Slide 28: Summary - Impact to Value of Business
Category Nutrition/Weight Mgt Division Time & Attendance System Business Intelligence Reduction in Billing Fees $ Improvement 155,157 30,453 12,020 6,000
Annual Improvement to EBITDA Purchase multiple of 4 times Less: System implementation Costs Increased Gym Value
$ $
203,630 814,520 (10,545)
$
803,975
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Slide 29: Contact Information
IHRSA Technology Summit was sponsored by:
www.checkfreecompete.com
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