45 Brilliant Coaching Related Business Ideas

Throughout my career, I have been a dedicated advocate for diversity and equality issues in the workplace. I received the Excellence in Citizenship and Diversity Award for my contributions during my 10-year career at Goldman Sachs in London. After an industry change to pharmaceuticals, I got married and relocated to New York City where I took a career hiatus of almost four years to raise my two children.

Try. We pride ourselves on running a disruptive company, and that means constantly trying new things - not just once or twice, but continually, each and every day.

Back in the early 90s, I had developed a marketing training workshop and newsletter. When people attended our day-long workshop, we were flooded with standing ovations and positive reviews; people claiming they learned more about marketing and advertising from us than in their entire MBA programs. The testimonials about the events were awesome.

While we serve all kinds of businesses, we know our sweet spot. Businesses that are currently generating between $500K and $5M per year are our primary target.

But we found going back to those folks in weeks or months that IMPLEMENTATION rates were abysmally low. We weren’t happy with that. And, while you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink, I decided maybe the chances of them drinking would go up if we shoved their faces in the water. The idea of a rigorous Coaching program was born.

Before I officially started ROTGO, I was planning and designing romantic rendezvous for my husband, family, and friends, for FREE!

I would get calls asking if I could set-up a room for this birthday, that anniversary, or help me get out the dog house!

I would get calls asking if I could set-up a room for this birthday, that anniversary, or help me get out the dog house! The defining moment that allowed for Romance On The Go to be born was in October 2010, when my bridesmaids and close friends surprised me on my wedding night. My bridesmaids and close friends very strategically sneaked off and decorated our Honeymoon Suite with candles and rose petals throughout the suite. Hear me when I say “strategically”, I mean I never noticed that they were missing from the reception.

After working 90+ hour weeks in investment banking at Rothschild for a few years out of college and then transitioning to private equity two years after that, I thought I had it made. I landed my dream job in private equity in my dream city (Boston) and had a much more healthy work/life balance.

The dream, however, quickly turned into a nightmare. In my first review less than 4 months on the job I was fired on the spot and asked to sign a waiver and take $10,000 to go away. I was confused and my confidence was shattered.

Even worse, I was blackballed from private equity in Boston. Every time I had an offer in hand it would get rescinded because the employer that fired me would only say that I worked there and wouldn’t give me a reference -- probably out of fear because I wouldn’t take the $10,000 or sign the waiver.

I came up with TeamFFLEX seeing the massive trend of everything turning online and want to help as many people as possible achieve results. In a traditional gym format trainers job, there are only so many hours you can work in a day and a limit on clients you can actually work with. For example, if a client does a 60-minute session and you work an 8 hour day you can see 8 clients within that day. There are also of course training teams, and classes as well as small groups but still even if I could have worked with 100 people a day in a gym it would not have been enough.

I wanted to find a way to help people all around the world. The people that couldn’t get to the gym or didn’t have the money to hire an expensive trainer. I wanted to make sure that no matter where people were at the gym or at home they had the ability to take action on their health and fitness and get results.

Seeing in today's world how basically kids are born with an iPhone in hand it all just made perfect sense. Take personal training online and help people all around the world. The thing about today's society is that we want it now. We don't want to wait. We don't want to go into a building, meet with some trainer, get sold on all the different expensive packages and then pay basically to have a really expensive cheerleader. I honestly believe that within the next 10 years we won’t see trainers in gyms anymore. The quality of training in gyms continues to drop due to the fact that not enough people get training and also that trainers can’t even make enough money to sustain a living. I knew that if I could go online with everything not only would I be able to impact people to a much larger degree, I would also be able to live a life on my terms.

Finding my first drop shipping supplier was by searching over AliExpress and looking for the supplier with the best reviews and years in business and most importantly communication reliability I would get on skype calls with the suppliers and do a mini-interview to see if they fit the criteria I was looking for, also another important thing was making sure my supplier had a license to sell these products I was marketing/selling.

My supplier would handle all the logistics like inventory and fulfillment that’s how the drop shipping business model works.

I set up an LLC in the US I got an accountant to manage the books using a Shopify app called Taxjar.

As an athlete and coach myself, I have experienced many situations that left me feeling dismayed at the state of affairs for women and girls involved in sports. I recall one such instance where I was playing at a very competitive level and the head coach screamed at me from 2 inches away with every expletive he could think of in front of our entire team because I asked him a question about the drill that was being done. I still vividly remember the spittle flying out of his mouth and hitting me in the face and not knowing what to do. The powerlessness I felt at that moment, coupled with the lack of appropriate response by the system when I reported him left me feeling hopeless for my future in sports. I ended up quitting soccer and refused to touch a ball for an entire year.

On the coaching side - as someone with 16 years of experience now, there are still instances in which I am treated differently than my male counterparts. One such example was when I was on the sideline waiting for the referee to come over and check my team prior to the start of the game. I was dressed in my coaching attire, had the whistle around my neck, the clipboard in my hand, and the player cards ready to be presented when the referee walked over to our sideline. He made eye contact with me and then proceeded to walk over the dad who happened to be on our side tying his daughter’s shoe and assumed that he was the coach.

Take time for yourself! Being an entrepreneur is hard work and you can’t do it to the best of your ability if you haven’t taken time for yourself to rest and rejuvenate. Self-care is integral to success.

I am Brittney Oliver, better known as “Coach Britt” and I am the founder of the Holistic Wellness Coaching Academy school for Gut Health and Mindset Coaching. I am a two-time author, board-certified coach, and passionate entrepreneur.

HWCA was built in the scarce moments between motherhood demands in an attempt to find a piece of my own identity, something that I was passionate about that could add to my family’s income which was only $35,000 a year at the time! What started as a singular course on the microbiome, evolved into an international, full coach training academy which now has graduates all over the world.

My name is Grantly Neely and I am the founder of GRANITE®,an education technology, and learning center. I am a longtime ed-tech enthusiast, certified KORU mindfulness instructor, and certified Mindfulness-Based Educator™.

Thanks to a bootstrap funding approach, a virtually non-existent capital requirement, and almost immediate cash flow, Granite’s average revenue is $30K/month and I have been able to retain 100% equity in the business!

Hello! My name is Robin Finney. I am a writer, international model, nomad, and founder of Wandering Aunt. I design and create solo travel and photoshoot experiences, lead souls retreats for people who wish to travel solo yet aren’t ready to do so on their own, offer intuitive card readings, and lead online workshops to support people in bringing their vision to life.

I officially began my business in July 2019 and it started to gain traction in December 2019. I took some time to really discover what it is that I want to offer and build as part of my brand. I attract clients who are wishing to gain more confidence in their life and discover their own unique essence.

• In 2018, Graham Cochrane, a young entrepreneur from Tampa, Florida, began mentoring people on how to earn money amid the Great Recession.
• He provides coaching and workshops to assist people in developing passive income streams. He helped set up his enterprises to work five to six hours each week.
• In 2005, Graham received his bachelor's degree in Arts, corporate communications & media from James madison university. He worked as an audio engineer in a 9-to-5 job to pursue his musical desire in a practical way.
• Following the loss of his employment as an audio engineer in 2009, he launched The Recording Revolution, one of the largest online resource platforms in the world for music production and audio recording.
• The second phase of his journey as a trainer began in 2018 as he started teaching people how to generate money from their hobbies by selling online courses and coaching programs.
• After six months of coaching, he earned $120,000 per month in passive income through his online courses.
• He also very recently penned a book named "How to Get Paid for What You Know," which was published by BenBella Books. Plus, he has been a business consultant to over 2,800 clients.

Main outcomes:

• The founder of the most loved online audio recording and music production resources.
• Graham is a business coach with over 3,500 premium customers worldwide.
• He now hosts over 80,000+ monthly followers on his podcast, blog, and YouTube channel combined.
• His online music business currently generates seven figures in revenue.

I am Brittney Oliver, better known as “Coach Britt” and I am the founder of the Holistic Wellness Coaching Academy school for Gut Health and Mindset Coaching. I am a two-time author, board-certified coach, and passionate entrepreneur.

HWCA was built in the scarce moments between motherhood demands in an attempt to find a piece of my own identity, something that I was passionate about that could add to my family’s income which was only $35,000 a year at the time! What started as a singular course on the microbiome, evolved into an international, full coach training academy which now has graduates all over the world.

My name is Tracie Fobes and I run a blogging education and coaching business.

There is no greater joy than doing what you love and seeing the money roll in.

I provide ADHD coaching with a touch of magic. I’m Lulu and I own Enchanted Coaching which is an ADHD coaching business aimed at 6-8-year-olds.

I am a princess performer in Australia meaning that I have the training to dance, sing, and talk like specific Disney princesses. It was during my work as a princess that I realized the poIr that princesses and characters can have in reaching out to neurodivergent children. There are several parties where parents are shocked by their child’s increased attention, engagement, and communication. This realization was compounded by my experience in teaching social skills while I was studying law and criminology at university. I used to run dungeons and dragons games to allow children to explore different social settings and behaviors. It was incredibly effective with many children successfully engaging in camps, classes, and general playground fun afterward.

Scott Rowley and Mike Morelli are the co-founders of Peak Prosper. The company helps coaching & consulting businesses plus adventure tour companies achieve scalable growth.

Their free mindset coaching course assists entrepreneurs in building a successful business that works with their active lifestyle. They help them get rid of obstacles by offering them advice on how to succeed.

Peak Prosper assists entrepreneurs who are in control of the necessary tools to grow their businesses but lack the attitude and internal success principles needed to make their vision a reality.

Co-founder Mike had a strong sense of entrepreneurialism but lacked the inner resources needed to launch a successful business.

But with the right coaching & mentorship, he was able to move from barely making $5k per month to crushing $26k per month, and he is now on the upswing helping other people achieve the same.

The business helps people:

• Get rid of your negative, anxious, and frustrated thoughts.
• Boost revenue and impact.
• Give yourself and your business greater mental and time freedom.

Hey, I'm Griff, and I'm the founder of MindEasy. We create meditation courses and content designed to help people find their way into mindfulness and meditation in a personal way.

This is the problem I wanted to solve with MindEasy. Help people discover what they want to achieve with meditation and then help them approach it in a relevant and meaningful way.

Chad Carson is a real estate investor and a successful business coach helping people attain financial independence and do more essential things in life.

He owns a successful real estate business in Clemson, South Carolina, and through his website, CoachCarson.com, he offers online coaching to people who want to invest in real estate.

His book Retire Early With Real Estate is a bestseller on Amazon. He enlightens and gives small investors the tools they need to succeed in real estate investing and with their money to focus more on the essential things in life.

Listen to the full podcast on podcasts.apple.com ➜

Hey Everyone, my name is Rahul Alim and I am the founder of Custom Creatives, a Digital Marketing Agency that helps connect business owners with their dream client, AKA, The Peoples Agency.

Monthly revenue is often the indicator many people use to determine the success of an agency or individual. While I don’t disagree, I put more emphasis on the success of our clients and the fact that we retain clients for many years, and in our case, many for over a decade. We have consistently been over 7-figures year over year.

Hello everyone! My name’s Pat Stedman and I’m the founder of The Dynamic Man, LLC. I started the company in 2015 when I decided to officially break into Dating and Relationship Coaching.

My “high-quality problem” at the moment is that I have a very large number of clients, and need to find a way to balance fulfillment with future growth. I love the men I work with, and refuse to give up quality for increased revenue. It’s so rewarding to see guys come to you confused or hurt and to emerge confident and capable. It’s also entertaining at times — guys have some crazy experiences with women!

My name is Max Heaney. I was 30 years old when I started Max Options Trading. My main product is education. I look to help anyone who truly wants to learn stocks, stock options, and technical analysis. My goal has consistently been to teach people the tools and techniques to use within the stock market. One of my mottos is “I do not fish for you, I teach you how to fish so you can make a secondary stream of income”. With this approach, I have been able to educate thousands of my subscribers on stocks and stock options.

We’ve now reached about $24,000/month in revenue with over 400 active monthly members.

Hi! I’m Selen Gulbahce, a qualified nutrition and lifestyle coach with a background in computer engineering. I help my clients to achieve fast, sustainable, intelligent weight loss without dieting.

My coaching business started as a side job while I was working as an engineer in digital banking, and in less than a year, my income from my side gig already exceeded my full-time banking salary. After three years of working both jobs, I quit my corporate job and became a full-time coach. Fast forward 2 years, and I am now consistently making five figures via my online coaching programs & subscription-based courses.

I provide ADHD coaching with a touch of magic. I’m Lulu and I own Enchanted Coaching which is an ADHD coaching business aimed at 6-8-year-olds.

I am a princess performer in Australia meaning that I have the training to dance, sing, and talk like specific Disney princesses. It was during my work as a princess that I realized the poIr that princesses and characters can have in reaching out to neurodivergent children. There are several parties where parents are shocked by their child’s increased attention, engagement, and communication. This realization was compounded by my experience in teaching social skills while I was studying law and criminology at university. I used to run dungeons and dragons games to allow children to explore different social settings and behaviors. It was incredibly effective with many children successfully engaging in camps, classes, and general playground fun afterward.

Hey everyone! My name is LaKenya Kopf and I'm the founder of Kopf Consulting Virtual Assistance. Manifested from frustration and insane pricing structures, Kopf Consulting has provided affordable and professional virtual technical support to all levels of entrepreneurship for over 14 years.

What started as a favor to a friend has flourished into a full-time, six-figure, tech-support company with dedicated clients, international recognition, and a constant waitlist that continuously births innovative ways for Kopf Consulting to work with clients without being overloaded or sacrificing the quality of service.

Hey there! I’m Shannon Mattern and I’ve helped over 15,000 new online business owners learn how to build their websites and market themselves online (even if they’re not a techie and are starting from zero).

And every month on my podcast I break down exactly how much money I make, how I make it and what my expenses are - because I believe it’s important to show the whole picture of what the opportunities and the costs are to run an online business!

Cameron Herold is a successful entrepreneur and serial founder who launched Coo Alliance, a globally renowned training network, in 2016. The COO training firm provides the skills, methods, and processes you need to develop your organization smarter and quicker.

The platform provides a support group and enables COOs to build better companies, grow their revenue, and develop ideas that will be 100% profitable. Here COOs will get access to a leading community where the peer team is allowing proper tools & guidance to take their businesses to the next level.

Apart from being a renowned business expert Cameron Herold is a best-selling author of books like The Miracle Morning, Free PR, and Meetings Suck among others. He is the driving force behind the exponential expansion of hundreds of enterprises, and his work has indirectly impacted countless more.

At 42 years old, Cameron joined 1-800-GOT-JUNK. As the COO and during the 6.5 years he was with the company, he oversaw a phenomenal growth in sales from $2 million to $106 million. In the last few years, his enterprises received over 5,200 media placements, including attention on Oprah.

The founder received his BA, LAW from Carleton University in 1988. He is a well-known international speaker. He is also a top-rated professor at EO/Entrepreneurial MIT’s Masters Program and a strong and successful speaker at global CEO and COO leadership events.

The platform’s mission is to provide COOs with the same professional development and growth opportunities that CEOs have had for many years.

Key Takeaways

• Cameron made great connections flying business class.
• The business makes around $2.5 million ARR and has 7 employees.
• Rating his team based on results and cultural fit.
• Sets quarterly and annual goals.
• Meets employees every quarter to check on goals.

My name is Ian Lunn and I am one of the Founding Directors of Product Focus, a leading global provider of product management courses in the UK, US, and Europe.

We provide training for product managers and product management teams, teaching them skills and providing the tools to excel in product management. We also review the product management roles and processes in companies to help them understand how to improve performance. We’re all about helping individuals and businesses deliver world-class product management. Over the past 15 years, we’ve trained thousands of product people and are now the European leaders in product management training running multiple courses every week.

We've helped hundreds of customers land their dream job offers and are currently at $120K annual revenue.

Hi, I’m Dave and I founded a veteran-owned company called Cain Consulting, Inc. which specializes in helping leaders become more effective and improving results. If you are a leader in any organization, anywhere, we can help you improve your performance! Working with leaders in the US and around the world, we coach executives and emerging leaders in leadership expertise and performance improvement.

Services include individual business coaching, virtual business coaching, team development, leadership training, and facilitation. Certified in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and E-Colors Premium PDI, we can offer a variety of assessments. We have provided services in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska; Nigeria, Thailand, and South Korea among others.

Hey, my name is Lucy Bloomfield and I am the CEO of 10k Customers. We have helped hundreds of Australians build profitable, leveraged product companies and are now turning our sights to helping non-product-based companies (like coaches, consultants, and service providers) build self-liquidating front-ends as lead generation.

I have a process, a lot of people (both men and women) have used it to build companies that allow them to quit their jobs, work full-time in their businesses and live a really incredible life.