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 At 20 years old, Todd Kuhn signed a $100,000-per-year commercial lease with no loans, no outside money, and no formal business experience — just a Pilates-teaching girlfriend, a handful of community hall classes, and a gut feeling that there was a market. What came next was a business built class by class, location by location, all the way to an international product operation now expanding across the United States. 

In this episode of Undiscovered Entrepreneur: Get Across the Start Line, Todd Kuhn joins Skoob for a grounded, high-energy conversation about calculated risk, market testing before committing, the difference between an operator mindset and a CEO mindset, and why the people least expected to succeed are often the ones who do — because they didn't overcomplicate it. 

What You'll Learn: 

• How Todd went from a graduate job he hated to 40 Pilates classes a week at age 20 — in six months
• How testing the market in community halls before signing a lease de-risked a $100,000 commitment
• Why "analysis causes paralysis" is the biggest barrier stopping entrepreneurs from starting
• Why naivety and bravery often outperform overthinking and credentials
• The difference between a calculated risk and just jumping
• Why you don't need to quit your 9-to-5 until your side hustle matches or exceeds your salary
• The just-in-time learning model: learn what you need now, not what you might need someday
• Why niching down is more powerful than being a jack of all trades
• How a personal crisis became the catalyst for Todd's shift from operator to CEO
• The snowflake-to-snowball-to-snowman model for building business momentum
• Todd's six-month goal: double income and build a values-aligned team in the US

Timestamps:
 

• [00:00:00] – Introduction & Welcome
• [00:01:00] – Todd's Origin Story: Graduate Job, Pilates Classes & Going All In at 20
• [00:03:00] – The Modern Picture of Success: Why a Degree Doesn't Equal Success Anymore
• [00:04:30] – YouTube University and Learning Skills Without a Classroom
• [00:05:00] – Learning is Useless Without Implementation
• [00:06:00] – Choose Your Own Adventure: Entrepreneurship as a Path, Not a Plan
• [00:07:00] – Imposter Syndrome and Feedback: Taking Criticism as Data, Not Attack
• [00:08:00] – Finding Your Tribe — Or Letting It Find You
• [00:09:00] – Analysis Causes Paralysis: The Mindset That Stops Most Entrepreneurs
• [00:10:00] – Calculated Risk vs. Blind Jumping: What the Difference Actually Looks Like
• [00:12:00] – The Trap of a Comfortable Job You Hate
• [00:13:00] – How Todd Bootstrapped: Testing the Market in Community Halls First
• [00:14:30] – Just-in-Time Learning: Stop Wasting Brain Calories on What You Don't Need Yet
• [00:15:00] – Continuous Learning Compounds: You Don't Need to Know It All to Start
• [00:15:30] – Niche Down or Stay Scattered: Why Focus Wins
• [00:16:00] – The Pitfall He's Proud Of: From Operator to CEO Mindset
• [00:18:00] – One Piece of Advice for New Entrepreneurs: Just Get Started
• [00:19:00] – Don't Quit the 9-to-5 Until the Side Hustle Matches the Salary
• [00:20:00] – The Snowflake-to-Snowball-to-Snowman Model for Building Momentum
• [00:21:00] – Todd's Six-Month Goal: Double Income & Build a Values-Aligned US Team
• [00:23:00] – How to Find Todd & The Core Collab USA

Book Mentioned:
📚 Lean Learning — Pat Flynn (just-in-time learning vs. just-in-case learning)

Connect with Todd Kuhn:
🌐 thecorecollabusa.com (https://thecorecollabusa.com/)
🌐 sculptformer.com
📱 Socials: @TheCoreCollabUSA

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