A small business owner has opened up about the difficulties of managing cashflow in a growing business, after his personal training company Rapid Personal Training entered liquidation yesterday.
Insolvency firm Hogan and Sprowles has been appointed to manage the liquidation of Rapid PT, which employs three full-time staff and 17 contractors, and has seven locations spread across sydney and perth. The business has ceased trading.
Rapid PT was established in 2012 by founder Kris Cochrane, who told SmartCompany about the difficulties the business faced when it came to managing growth plans.
“We had big plans and big growth. We expanded into Western Australia and invested into strategies that were, honestly, a gamble,” Cochrane says.
“Things like extra staff, online infrastructure, things that cost money.
“It was a matter of making decisions as a business owner without a great deal of experience, and without a realistic understanding of what would happen if things don’t go the way you want them to.”
While Cochrane says the business was profitable, he blamed the business’ cash position as its weakest link, saying sales performance couldn’t match payments being made.
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