We had the good fortune of connecting with Jaiana Francis and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Jaiana, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
I wanted to start my own business to honor my deceased grandmother. I remember getting a phone call from my mom that I needed to end my summer internship in Austin, Texas, USA and head straight to the US Virgin Islands. After she passed, I was angry – like really angry. My grandmother will never be able to see me walk down the aisle, meet my future kids, or simply be there for laughs, tears and everything in between. I felt robbed of time when she passed away due to health issues. I promised myself that I would get healthy in her honor and that led to a burning desire to help other moms, sisters, aunts and grandmothers get healthy too. It took 5 years to build up the courage to finally start my own business but that’s how Boss Babe Fitness Academy was born.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
Boss Babe Fitness Academy, is an online health and fitness company that guides women on how to confidently shape and sculpt their sexiest body with a step by step Boss Babe Blueprint. The signature Blueprint consistently helps women eliminate emotional eating and finally love how they look and feel all year long. This results in our clients losing stubborn body fat, getting toned and most importantly ditching toxic diet culture. Over the last 4 years we’ve collected over $650K in revenue and coached over 400 women. The path to get here was not easy and had many highs and many lows but every challenge, setback and success has been 100% worth the effort.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I live in Austin, TX and I absolutely love it because it’s a young, professional, active and great vibe city. I would take my bestie to get Vera Cruz tacos for breakfast and then to Summer Moon for a latte. Then we would go kayaking at Lady Bird Lake. Next we would go get gourmet ramen from Ramen Tatsuya and go for a walk around Zilker Park. Next we would go back to the house and relax and probably watch some Netflix. For dinner we would go get Terry Black’s Barbecue before heading downtown to Rainey Street or to West 6th street for some dancing.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Tony Robbins, Unleash the Power Within after that event I decided to find a business mentor to help me learn how to run a health business online.

My mentor Michael Chu changed my life and helped me make my career dreams come true.
Michael Chu’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/michael.chu.52438
Michael Chu’s mentorship program: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070110755424

Website: https://bossbabefitnessacademy.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaiana.francis/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaianafrancis

Other: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jaianafrancis I want to take the FREE body type quiz: https://bossbabefitnessacademy.com/quiz/

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