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Nonprofit founder & fitness entrepreneur

Anne Mahlum

Transform leadership and entrepreneurship with Anne Mahlum, social impact entrepreneur and business growth expert. Anne equips organizations to build profitable ventures with purpose, leveraging insights from scaling a national nonprofit and a $88M fitness empire. CNN Hero and founder who delivers measurable results for forward-thinking companies.

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Anne Mahlum

Anne Mahlum

Miami, United States

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$51k–75k

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Anne Mahlum's biography

At a glance

  • Founded nonprofit using running to aid homeless
  • Built solidcore into a major fitness brand
  • Sold fitness company shares for 88 million dollars
Anne Mahlum turns personal conviction into scalable action, building organizations that prove business success and social impact are not mutually exclusive. Anne founded Back on My Feet in 2007, a nonprofit using running to help people experiencing homelessness build self-sufficiency. She was named a CNN Hero in 2008. In 2013, she launched solidcore, growing it to over 160 locations before selling her shares for $88 million in 2023. Anne's story offers a practical blueprint for founders navigating the tension between profit and purpose. She built a nationally recognized nonprofit from scratch, then applied those same instincts to create one of the fastest-growing fitness brands in the country. Her experience scaling two fundamentally different organizations gives her rare insight into what it takes to lead with conviction while delivering measurable results. Audiences walk away with strategies they can apply immediately. From Anne's sessions, audiences gain a clear framework for identifying overlooked opportunities and turning them into viable ventures. They learn how resilience under financial and emotional pressure shapes better decision-making. They also hear honest, specific lessons from someone who has built, led, and exited at the highest level, with proof to back every claim. Book Anne Mahlum to give your audience the tools and honesty they need to build something that lasts.

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Why we recommend booking Anne

Anne's track record scaling both a nationally recognised nonprofit and a 160-location fitness brand to an $88 million exit gives her unusual credibility on building ventures that balance conviction with commercial discipline. Her frameworks on resilience and decision-making under pressure resonate particularly well with founders and leadership teams navigating growth inflection points.

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Email anne.mahlum@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Anne's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
What is Anne Mahlum's speaking style like?
Anne Mahlum structures her sessions around a dual-founder framework, drawing direct comparisons between building Back on My Feet as a nonprofit and scaling solidcore as a commercial fitness brand, using her own financial and operational decisions as case studies to illustrate each principle.
What topics does Anne Mahlum specialise in?
Anne Mahlum speaks on entrepreneurship, social impact, and the relationship between purpose and business strategy. She founded Back on My Feet in 2007, was named a CNN Hero in 2008, built solidcore to over 160 locations, and sold her shares for $88 million in 2023.
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