Tag: Hailee Bland-Walsh

Fit Truk shifts gears, building mass by scaling custom-built mobile gyms across US

By Tommy Felts / August 15, 2025

Fit Truk has traded its hometown workout circuit for a manufacturing floor and an international sales map. The Kansas City-born company is now producing custom-built mobile gyms for clients across the country and abroad. “We have three different models of trucks,” said Josh Guffey, co-founder of Fit Truk. “We have trucks going out all over…

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Give them a drink, get to the real: This craft KC podcast serves entrepreneur vulnerability 

By Tommy Felts / July 18, 2023

Two Kansas City entrepreneurs hope to amplify the voices of local change makers by getting them behind the microphone with a drink in their hand. The Behind the Bar with Ashley and Hailee podcast sees co-hosts and friends Ashley Kendrick and Hailee Bland Walsh welcome their fellow Kansas City entrepreneurs into Kendrick’s basement for a…

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Josh Guffey and Hailee Bland Walsh, Fit Truk KC

A test of Fit Truk’s core strength: People assume it’s a franchise, mobile gym owner says

By Tommy Felts / December 2, 2021

One of Hailee Bland Walsh’s biggest affirmations came in the form of a question: Is Fit Truk a franchise?  “As someone who has built businesses from the ground up, that is very validating and a huge compliment,” said Bland Walsh, co-founder of the fully-equipped outdoor gym truck, as well as the owner of City Gym…

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Hailee Bland Walsh, City Gym

A place to belong: Business model built to shatter intimidation lifted City Gym through COVID’s heaviest season yet

By Tommy Felts / October 1, 2020

Ahead-of-the-curve thinking helped keep City Gym strong in the early days of COVID-19 when the weight of the pandemic dropped on people-focused industries.  “We lost a fair amount of members — maybe they couldn’t  financially afford it anymore, maybe they didn’t feel safe,” said Hailee Bland Walsh, founder and owner of City Gym in Waldo.…

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Entrepreneurs discuss trials, triumphs with Athena League

By Tommy Felts / September 17, 2015

Embracing chaos and persistence. Those were the two main themes that arose from Athena League’s Techweek event Thursday morning. Athena League worked in conjunction with Techweek to host Hailee Bland-Walsh, owner and CEO of City Gym KC, and Jill Minton, founder and CEO of t.Loft, to speak to a crowd of roughly 100 about their…

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