While my professional career was aviation my background is business management. Therefore, I strongly urge you to read, and re-read the posts written by "paintilady," "onceuponapole," and "Jellicrew" because they contain the essentials for the creation of the successful business that you desire.
As a quick demonstration; having read "paintilady's" post I can tell you, almost assuredly, that she is a young woman who possesses the skills to use a paint brush, hammer, caulk gun, and drill driver and accomplish things on her own. Obstacles rarely stand in her way. She has good business sense, is creative, committed, and adaptable business-wise. I hope she'll do me the courtesy of confirming what I've stated. I don't know "paintilady," or anything else about her, other than seeing her post here for the first time here.
You need to establish a business philosophy. Does your business philosophy fit with the market (area) you live and work in. You will need to write out a "business plan" whether you are looking for investor's or not. The plan is your guide. It will help you identify your market, your studio operating times, and your business constraints in the marketplace. You will have to do the math to identify your financial break-even point monthly, and seasonally. You need to have, or acquire, adequate cash reserves to cover months where you may show a loss.
The math is simple; total square footage of your "actual" poling area equals how many poles you'll have. How many classes per day, week, month. How much do you want to charge per hour. This makes up your total income per month. Remember, this may be very variable, so don't be optimistic.
Then it's your total expenses, or "overhead" per month; studio rental, electric, water, heat, AC, insurance, any menial fees such as banking fees, or credit card transaction costs. These become your "fixed costs" which you incur month after month whether your variable income is either high or low.
At the outset you will have "capital costs" which include the purchase of the poles, chairs, mirrors, lighting, interior construction (if any), crash mats or carpet, etc.
You have to be committed to your business, and you must be a superb instructor capable of communicating and working well with all sorts of people. Good luck, and success, on your venture.
