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94. Colton & Special Guest, Jacob Colburn: Risk, Rejection, and Relentless Drive — O-Town Iron Story
In Episode 94 of The Grizzly Life Podcast, Colton sits down with Jacob Colburn — founder of O Town Iron and Colton’s business partner — to unpack the real story behind building a gym from scratch. Jacob walks through growing up in Oshkosh, going to UW–Madison, falling in love with the culture at MadTown Fitness, and how a “what if we opened a gym?” idea during Country USA turned into a full-blown obsession. They dig into the messy middle: getting denied by every bank, finding alternative funding, signing leases before the money was guaranteed, learning hard lessons about landlords and…
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