Jess Takimoto

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09/14/2026

Looking for someone awesome to join our team…

If you are passionate about fitness, wellness, dance, or theater and want to join a fun, growth-driven, hardworking team of A+ players, we want you!

Our communications associates are the voice of our business and the humans behind every phone call, text, and email. We are looking for someone friendly, outgoing, and high-energy to join our team.

This role is:
- In-person, 3-hour shifts
- Weekday mornings & evenings, and weekends
- 6-15 hours a week
- Competitive pay and performance bonuses
- Great perks: (unlimited studio classes!)
- Tons opportunities for growth in a fast growing small business

I think this would be a perfect part-time job for a student! If you are currently enrolled in post-secondary and looking for a job, or know someone that is, please send this their way.

Head to SHINE FIT⚡️Toronto Dance Fitness Studio link in bio to see the full description and apply.
We're looking to hire and start somebody this month!

PS. If you copy and paste your answers straight from ChatGPT, I will not read your application. Please write like a human (this is a communications role after all)🤗

09/14/2026

Gotta be back here to teach a class tomorrow in less than 12 hours🤪

Life of a business owner tbh

Go to my next reel for the full studio tour sizzle reel 👀🪩

09/13/2026

First coat is done!!! This is a bender of a weekend but it already looks soooooo good 😍

I am so excited for you all to see it on Monday - if you’re not booked for a class on Monday you should do that asap hehe

09/11/2026

NEW SPEAKERS!!!!!!!! (Plus all the walls were double washed, spackled & taped so we can paint tomorrow)

It doesn’t look that much different but wait until tomorrow 👀

09/10/2026

I hit a breaking point last month. I was SO down about the Stu2 search process, and honestly it felt like every person I talked to was asking for updates (which I am also soooooooo appreciative for because it means so many people care and believe in me!!!) but it was a lot

The pressure, uncertainty and stress were crushing me.

I’ve been searching for 4 months, toured 14 spaces, submitted at least 5 LOIs, and nothing was panning out. The numbers have to make sense for mine and the deal has to work for me. When you’re dealing with a 5 year (and expensive) commitment, I have to get it right. Getting it wrong fundamentally threatens the business I’ve spent 6 years building existing, surviving, struggling or thriving.

at the same time, summer is slow in fitness and August is usually my worst month of the year revenue/sales/cash flow wise. After bringing on a full time operations person and the second studio being delayed, I now need the cash flow to support 2 salaries plus our regular operations. So yeah, lots of pressure

to be honest, this is the stuff that you don’t usually see on social media about owning or running a business

SO, that’s the full context behind these upgrades. After I hit that breaking point (and lots of advice/support from founder friends), I took a bath deflected decided to focus on what I can control

I can’t rush this lease process or finding a 10 out of 10 space, but I can’t focus on improving the business I already have. We are upgrading the entire sound system and repainting to make some aesthetic upgrades, plus added morning classes every day and start class scheduled to 36 classes a week. Internally, we are also improving operations processes, in studio leadership, marketing, etc

but I feel like the aesthetics are the most exciting – so follow along over the next four days as we install all speakers, repaint, and make the studio look a whole lot prettier🤗

08/29/2026

8.5 years in and I can confidently say a little shaking a$$ never hurt nobody 😂🤷‍♀️

Come join us SHINE FIT⚡️Toronto Dance Fitness Studio 🍑

08/21/2026

I was really nervous filming this, and even more nervous watching it back so some things aren’t clear 😂 I do NOT have a signed lease yet. This is just an offer to lease.

Catch up: I started hunting for a second SHINE FIT⚡️Toronto Dance Fitness Studio location back in April/May. I’ve toured 13 spaces, submitted multiple LOIs (Letter of Intent), and multiple deals just haven’t worked out. Either another tenant got the deal or the numbers didn’t work when it came to TI, rent per square foot, build out cost, abatement, etc.

One space I loved came back with a $250K build out quote because of hidden structural work (HVAC, plumbing) plus 4-8 weeks of city permits. So now, I’m looking for something cosmetic only - but it still had to be a good location, right size, right price, right buildout…. Aka a needle in a haystack.

I found one that checks the boxes, but another business wants to lease all four vacant units in the building, not just one. My agent pushed us up to an offer to lease, a step that actually forces a response: accept, negotiate, or deny.

To be clear: this is NOT a signed lease. Just an offer, now waiting on the landlord. When there’s an actual signed lease, don’t worry, I will be SCREAMING from the rooftops.

Honestly it feels weird even posting this because it feels like a whole lot of nothing. Chances of this video going anywhere are slim, but that’s exactly what this whole process has been: a whole lot of nothing. It’s an emotional rollercoaster fr.

One of my friends compared it to dating this week - so many options, getting a few steps in, getting hopeful, not working out, losing hope, then starting over.. and over and over and over. (It’s just a lot more money, liability, and responsibility on the line😂😅

Send good vibes and manifest for me! Hopefully I’ll have a good update soon💙

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