{"id":975,"date":"2014-07-27T20:28:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T01:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2017-09-26T14:07:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:07:55","slug":"cris-rodriguez-martial-artist-turned-successful-business-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/cris-rodriguez-martial-artist-turned-successful-business-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"BWR 073: Cris Rodriguez: Martial Artist Turned Successful Business Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8394\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-975-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/?powerpress_pinw=975-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>How do you translate martial artist skills to a thriving business?<\/p>\n<h1>Listen to our Interview with Cris Rodriguez, MMA Fighter and Owner of Gracie PAC MMA Studios\u00a0to find out!<\/h1>\n<p>Cris Rodriguez is known as &#8220;Midget Twister&#8221; in her martial arts circles. \u00a0At just 5&#8217;2&#8243; she has made a name for herself as a terrifying opponent on the mat as a Mixed Martial Artist. \u00a0She turned her success as an athlete into a lucrative business&#8230;Gracie PAC (Parents and Children) MMA is THE largest MMA studio in the Tampa Bay Area. \u00a0In this inspiring interview, Cris walks us through her amazing martial arts career and shares with us why her studio is thriving!<\/p>\n<h2>Cris&#8217;\u00a0Kick-A$$ Quotes:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>There are more martial arts studios in the world than there are of McDonald\u2019s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The mental preparation that comes into getting ready for a competition or a fight is the exact mental preparation that\u2019s needed to run a successful business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Whenever I feel like I\u2019m stagnating or I\u2019m not coming up with creative ideas, it\u2019s usually because I don\u2019t have a book in my hand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Find out more about Cris\u00a0&amp; Gracie PAC MMA!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graciepac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-976\" src=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-27-at-9.15.58-PM-1024x643.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-27 at 9.15.58 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8396\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-975-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/?powerpress_pinw=975-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHow do you translate martial artist skills to a thriving business? Listen to our Interview with Cris Rodriguez, MMA Fighter and Owner of Gracie PAC MMA Studios\u00a0to find out! Cris Rodriguez is known as &#8220;Midget Twister&#8221; in her martial arts circles. \u00a0At just 5&#8217;2&#8243; she has made a name [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127,2],"tags":[472,468,467,1933,471,470,469],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-podcasts","tag-children","tag-chris","tag-cris","tag-cris-rodriguez-martial-artist-turned-successful-business-woman","tag-martial-arts","tag-mma","tag-rodriguez"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BWR 073: Cris Rodriguez: Martial Artist Turned Successful Business Woman - Biz Women Rock!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/cris-rodriguez-martial-artist-turned-successful-business-woman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BWR 073: Cris Rodriguez: Martial Artist Turned Successful Business Woman - Biz Women Rock!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/073_-_Cris_Rodriguez.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHow do you translate martial artist skills to a thriving business? 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