Cindy Skiles on Building a Business from the Ground Up

In this episode of the Kanawha Valley Hustlers podcast, I talk with Cindy Skiles about her journey from physical therapist to entrepreneur and now into a new chapter focused on nutrition. She tells me how she started her clinic in a small space with treatment tables she built herself and grew it into a 28,000 square foot facility with two locations, including a gym that still operates today. Cindy shares how she wasn’t afraid to do the dirty work—cleaning, fixing things, and handling whatever needed done. After selling the business in 2018, she’s pursued things she loves like gardening, substitute teaching, working at Grits Farm, and now studying and speaking about functional nutrition. She says she’s still working, just not for a paycheck, and is focused on staying active and helping others. Her advice to others is to work hard, stay curious, and always look for new ways to grow.