Relationships Are Key to Capital

Dearonne Bethea, center, and business partners, Julian Simmons, left, and Jerome Easter, right, opened their Anytime Fitness gym in Honolulu in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dearonne Bethea and his business partners were able to open a new Anytime Fitness gym in Honolulu in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, but permitting delays and the lack of a relationship with lenders nearly cost them their construction financing.