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How these groups are uniting the all-star world while giving your gym some needed support.
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The Biz: The Lowdown on Starting Up
Tweet Pick the best business format for your gym’s future. by JoAnna Haugen When people establish small businesses, the company generally takes one of four basic business structures: a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or limited liability company (LLC). For all-star cheer gym owners, the company is almost always a corporation or an LLC. There are [...]
Read MoreThe Biz: The Lowdown on Starting Up
Tweet CBN Aug/Sep 2011 Pick the best business format for your gym’s future. by JoAnna Haugen When people establish small businesses, the company generally takes one of four basic business structures: a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or limited liability company (LLC). For all-star cheer gym owners, the company is almost always a corporation or an [...]
Read MoreStaffing Up: Employees vs. Independent Contractors
Tweet Are you misclassifying your workers? by JoAnna Haugen When establishing an all-star program, business owners must staff their gym with workers who are able to provide the best and safest instruction to cheerleaders so that parents are happy, kids have fun and the gym is able to grow, while balancing the need to make [...]
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Cloud computing is on the rise. Is it right for your gym?
Tech-Know: Work with Your Head in the Clouds
Read MoreCoaches Roundtable: Part V
This article is the fifth installment of a roundtable discussion we had with 14 coaches and gym owners at the JAM U Coaches Conference in June 2010. In this segment, we talk about the future of all-star cheerleading in America and beyond.
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Freshman Year
The fun-and-games part of launching an all-star program is when you sit down to create that wish list of amenities you plan to offer. However, as you go on to develop your business plan, one of your more disheartening discoveries may be coming to terms with what you need to have versus what you want to have during your first year of business. Read on for industry-insider figures and tips on which goods and services should be considered primary and secondary necessities when it comes to plotting an annual operating budget.
Read MoreStaffing Up: Time for a Promotion
Tweet Take your skills to the next level with these job promotion strategies. Cheerleaders aren’t the only ones in the gym who are constantly striving to move to the next level. Like many businesses, a cheer gym has a hierarchy where coaches are able to continuously grow in ability and responsibility. But what’s the best [...]
Read MoreWalking the Walk
Create and maintain a positive and professional public image benefiting your organization and the all-star industry as a whole.
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