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I Was the One Holding My Business Back

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Dan Cotton Steps Back From DreamCamps to Scale to $10 Million After eleven years running nearly every piece of DreamCamps himself, Cheer Biz Podcast host Dan Cotton shares how a midsummer round of internal... Read More

10 Unfiltered Opinions About the Cheer Industry Right Now

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Dan Cotton’s 10 Hot Takes on Running a Cheer Gym Fresh off a summer of travel, camps, and choreography work, Cheer Biz Podcast host Dan Cotton returns to the studio with ten unfiltered opinions... Read More

5 Things You Can Only Learn Inside Another Gym

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts What I Learned From Spending a Day Inside Another Cheer Gym Hey guys, and welcome to this episode of the Full Out Cheer Podcast. I’m Danielle, and I’m excited to be here with you... Read More

Throwback: Jason Larkins Answers Gym Owners’ Toughest Questions

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Jason Larkins on Fixing Choreography, Beating Complacency, and Cheer Gym Culture Dan Cotton welcomes back Jason Larkins, all-star gym owner and host of the Let’s Talk Cheer podcast, to answer real questions from Cheer... Read More

Why Reputation Matters as a Cheer Gym Owner

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Why Your Reputation as a Gym Owner Matters Most In this solo episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast, host Dan Cotton unpacks why reputation is one of the most valuable assets a gym owner... Read More

What Happens When You Don’t Make Mat

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts From Worlds Champion to Weber State Standout and Coach In this episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast, host Dan Cotton sits down with Kayden Snider, a fifth-year Weber State cheerleader and Northstar Elite coach,... Read More

The Hardest Parent Conversation I’ve Had in 15 Years

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Compassion and Boundaries: Lessons From My Hardest Parent Conversation in 15 Years Have you ever set a boundary in your gym, only to have a parent in an unusual circumstance push right past it?... Read More

When a Key Employee Quits: 5 Lessons Every Gym Owner Needs to Know

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts What Happens When You Lose a Key Employee: 5 Lessons Every Gym Owner Needs to Know In the last couple of months, I’ve worked with four different Next Gen Academy gym owners who lost... Read More

The Biggest Business Shift Is Already Here

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Building an AI Workforce: Inside Dan Cotton’s Daily Workflow In this episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast, host Dan Cotton explains how he ran four different AI-powered projects at once during a single workout,... Read More

Stop Running Your Cheer Gym on Instinct

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts The Four Numbers Every Cheer Gym Owner Must Track In this solo episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast, host Dan Cotton walks through the core financial numbers gym owners need to track — revenue,... Read More
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