YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Why AI Can Never Replace Your Real Business Coach Dan Cotton, host of the Cheer Biz Podcast and a self-described AI super fan, explains why leaning on AI as a substitute for real business... Read More

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Six Mistakes That Keep Cheer Gyms From Great Choreography Dan Cotton, host of the Cheer Biz Podcast and owner of Oregon Dream Teams, has spent years choreographing routines for gyms across the country. In... Read More

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts The Hidden Business Mistakes Great Cheer Coaches Keep Making Host Dan Cotton breaks down why gym owners who excel at cheer often struggle most with the business side, walking through the four costly habits... Read More

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Three Lies Cheer Gym Owners Tell Themselves And How To Stop Dan Cotton, host of the Cheer Biz Podcast, breaks down the three most common lies gym owners tell themselves about being too busy,... Read More

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts How to Deliver Bad News in Your Cheer Gym Without Losing Trust The Weight of Delivering Bad News I’ve been in business for 15 years, and in that time I’ve had to deliver bad... Read More

YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts Why I Hate Tryout and Team Placement Season Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Cheer Biz Podcast. I’m your host, Dan Cotton, and today we are talking about why I hate... Read More

If you’ve ever written off birthday parties as utter chaos in your gym, think again. At my gym, we’ve hosted up to 250 parties a year, and they’ve become one of our highest-margin, lowest-stress revenue streams. Birthday parties fill weekend... Read More