BlueCat
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- Dec 14, 2009
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So I'm a little curious about the business side of Cheer Athletics. How many owners are there? When you guys open up different locations do the owners stay the same or does each location have a separate owner? Does each location just have a manager that makes sure things are being run smoothly and that CA's philosophy is still the same? You also mentioned something about the CLAWffice and CA's new corporate offices.. Do you guys have a separate office location for all the paperwork/business operations or is there just office space at the gym? Do you guys have in-house accountants or do you use a CPA firm to do all of that? What kind of work do you do on a daily basis in regards to the business aspect? Are people hired that have almost no involvement in the "cheer" part? If these questions are too invasive or anything, I apologize. As a prospective business/accounting student, I've taken some accounting courses, but haven't really had the opportunity to learn more about the operations and inside workings of a business and I'm really curious about it. Especially in regards to cheer gyms.
On a completely unrelated note, what's the Food Network show about?
How many owners are there? 3 equal owners for CA Brands, LLC - Brad Habermel, Angela Rogers, Jody Melton. CA Brands, LLC owns all of the other entities.
When you guys open up different locations do the owners stay the same or does each location have a separate owner? Ownership stays the same.
Does each location just have a manager that makes sure things are being run smoothly and that CA's philosophy is still the same? Yes. The gyms are all run by long-time CA folks we trust and who share our overall philosophy. We also now have "national directors" of our class program and all star prep programs that help keep the curriculum consistent for those programs across all of the gyms.
Do you guys have a separate office location for all the paperwork/business operations or is there just office space at the gym? Separate office location. Corporate HQ ("The Clawfice") houses 3 owners, their exec assistants, TigerBlue (an apparel/screen print brand), graphics & design department, Camps & Training administrative staff, screen print production machines, the warehouse, and shipping/receiving.
Do you guys have in-house accountants or do you use a CPA firm to do all of that? Separate CPA firm.
What kind of work do you do on a daily basis in regards to the business aspect? I do different stuff every day. There truly is no "typical" work day any more with all of the expansion.
Are people hired that have almost no involvement in the "cheer" part? That depends on how you define "cheer" part, but we have I would guess we have 30-40 staff that spend significant time on things that don't involve spotting back handsprings or shouting 8 counts.
On a completely unrelated note, what's the Food Network show about? I haven't actually seen it, but it was a reality/contest show about groups vying for restaurant/food court space in a mall. They filmed part of the finale at the gym and had our athletes/coaches/parents testing and judging the food.
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