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What You Need to Know Before Opening a Climbing Gym
understanding the intricacies of the business model, facility design, community building, and legal considerations is critical to thrive
Oct 8, 20248 min read
How Market Research Impacts Business Decision-Making: A Climbing Gym Perspective
Climbing has increased in popularity with gyms proliferating worldwide. The role of market research is becoming more important
Oct 1, 20246 min read
Cultivating a High-Performance Culture for Climbing Gym Success and Sustainability
What is the best way to succeed?
Owners and managers can easily do this by cultivating a high-performance culture.
Sep 25, 20247 min read
Effective Change Management: Strategies and Best Practices
There is one constant when running any business including climbing gyms: CHANGE. Here are some best practices for change management
Aug 7, 20243 min read
How Can You Drive Member Revenue? - A conversation with Mary Cornfield, CEO of Capitan Software
Learn some quick tips on how to manage membership revenue at your climbing gym
Jun 26, 20241 min read
Take Strategic Control of Your Revenue - The 3 Levers You Can Pull, Part 3.
Late in 2023, I was interviewed for a show on the BBC about the growth of indoor climbing. Hannah, the host asked me "What will be the...
Jun 12, 20244 min read
Take Strategic Control of Your Revenue - The 3 Levers You Can Pull, Part 2.
Take strategic control of your revenue by increasing the average transaction amount at your climbing gym.
Jun 4, 20244 min read
Take Strategic Control of Your Revenue - The 3 Levers You Can Pull, Part 1.
What will be the next thing that will grow the climbing gym industry? SALES.
May 29, 20243 min read
Writing a Climbing Gym Business Plan - The Key Elements to Condsider
Some tips on writing a winning business plan for a climbing gym
May 8, 20245 min read
Recruiting Your Gym Manager - What to Look for & How to do it
Breaking down some of the key skills to look for and some great ways to think about attracting and hiring a gym manager
May 1, 20247 min read
"Rock Climbing Gym for Sale" - Your Guide to Evaluating & Buying a Gym
the due diligence you should be considering if you are looking to buy a climbing gym.
Apr 24, 20246 min read
How Much Does it Cost to Open a Climbing Gym? - A conversation with Chris Ryan Studios
Chris Ryan I work with a lot of clients together and have a chat about how much it costs to open a climbing gym
Apr 10, 20241 min read
Resources for Opening a Climbing Gym
I'll break down the process into some steps and then dive into the resources available for each step.
Apr 3, 20244 min read
Choosing Climbing Gym Software - What to Look Out for and What Features to Prioritize
Choosing between Rock Gym Pro, Mindbody Online, Approach, Beta, Capitan or others needs to be a much more strategically considered decision
Mar 28, 20247 min read
Proactive Risk Management: A 3-Step Framework for Mastering Risk from a Mountain Search & Rescue Professional
In my volunteer life I work as a Mountain Search & Rescue professional, The best practices we implement can be applied to business
Jan 24, 20244 min read
How to Make Your All-Staff Meeting Impactful and Inspiring: Tips for Driving Alignment, Excitement, and Accountability in the New Year
The year is coming to a close. And with it begins a new year and a fresh opportunity to reset and make next your best year ever
Dec 27, 20233 min read
Is Your Business Ready to Scale? Here's What You Need to Consider
The No Bullsh*t Scaling Checklist
Nov 15, 20233 min read
How Professional Development Will Change Your Organization
You could be running more profitable, innovative, higher retention organizations w/ happier more engaged people? Sounds awesome, right?
Nov 1, 20234 min read
Employee Performance Reviews Suck
If your annual employee review process is uninspired and checks the box but doesn't provide real insight it will likely be a giant time suck
Oct 4, 20234 min read
Execute Change Management Like a Pro
If you are in any sort of leadership role, managing change is one of the hardest things you have to deal with. It is important to keep in mi
Aug 23, 20234 min read
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