Category: Spirit

Holly Green published The Top 5 Things Employees Want (and Need!) to Hear from Management on Forbes. Employees want to know: Where are we going? What will it look like when we get there? What difference are we making? Why is it important for you to get there? Why should we help you get there?

Carol Roth published Your Ideas Are Worthless on You’re the Boss as a follow up to a recent article. Intellectual property protection can be valuable and worthwhile, but protecting your business ideas is not. It can even be counterproductive.

Shawn O’Connor published 5 Easy Steps to Jump-Start Your Business on Forbes. The article discusses implementing a Balanced Scorecard: Start Small and Experiment Leverage Professional Expertise Create/Cement the Strategy Obtain Feedback Create a Process

John Greathouse published Eleven Startup Tips From Richard Branson on JohnGreathouse.com. Branson’s tips are: Give Your Customers (And The Media) What They Want Heart Over Head Fun Matters, A Lot Keep Your Trousers On Change The Rules To Match Your Skills Teach Your Children Well Your Most Valuable Asset Is Fragile Speed Matters Be A…

Ken Makovsky published What Is The Most Underrated Trait Of The Best Employees? on Forbes. They are better than solid employees who do a very good job. Those who care go many extra miles. They communicate their caring without talking about it.

Tell everyone you know to get a front row seat to watch you compete! WATCH 3 WAYS! Click Here to Order Video On Demand one year internet subscription service access to video footage of the entire 2013 event all three days of cheer and dance competition watch as many times as you like NOTE: This…

It’s the virtual championship that’s won by points! Will you win it all? You earned points every time you competed at a USASF sanctioned event and completed an Event Roster in your USASF gym profile this season! Those points add up to compare your record against teams from coast to coast that you never met…

Carol Roth published Stop Trying to Protect Your Business Ideas in You’re the Boss. Roth reminds everyone of several facts: Your Idea Already Exists Being New Can Be a Problem The Value Is Not in the Idea Sharing Ideas Makes Them Better

John Kotter published The Key to Changing Organizational Culture on Forbes. Kotter talks about how to, and how not to, change a company culture. How does culture change? A powerful person at the top, or a large enough group from anywhere in the organization, decides the old ways are not working, figures out a change…

The purpose of this letter is to inform our members about some questions which have been raised recently relating to our structure and operating procedures. We will address those questions below, but more importantly, we would also like to share with you our view for the future. When the USASF was founded in 2004 the…

The 2013 Cheerleading Worlds Performance Order Lottery is tonight, 7-10pm (Central). The lottery will be broadcast live via a free webcast. CLICK HERE to watch the Lottery or go to USASF.net. Please Note – Any 2013 Cheerleading Worlds registrations NOT RECEIVED OR COMPLETED on or before April 8th, WILL NOT be included in the The…

Cheer Professional published Going for Broke: Top 5 Money Mistakes. In the article Randy Dickey covered the following: Launching too much, too fast Not taking all expenses into account when budgeting Not planning for setbacks or disasters Letting competition distract you from the bottom line Mixing business and personal money

The USASF released several documents for the 2013-14, including the updated rules and age grid. Rules You will notice that there are 2 different sets of USASF Rules. First is the “mark-up” set that will include the different items that have strikethroughs in them due to rewording, deleting or clarifications. The second set is the…

The VIP Gala & Awards is a celebration of excellence and accomplishment in All Star. Held the evening before The Cheerleading and Dance Worlds preliminary competition begins, coaches, program owners, event producers, media partners and industry affiliates gather to “kick off” Worlds weekend and to congratulate peers for their achievements. Industry publications including Inside Cheerleading,…

Jim Nichols published Are You Cut Out To Be A Thought Leader? on Forbes. The authors suggested a couple things to consider when deciding: Can I handle people questioning me and my work? Do I like people? Am I confident in my work? Do I like to write? Am I comfortable with people talking about…

The staff at Inside Publications is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the 2013 Small Gym of the Year and Coach of the Year awards, presented by Inside Cheerleading magazine and Cheer Biz New, respectively. This is the seventh year that that Inside Cheerleading has presented the Small Gym of the Year award,…

John Greathouse published Ten Startup Tips From Steve Jobs on JohnGreathouse.com. The short version of the advice is: Quality Does Not Stop At Your Product’s Faceplate Grinding It Out Matters Love Is All You Need (When Hiring…) Getting Some Booty Knowing What To Connect Knowing What Not To Connect Money Doesn’t Lead To Happiness, But…

Martin Zwilling published 8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Master the Creative Mind on Forbes. Zwilling’s advice is to find people: Forever curious Always open to new things Embrace ambiguity Finding and transferring principles Searching for integrity Knowing you can solve the problem Able to visualize other worlds Think the opposite

Memphis, Tenn. March 27, 2013 – The Varsity All Star Judges Association is the newest initiative from Varsity All Star committed to maintaining the highest standard of scoring in the All Star industry. Coaches attending Varsity All Star events in the 2013-2014 competition season can expect to be scored by a pool of “Five Star”…

Jan Fletcher published 5 Tips for Employing College Students on the Intuit Small Business Blog. Fletcher suggests: Partner with schools Provide meaningful internships Hire students through specialized agencies Protect children from potential abuse Make sure that foreign students are legal residents

We received this email over the weekend from Jackie. Would anyone like to offer her an intelligent response? I’m not fully understanding the whole business of cheer-leading. I see that it is real big bucks business for owners of cheer and dance schools and companies who cater to this industry. I don’t understand the draw…

Ty Kiisel published 3 Reasons Why the Customer Isn’t Always Right on Forbes. Kiisel ends the article with a question. What’s your answer? Is the customer always right? Nope. Does that mean we don’t have to work like crazy to keep our customers happy? What do you think?

Indianapolis, IN, March 17, 2013 – The 2013 Champions Cup Cheer and Dance State Nationals is excited to announce the opening of registration for its inaugural, summertime competition in New Orleans, LA, July 14-18th! With a goal of promoting camaraderie and goodwill among athletes and within the competitive community, The Champions Cup is bringing athletes…

Mark Suster published Skate Where the Puck is Going on Both Sides of the Table. By the time you launch your buzz word feature we’ll be on to the next fad and everybody will be offering your buzz product so it won’t be differentiated. As an entrepreneur you need to think about where the puck…

As tryout season is quickly approaching, the cheer and dance rules committees want you to know when to expect information for 2013-14: CHEER: To be released on April 5, 2013 Cheer information will include the 2013-14 Age Grid and the 2013-15 Rules that were voted on by coaches and owners in January. The release of…