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Proactive Tax Planning – Make April Less Anxiety-Inducing

Don’t Mess with the IRS I’ve learnt the hard way that it’s “Best not to Mess with the IRS!” After more than one tax issue, and tired of the exhaustion from last minute cramming, I finally came to the realization that I needed to be proactive and organized with my tax planning. Recently, I’ve started reviewing […]

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How to Get Parents to Stop Disrupting Class

As educators, sometimes students are the easiest part of class management. Don’t get me wrong… managing students is no simple feat. However, managing disruptive parents is much more complicated. We went through a multi-step process to get parents to stop disrupting class. After one month of implementation, we were able to greatly reduce the number […]

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Save Money and Budget Effectively

Tracking Expenses Hopefully you have all created a preliminary budget before your season started. Things like how much will rent, utilities, repairs and maintenance, salaries etc cost you (if not check out this article here.) Now hopefully you are also tracking your expenses to see how much you are actually spending (if not check out this great […]

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Finding Your First Customer

Starting a new program begins with understanding your customer. In order to survive as a business we are going to need customers and you will need to figure out what is valuable to them so that you can provide them with a service that they are willing to pay for. So the first thing you […]

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Introducing ClassKite

Welcome to ClassKite, a site to find articles and resources to help you successfully run your kids’ gym business. My name is Mina Marsow. I am a native Brooklynite and an entrepreneur that is passionate about education, wellness and community. I founded Prospect Gymnastics in March of 2014.