Club Incubator
In patnership with USA Fencing, Fencing Ventures is excited to offer the USA Fencing Club Incubator Program to the USA Fencing community.
The Goal
The goal is simple – to help grow the sport of fencing in the United States by bringing it to new communities.
How It Works
Starting a Fencing Club is hard. It takes capital investment, a background in sales and marketing, accounting knowledge, web and graphic design skills, legal expertise, and much more.
Growing a fencing club is even harder. In addition to running classes and traveling to tournaments, you now have to bill customers, answer emails, pay utility bills, keep accurate books, deal with insurance, navigate taxes, and much more.
Being a great fencing coach has nothing to do with any of the above activities. In fact, many fencing coaches go into coaching because they simply want to coach and not get bogged down with admin work.
That’s where we come in.
Our Club Incubator program partners with qualified coaches and guides you through the startup process and beyond to ensure your success. We help you become a business owner, make an initial investment, and handle all the boring stuff. This allows fencing coaches to focus their efforts on what they do best – coaching fencing!
You get to be a business owner, teach the sport you love, and limit your office hours.
That’s awesome.
The Start-Up Process
During the initial 3 month incubation period, we help coaches set up everything they need in order to launch their own club.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Setting up the legal entity
- Drafting the operating agreement
- Procuring insurance and other liability necessities
- Setting up banking, payroll, and billing systems
- Creating custom branding,launching a website, and social media presence
- Helping to create a customized curriculum
- Finding an initial space, drafting and finalizing agreements
- Marketing the new program
- Signing up clients
Growth Mode
The Club Incubator program doesn’t stop after launch. We continue to support our coaches in growing their clubs significantly faster than a typical fencing club.
Here are just some of the ways you’ll reap the benefits once your club is established:
- Handling all sales and marketing
- Finding and hiring employees
- Drafting employee agreements as well as creating and managing onboarding processes
- Managing all accounting, payroll, and money headaches
- Finding a bigger space and conducting a build out
- Planning competitive camps and clinics
- Adding new members, some more members, and even more members!
Apply:
The USA Fencing Club Incubator is accepting applications for the Summer 2024 Startup Round. Apply if you’re ready to become a business owner and start building your dream fencing club.