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>>GERRY: INDIANA'S SMALL
BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR FOR
2019 IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF A GREENWOOD-BASED

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COMPANY.
CASEY WRIGHT IS THE CEO OF
WRIGHT'S GYMNASTICS ACADEMY AND
NINJA ZONE.

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SHE IS HERE WITH MORE ON WHAT
PROMPTED HER JOURNEY TO
NINJAZONE AND DETAILS ON FUTURE
GROWTH PLANS.

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WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME AT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO 2019
INDIANA BUSINESS PERSON OF THE

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YEAR.
WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE YOU
TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC, WHAT
WAS THAT LIKE?

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>> IT WAS LIKE A BUSINESS
PAGEANT, WHICH WAS PRETTY FUN
BECAUSE THERE WAS EVERY STATE
REPRESENTED AND IT WAS JUST

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AWESOME GETTING TO GO TO THE
NATION'S CAPITAL AND BEING THE
PERSON FROM INDIANA A STATE I AM
FROM AND LOVE.

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>> YOU ARE TRULY AN
ENTREPRENEUR.
YOU GREW UP A SECOND GENERATION
GYMNASTIC COAST.

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GYMNASTICS OPERATION BEEN IN THE
MARKET FOR DECADES.
TALK ABOUT THIS NINJA ZONE
CONCEPT YOU HAD GYMNASTICS AND

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YOU HAD AN AHA MOMENT TO GET
INTO THE NINJA ZONE.
>> WHEN I GOT MY HEAD OUT OF THE
TRUCK BOX IS A GYMNASTICS COACH

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I STARTED TO LOOK AT LIKE LOOK
AT IT MORE LIKE A BUSINESS.
AND SAY HOW CAN I IMPACT THE
COMMUNITY AND I REALIZED THAT I

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WAS ONLY SERVING GIRLS AND
95 PERCENT OF OUR CLIENTS WERE
GIRLS AND I KNEW HOW MUCH FUN
BOYS COULD HAVE IN THIS SPACE SO

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--
>> TALK ABOUT THE NINJA ZONE
AND THE MIX BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT
FITNESS, IT'S ABOUT ATHLETICISM

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SO TALK ABOUT THE OFFERINGS.
>> RIGHT SO WE WANTED TO GIVE A
MOM OF AN ENERGETIC YOUNG CHILD,
BOY OR GIRL WHAT THEY NEED SO WE

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FUSED GYMNASTICS WITH AMERICAN
NINJA WARRIOR, A LITTLE MARTIAL
ARTS AND IT'S LIKE FLIPPING OFF
THE WALL.

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>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRACTION
THAT THE NINJA ZONE IS GETTING
BECAUSE LOTS OF LOCATIONS
LICENSED AND FIRST OF ALL, HOW

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MANY LOCATIONS IN INDIANA?
>> WE HAVE -- I HAVE FIVE
FACILITIES, BUT THERE ARE MANY
LICENSEES SO I THINK WE PROBABLY

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HAVE 15 IN INDIANA.
>> THE GROWTH GOES BEYOND THAT
EVEN GLOBALLY TO CHINA.
>> ABSOLUTELY SO 325 MOSTLY

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AROUND THE U.S. BUT THEN ALSO IN
SIX OR SEVEN OTHER COUNTRIES I
THINK IN THEM WE JUST REACHED
CHINA WHICH IS SOMEPLACE I

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DIDN'T IMAGINE AND THEY HAVE BIG
PLANS OVER THERE.
>> IT'S BEEN IN A FEW SHORT
YEARS AS WELL AND YOU ARE

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LOOKING AT BUILDING A NEW
FACILITY IN WESTFIELD AND
LOOKING MAYBE TO EXPAND THE
BRAND AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS.

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>> YEAH, WE REALLY NOTICED THAT
PARENTS WANT A PLACE WHERE ALL
OF THEIR KIDS CAN DO THEIR
ACTIVITIES.

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SO WE ARE MERGING THE NINJA ZONE
WITH OUR GYMNASTICS FACILITY AND
POSSIBLY CREATING A NEW BRAND
AROUND THAT AND BRING IT MORE

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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING.
>> A GYMNAST AND AN
ENTREPRENEUR, CASEY WRIGHT AND