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Jon Neeter, a small business owner since 2010, has seen the highs and lows of entrepreneurship. This article is part of "Unlocking Small Business Success," a series providing micro businesses with a road map to growth. They leased the real estate — a single tennis court with an attached 330-square-foot pro shop — and bought the business. The second half of 2019 was a particularly challenging time for the small business owner. His goal was to "build the best pickleball shop in the country," he said.
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They leased the real estate — a single tennis court with an attached 330-square-foot pro shop — and bought the business. Pickleball, a different racket sport that is played on a smaller court with a smaller paddle and a wiffleball. His goal was to "build the best pickleball shop in the country," he said. To give yourself some time back as an entrepreneur, you have to hire good staff, which is exactly what Neeter did. Pickleball is played on a smaller court with a smaller paddle and a wiffleball.
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Former collegiate coach Jon Neeter bought a tennis center in Santa Monica, CA for $40,000 in 2010. He converted his single tennis court into four pickleball courts and business is booming. Plus, he liked the idea of his work being concentrated in one place, rather than scattered at various tennis courts all over LA. A standard pickleball court is 20 feet wide by 44 feet long, much smaller than a tennis court. Plus, he was unsure about how he was going to replicate the Santa Monica Tennis Center anywhere else in LA.
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