# About Sprout
> Sprout was built by two industry professionals with decades of combined experience in gym ownership, marketing, and office management, to fix the software kids activity centers are stuck with.

Built by gym people, for gym people.
We ran the gyms. We fought the software. So we built something better.

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## Why we built Sprout
Sprout was created by two industry professionals with decades of combined experience in gym ownership, marketing, and office management. We lived the daily frustration of slow, clunky, expensive software that fought us instead of helping. So we built the system we always wished we had, modern, fast, and focused on what gym owners and families actually need.

## Only what you need. None of the weeds.
We know what gym owners want: easy enrollment, trials, and make-ups; automated billing; communication stored right in family accounts; smart reminders; and built-in tools to grow. And we know what they don't want: outdated software, slowdowns during updates, and pricing you can't understand. Sprout is built around that hard-won knowledge.

## Sprout is taking root.
We're just getting started, and we'd love to show you what we've built.

_Source: https://www.enrollwithsprout.com/about_