The Sweaty Startup

Lately, I've been reflecting on what I'll be most proud of at the age of 85. That made me think about the lives of my grandparents, and realized that ultimately what I want is to provide a better life foundation for my children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and beyond just like my grandfather did.   Find out more what's the best business lesson my grandfather taught me.   Special thanks to...

I'm going to talk about hiring your replacement. Maybe you're growing. Maybe there's an opportunity to scale up, do more, go to the town next door, do more stuff, different stuff, whatever it might be. I've been there, and I'm going through it now with our real estate private equity company that we're building. And I just want to talk a little bit about some mistakes that I see people make all the...

In today's episode, Nick talks about three sales strategies that most people don't talk about. These are strategies that can really make your company stand out from others as desirable, credible, and sustainable. 

Way back in early 2015, I planned and developed my self-storage business with my partner Dan. It took a total of 2 years to prepare and set this thing up right. From finding property and looking for the right deals and LPs, in May 2017, we opened our doors for business with 5 outside investors. Fast forward to today, we have 4,930 self-storage units, 24 properties, 642,000 sq/ft all in properties...

When it comes to entrepreneurship, big or small business ownership, you hear the same advice all the time: Do what you say you are going to do, and you will succeed as a business owner. It sounds so easy, but the real problem is that most of us are terrible at managing expectations. It's bad business advice to just do what you said you'd do regardless of the evolving circumstances. Find out in thi...

The painful truth is that not everyone is cut out to be a business owner. Another hard pill to swallow is that people cling to ideas, and concepts they think will get them ahead. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but my fear through all of this is that people who are listening to the show 10 years from now, will wake up one day, having started a business, are underpaid, overworked, and ha...

Nick / Dan / Max discuss businesses they love.

Things are changing fast in my world! I have hired 8 folks from the Philippines using https://www.supportshepherd.com/ .   I launched a new podcast today called The Nick Huber Show.   Apple podcasts: https://apple.co/3r9O5BW   Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Ta5IoC   Show notes: https://sweatystartup.com/the-nick-huber-show/   Also a real estate community: https://sweatystartup.com/rec/

Nick / Dan / Max discuss business ideas and how they would launch them.

Nick and Max go over their 10 favorite business books and what they like about each.

John Warrillow comes on the show to discuss the things you can do now to make your business more valuable and maximize the return if you ever sell. Sponsor: getjobber.com/sweaty Learn more about John: builttosell.com/sweaty

What businesses are you competing against? How good are they? Well, in the service sector, it isn't much. Nick gives you an example.

Nick, Dan and Max discuss business ideas and how you can start them.

An update on Bolt Storage , my self storage / real estate private equity company: In 2018 the self-storage arm grew as Bolt Storage purchased a facility at 53 Pinckney Road in Ithaca and added it to the operations at 1401. 2019 was a big year as Bolt acquired three properties in Erie County PA, a property in West Mifflin PA (Pittsburgh), and a facility in Lansing NY . In January of 2021 the studen...

A lot of fields are numbers games. Sales, venture capital, startups, dating. It's about taking a lot of shots. Try to get the batting average as high as you can, but take a lot of at-bats and something is bound to work out. But once you get the funnel whittled down and you're about to take serious action... My golden rule: Quality > quantity. In real estate, one good deal can change your life. Lik...

Decisions aren't easy. Make them the right way. Nick also discusses his latest endevours at http://boltstorage.com

Visit sweatystartup.com/hiring to learn more! 

An episode where I lay out the mental models to start working smart vs running around putting out fires all day and letting others dictate your schedule. May 5th is the last day to apply for up to $100k in grants through BoostByJobber.com!

There is a difference. One makes you successful and earns you a lot of money - and one ends in frustration and doesn't produce results.

They pick the wrong game.

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Listen as Nick and Chris talk over real estate and Nick shares some exciting news! 

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Nick was recently on a Creator Lab podcast with Bilal Zaidi and discussed many topics ranging from income taxes, real estate, health and well-being of entrepreneurs, among others.