The Sweaty Startup

A little quick episode about what sucks in entrepreneurship culture. I’ve been trying to be positive and avoid being negative. So, let me rant for a bit. I notice lately how the media are romanticizi…

I want to talk about something that I think is pretty important. It is understanding the difference between value and money. And I think that is what separates the really good businessman, the really…

In this episode of The Sweaty Startup, I was invited to sit down with the guys from Acquisitions Anonymous. It is run by Michael Girdley, Mills Snell, and Bill D’Alessandro. All are great entrepreneu…

I attended a conference last week called Capital Camp in Columbia, Missouri. This is by no means a promotional ad for that conference, but I walked away with a clear head and some amazing insights in…

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 lif…

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 b…

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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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.

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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 t…

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 someth…