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Show notes from Episode 118 of the Sweaty Startup podcast. Sponsored by sparked my interest when he appeared on one of my favorite episodes of the talking about making money with Amazon Affiliate links. It was recorded back in 2017. It was a game of SEO - ranking on Google as soon as possible. He dominated it and[...]

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Learn why empowering employees to make decisions is vital for business growth. Discover how to shift your mindset and delegate effectively for success.   Thanks for listening!   Like this episode? I think you’ll love my newsletter. I write...

Today Nick talks about another low cost startup that can easily make you money in the beginning. With how many trucks need hitch receivers and much expensive auto shops charge you for it, you can easily get some flyers, a website, and some word of...

Your hypothesis (that there is a hole in the market for you) is still an educated guess until you get out and sell it and prove it. Don't invest heavily until you know the demand is there and you have the customers to prove it. You can (and you should) build out your 100 different ways but at the end of the day[...]

Housing is so expensive in America's top 10 cities that only the wealthy can afford to buy a home or even rent an apartment. What factor is at play that everyone is missing? I feel very strongly about this one and I have a bit of a unique opinion. Housing is astronomically expensive because there isn't enough of[...]

Entrepreneurship involves a multitude of decisions, with some being critical and others more minor, but making mistakes is inevitable. The key lies in focusing on the core decisions that can make or break the company, managing expectations, and...

Show notes from . I rarely dive into my my own business here but I have a story and a lesson worth sharing. I’m always learning and failing and getting back up and pressing onward. I got some bad news this week. A self storage development project that I had been working on for 24 months is dead. Let’s start from[...]

Nick discusses raising good kids and how hard it can be when striving to earn generational wealth, how to protect the downside in real estate, and how to think about advice you get through the lens of the person giving you the advice   Follow my...

Show notes from Episode #148 of the . Harvard announced they would be closing dorms and evacuating students before their spring break due to the coronavirus outbreak. Then Tufts, and then Cornell, and Boston College, and dozens of other schools, including most of Storage Squad’s market. An hour after Harvard’s[...]

Jim Flannery is a founder and professor of entrepreneurship at University of Georgia in Athens GA. He gives his thoughts on big ideas and why they shouldn't be overlooked.

Nick and Jim talk about more businesses that Nick wouldn't start in if his life depended on it.

Here’s the truth. My first business was tough! When I look back, I’m shocked at the amount of risk we took. But it gave me the foundation, cashflow, and the operational chops to do what was next which was building a large self storage portfolio....

This is a real risk of doing business and there is no magic strategy to totally avoid the repercussions if the economy tightens and a recession hits. The only thing we can do is prepare for it and make sure that if it happens we won't lose everything we've worked so hard to build. What type of business are you in[...]

You have to be really good, have money, and have a lot of luck to make a new revolutionary idea work. There are a lot of bad businesses out there right now making good money. Some of them suck at sales. Some suck at recruiting. Or marketing. Or ...