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I see a funny trend with small business. Owners will spend $60k on a new truck or $10k on a family vacation at the drop of a hat. But they are running a multi-million company with a crappy website they paid somebody $2,000 to build. They don't understand that millions of dollars worth of business is deciding[...]

The first month is in the books in Pittsburgh is cruising right along. We paid $472k for the property with 20% down ($95k). We generated $6,244 in revenue in our first month and had $3,907 in expenses (including $996 in principle) for $2,337 in profit. Our facility in Pittsburgh Our Annual Net Operating Income at[...]

Show notes from episode 117 of the Sweaty Startup podcast. After graduating from Penn State, Sam Evans made an unconventional choice for himself in forgoing a traditional post-graduation career to continue the junk removal service that he had launched two years. While friends of his were taking corporate jobs[...]

Customer service is a weak point of most service based businesses. Missed calls. Grumpy overworked employees or owners. Chain smoking unkept technicians. Unreliable. Over promising. Disappointing. Just answering the phone puts you ahead of most of your competitors in this space. But you can take it a step further[...]

In this episode, Shaan Puri and I discuss why delegation is the key to leverage and growth for all businesses. We talk about how we’ve personally used https://www.supportshepherd.com to hire 50+ employees over the last few years and how you can too....

Buying a franchise can be a great way to start a local business with the backing of a major brand. Here are some things you should think about before diving in and investing in a franchise.

Show notes from Episode #172 of the . Nick doesn’t like the restaurant business, he never has liked the restaurant business, and he may never like the restaurant business, but it’s clear that 12 months from now may be the best time ever to open a restaurant. Location, location, location The majority of[...]

Its a tale as old as time. A real estate investor makes their first real taste of money. They sponsored a deal and either sold it or refinanced it and made a million bucks. Maybe more. Maybe their net worth is suddenly $5 or $10 million and they are still young, energetic and hungry for more. What happens next? A[...]

Quick note before we dive in: I'm hosting several free online workshops over the next few weeks. ​ Should I buy a franchise? (Happening TODAY at 2:30pm EST) ​ Incentive Compensation 101 June 17th ​ CEO Bootcamp June 18th ​ Building offshore teams on July 1st ​ How to build a personal brand on July 15th ​ Business[...]

A lot of fields are numbers games. Sales, venture capital, startups, dating. Its 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...

Show notes from Episode #128 of the . What’s the mindset of an entrepreneur? What makes somebody an entrepreneur? Where does the drive to be a successful entrepreneur come from? Nick is joined by Max Maher to talk about what drives them, and why they’re happiest as entrepreneurs. Passionate Curiosity Max talks[...]

Its hard to stay positive even when things are going overwhelmingly well. This is a rerun from one of my most downloaded episode here in Sweaty Startup. I hope you'll enjoy!   Check the show notes here: Join our Real Estate community: Special...

There is a proven playbook to grow companies. What tools to use, agencies to hire, strategies to employ. I’ve launched 9 companies in my life. 3 of them are fairly large. ​ Bolt Storage owns 2 million square feet of self storage and has 50 employees. ​ RE Cost Seg has done 6000+ cost seg studies and has 67[...]

I explore the idea of making money as a skill that requires practice, much like playing a sport. Just as athletes develop through hands-on experience, building wealth requires resilience, learning from failures, and consistent effort. True mastery...

I sat down with a mentor in Ithaca NY when I was a junior in college. I had just started Storage Squad. He had gotten wealthy off a sweaty startup. Foundation repair. And sold the company for 8 figures in 2007 before coming on as an entrepreneurship professor at Cornell is 2010. A great guy who is one of my[...]