It's been a while since I updated everyone on the status of my companies. I shut down 4 of the companies I started between 2021 and 2023. RecruitJet, WebRun, AdRhino, and Huber Method. Too much headache, not enough profit. Business is hard. What I have left (and headcount): Bolt Storage (55) Somewhere.com (166) R.E. Cost Seg (70) Bolt Builders (13) Titan Risk (3) Bold SEO (5) NickHuber.com (3) Bolt Storage, Somewhere and R.E. Cost Seg all had record months of revenue in August. Bolt Storage...
9 days ago • 6 min read
If you had talked to 28 year old Nick Huber, he would have told you to start a business. Everyone should do it! It is the only way to be happy. Working for somebody else is terrible! What I know now is that 28 year old Nick Huber didn’t know what he was talking about. Entrepreneurship culture has created an entire group of people who are unemployable. They don’t want a job. They will not be happy working for somebody else. But most of them don’t have what it takes to build their own...
15 days ago • 3 min read
Quick note: The dumbest thing an owner can do is not protect their assets with insurance. General liability, directors and officers insurance, property and casualty, cyber insurance and more. These are no brainers to have if you want to preserve your wealth and what you’ve built. I use Titan Risk for all of my policies. Jon who leads the quoting process at Titan offered to audit 5 people’s policies to show them where they might be overpaying or exposed to risk. This is not a sales pitch. You...
23 days ago • 5 min read
Trusting somebody with your business, your livelihood, your customers, and your reputation is scary. What if they mess up? How can I afford them? When is the right time? What do I pay them? These kinds of questions will keep you running in place…forever. One of the biggest myths of running your own business is that you have to do every job yourself for as long as you can endure it. It’s a ridiculous badge of honor among entrepreneurs, but at a certain point, it becomes too much. And more...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Before we jump in: I'm hosting 7 free online workshops. Register below: How to Live Longer (Tomorrow at 2pm EST) Self Storage Management (Wednesday at 2pm EST) How to Get Found on Google (August 19th at 2pm EST) Hiring and Delegation Masterclass (August 27th at noon EST) How to Pay Less Tax (August 27th at 2pm EST) Sales 101 September 2nd at 2pm EST) CEO Bootcamp (September 9th at 2pm EST) 10 old school ways to grow your business: Way too many entrepreneurs are obsessed with shiny objects....
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Quick note before we dive in: After 3 slow years, the self storage market is finally softening and prices for assets are dropping. If you are an accredited investor and would like to see our deals, click here. -- There are only two major questions you should be asking about any opportunity you are considering: 1. What is the return in dollars for an hour of my time today, a year from now and ten years from now? 2. If I stop working, do I stop getting paid or will I keep getting paid? That’s...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Quick note before we dive in: There is a saying in business: If you don't have an executive assistant, you are the executive assistant. Hiring one is the quickest way to buy back 10-20 hours a week. And you can hire an exceptional assistant abroad for $3,000 a month. Travel, email management, bookkeeping, and operations tasks all around my companies. I convinced Somewhere.com to pay the first month salary of an assistant for my followers. Click here to take advantage. -- Why you should copy...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Quick note before we dive in: I hosted a CEO Bootcamp last week live for 180 entrepreneurs. It was basically a 1 hour consulting session on how I build businesses. I covered: How to delegate and empower your employees How I set goals with my teams that actually work My #1 competitive advantage How to design compensation plans so employees never leave and you make more money I give away my $299 hiring and delegation course for free The recording will be available to watch HERE for the next 36...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Quick note before we dive in: Six upcoming events - click to register: Big Beautiful Bill breakdown (Tomorrow) CEO Bootcamp (Wednesday at noon EST) How to build a personal brand (Wednesday at 2pm EST) Business Idea Generation 101 (July 22nd at 2pm EST) How to live longer (August 12th at 2pm EST) How to pay less tax (August 27th at 2pm EST) -- Emotions, Risk and Business: Lets talk about emotions, risk, and decision making in business. The bad news is that our emotions and our ability to make...
2 months ago • 5 min read
