I spend a lot of time asking my high performing friends what frustrates them about their work environments. What do you dislike about your boss? What drives you crazy and causes stress at work? What makes you feel unproductive? These conversations have taught me a lot about what to do and even more about what not to do. And I’ve used these insights to design a place where high performing employees want to work. As a result, I have very little turnover. I’ve created compensation plans to keep...
8 days ago • 6 min read
Entrepreneurship changed my life for the better. 20 years ago I started my journey by getting behind a lawn mower to cut grass for clients in Tell City, Indiana. I made around $40/hour while my friends worked at Subway for $7/hour when I was 15. Over the last 20 years, I started a pickup and delivery student storage business with my best friend Dan. We scaled to dozens of colleges across multiple states handling 10s of thousands of boxes for our customers. We sold that business for a modest...
15 days ago • 5 min read
Quick note: The best way to increase your profit and decrease your expenses in 2026 is hiring offshore talent. I've hired 350+ across my portfolio. Somewhere.com is the place to go. They'll find you executive assistants. Sales. Marketing. Finance. Operations. Software developers. Customer service. You name it. Want a discount to make a hire in January? Respond to this email and I'll hook you up. -- Business is challenging in every way. The people. The problems. The decisions. The investments....
22 days ago • 5 min read
A podcast you should listen to I went on 100+ podcasts in 2025. This episode is the one you shouldn't miss. We talked about how I acquired Somewhere.com, negotiated the deal, raised $20 million, borrowed $9 million, the exact details and structure of my deal, how I built the executive team after acquisition. You can listen to the episode on Apple or Spotify. -- I receive a ton of emails each week. A lot of them are from followers or readers of this newsletter who are early in their journey...
29 days ago • 6 min read
A quick plug: I co-founded a real estate construction services business called Bolt Builders. We do full service architectural and structural design, pre-visualization and renderings and more. Our team is mainly LATAM based so we can save you a ton of money over fully US based shops. -- How to start a business with very little money: If you are broke, you need to start by trading your time for money. This means you need to focus on what I call a level 1 business. All level 1 businesses...
about 1 month ago • 9 min read
Don’t take this email the wrong way. I love a small businesses with less than 10 employees. They are nimble. They can move quickly. They can adjust. They can do things that don’t scale and they can grow. And they are exceptional opportunities for many entrepreneurs. You can run a small shop with 10 employees where every decision comes to you and you can still get very rich but larger businesses (50+ employees) have a massive advantage in so many ways. Now that I've built my portfolio of...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Before we dive in, I have big news. My company Bolt Storage is now offering property management services. If you own a portfolio of self storage and want us to manage it, reply to this email with a few details about your properties and I'll make an introduction to my team. Nick Huber @sweatystartup Big news: We are FINALLY launching third party management at our self storage company. Get access to: • 24/7 South African sales reps that are trained to convert • Full property / vendor management...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Success in life is about ideas and execution. You have to have the right frameworks, then you need to be able to execute on them over time. Here's a few ideas that have changed my life for the better: 1. Give before you get:Always provide value first. Offer advice or help without expecting immediate returns. People remember generosity and will reward it later with trust, loyalty, and money. 2. Focus on the few things that matter most:Most of your results come from a small portion of your...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Sending great emails and learning how to write well is one of the most underrated skills in life and business. Billions of emails are sent and received every single day but nobody talks about email etiquette. The people who are good at them thrive. The people who aren’t have a disadvantage in life and they often don’t even know it. Here's what you need to know: 1. Email contents: Nobody has time to read a novel. Keep your emails short and to the point. Use bullet points and other formatting...
2 months ago • 6 min read
