Going Tech Saves Time, Prevents Headaches For All In Self-Storage. If you’ve spent any amount of time in a self-storage facility office, you may be familiar with the crushing feeling of Paper Overload. Thankfully, email offers a solution to your excess paper problem. If you haven’t yet been inspired to make the switch for tracking and distributing documents to your tenants, check out some of these ways email can make your life easier. Email saves time and effort. One of the immediate benefits of email is how comparatively simple and fast it is for completing normally paper-heavy tasks. During SpareFoot’s Adventures in Storage project, Marketing Analyst Rachel Greenfield used an Austin storage company whose application process was made simple and fast by email.
When she called to book a unit at South Lamar Storage & Wine Cellar, they took her email address and sent over the paperwork to start the leasing process in advance. Email conserves funds and supplies. Email keeps you connected and your tenants informed. Juan’s Story: Self-Storage And The Golden Rule. By Juan Chabriel When I started my adventure in the world of self-storage, it wasn’t as a storage specialist but a potential client. I was jobless and was forced to minimize my way of living. I came across a brand new facility by the name of Big Key Self Storage. It was something I had never found myself needing before, but suddenly became a necessity.
Did I know what I actually needed in terms of space? It was an enlightening experience, as all of this self-storage terminology was used by the expert behind the counter. In light of this situation, my wife and I found ourselves with this storage employee, who was very courteous, extremely knowledgeable (something seldom found nowadays), and helpful. My moving process was another story altogether, but we made it.
I knew this was an opportunity to show the next person the same treatment I was shown in an unfamiliar world of storage. Let’s be frank here— customer service really is a lost art, and we have to keep it in mind. How To Make Your Self-Storage Workplace More Fun. Moving into the self-storage busy season, it’s easy to get swept away by the flood of incoming tenants. As owners and managers, part of your job is taking care of employees. These are the people you’re counting on to give it their all and help your facility make the most of the industry’s most profitable time of year. Today, we’ll discuss some simple ways to make your office a fun, productive work environment for yourself and co-workers, and how these measures meaningfully pay off.
Get out once in a while The first step to making your office a fun place to work is making everyone feel comfortable around their coworkers. Being cooped up in the office, with everyone focused on their own work and interacting with the same individuals and groups day-to-day, is no way to build camaraderie. For example, everybody has to eat.
Other potential outings ideas include a company baseball game, bowling, outdoor barbecue, Friday evening happy hour, or even going out to see a movie or play. How to Create a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend (Examples: AppSumo, Mint, Chihuahuas) Noah Kagan built two multi-million dollar online businesses before turning 28. He also looks great in orange. (Photo: Laughing Squid) I first met Noah Kagan over rain and strong espressos at Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View, CA. It was 2007. We were both in hoodies, had a shared penchant for the F-bomb and burritos, all of which led to a caffeine-infused mindmeld. It would be the first of many.
The matchmaker then introducing us was the prophetic and profane Dave McClure, General Partner of 500 Start-ups, which is now headquartered just down the street from Red Rock. Mr. He was employee #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint, had previously worked for Intel (where he frequently took naps under his desk), and had turned down a six-figure offer from Yahoo. The purpose of this post is simple: to teach you how to get a $1,000,000 business idea off the ground in one weekend, full of specific tools and tricks that Noah has used himself. He will be your guide… Enter Noah Same deal for AppSumo. 1. 1. 1. 2. 3. Banks to Small Business: Online Theft? Tough Luck. Two years ago hackers stole $5.2 million from the online account of Experi-Metal, a 135-employee metal products manufacturer in Sterling Heights, Mich.
The bank, Comerica (CMA), got nearly 90 percent of the money back, but said the unrecoverable $561,000 was Experi-Metal’s problem because the company had allowed a computer to be infected. “The fraud department at Comerica said, ‘What’s wrong with you? How could you let this happen?’ ” says Valiena A. Cybercrooks are stealing as much as $1 billion a year from the accounts of small and midsize companies in the U.S. and Europe, according to estimates from Dell SecureWorks (DELL), a security arm of the PC maker. Hacking losses dwarf the $43 million the FBI says was taken last year in conventional bank heists, and authorities are struggling to keep up with criminals abroad, whose trails turn cold fast. Both the FBI and the U.S. If cops fail to get the money, courts don’t always help small businesses. The Patco rulings infuriated James R. Richard Branson on How to Avoid Common Startup Mistakes. Editor's Note: Entrepreneur Richard Branson regularly shares his business experience and advice with readers.
What follows is the latest edited round of insightful responses. Ask him a question and your query might be the inspiration for a future column. Q: What are some of the most common mistakes entrepreneurs make when starting out? -- John Gachiri A: Making mistakes is part of the process of building a company; quickly recovering from them is what's most important. It's all part of the adventure of entrepreneurship, which will require all of your stamina, drive and determination.
But your way forward is not entirely uncharted: When you notice an opportunity that has never occurred to anyone else, there are certain steps to turning your vision into reality. Let's take a look at these steps, and also at ways to avoid some of the most common mistakes new entrepreneurs make. Related: Richard Branson on Finding and Selecting Investors for Your Startup An associated error is lack of focus. How To Be the Best At Anything You Want to Do Altucher Confidential.
Posted by James Altucher I’m writing this while sitting in a hotel room. To my left is the Pacific Ocean and all the magical San Francisco fog stuff people kept whispering to me about. About 12 floors downstairs Claudia is doing yoga in the gym. About four feet directly behind me is a woman that is a complete stranger to me who is having an unbelievably long orgasm. There’s a wall between us. Hold on a second while I take a glass and listen against the wall.
(sunset on the Pacific) Now I hear nothing. So maybe now they are rating their performance or telling their life stories. I had my ear on the wall for five minutes just now. What do they look like? Maybe it’s someone famous. (I heard that Lindsay Lohan sometimes stays at this hotel. If someone had the glass to the wall when I was 18 and first attempting whatever it was they were doing in the other room all they would’ve heard was me saying, “I’m sorry. Sex is like driving. (Fischer was, at best, above average as a young kid) (So young. Former Farm Boy, Billionaire Darwin Deason Offers 7 Tips For Entrepreneurs. 9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money. The ability to motivate employees is one of the greatest skills an entrepreneur can possess. Two years ago, I realized I didn’t have this skill. So I hired a CEO who did.
Josh had 12 years in the corporate world, which included running a major department at Comcast. I knew he was seasoned, but I was still skeptical at first. We were going through some tough growing pains, and I thought that a lack of cash would make it extremely difficult to improve the company morale. I was wrong. With his help and the help of the great team leaders he put in place, Josh not only rebuilt the culture, but also created a passionate, hard-working team that is as committed to growing and improving the company as I am. Here are nine things I learned from him: Be generous with praise. How to Grow an Awesome Network - Fast. Nice to meet you: Photo by GViciano How do you grow a broad and powerful network, fast? Time and time again we hear that one of the most important factors to success is having a broad network. People in that network can open doors that are normally shut and put you in the path of opportunity. These are both vital elements of success which Hal Gregerson calls The Medici Effect.
This positive side effect of networking I only know to be true. But how do you grow this Network? In the past 12 months I’ve lived in 4 cities on completely different sides of the world (Syndey, London, Adelaide & Dublin if you’re interested), and I’ve learned how to ‘hit the ground running’ and grow a network of entrepreneurs and likeminded people really fast when arriving in a new city. In this post I’ll tell you exactly how I grow my network, so you too can grow a network fast and benefit from the Medici Effect – whether you’re new to a city or have been there all your life. 1. 2. 3. 4.
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