Nick Huber - Next Growth Phase - Ep.184

Think Like an Owner

My guest today is Nick Huber, founder of now over a dozen companies beyond Bolt Storage, his self-storage business he’s perhaps most well-known for. Check out our first episode together, episode 68, for more about Bolt Storage. Nick has used his growing Twitter following as a top-of-funnel for all these companies, all of which serve each other in a pretty unique entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Nick and I talk about how his role as a leader has grown in scope as his business empire has expanded, why delegation and recruiting talented people has become his primary responsibility, momentum in business, and what he’s learned studying great entrepreneurs.

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Links:

Nick on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sweatystartup

Business Brokerage - https://nickhuber.com/

Personal Brand - https://sweatystartup.com/

Self Storage - https://boltstorage.com/

Bold SEO - https://boldseo.com/

Insurance - https://titanrisk.com/

Recruiting - https://recruitjet.com/

Landing Page / Web Development - https://webrun.com/

Overseas Staffing - https://supportshepherd.com/

Debt and Equity - https://bluekeycapital.com/

Tax Credit - https://taxcredithunter.com/

Cost Segregation - https://recostseg.com/

Performance Marketing - https://adrhino.com/

Pest control - https://spidexx.com/

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:04:37) Checking in with Nick

(00:11:47) Thinking bigger

(00:14:44) Nick’s approach to buying companies

(00:16:12) How Nick’s role has changed

(00:18:01) How to find talent

(00:24:56) Evaluating decisions and managing stress

(00:35:51) Is there a certain industry or business you’re going to laser-focus on?

(00:38:14) People Nick admires

(00:42:48) How to tell the story of a new company

(00:45:36) Delegation

(00:50:57) Are there any beliefs you’ve changed your mind on?