Nick Huber: How To Win on Twitter, Building a Portfolio of Service Businesses, and Being Decisive

Nick Huber is a self storage operator with 1.9 million square feet and 50 employees. He also sold a service company for 7 figures and sends a weekly email to 200K+ people. His 300,000+ follower twitter account, @SweatyStartup, has become extremely popular with business owners.

This conversation discusses small businesses versus real estate, tips for hiring remote talent, advice for scaling a service business, Nick's opinions on the value of a college education, Nick's best practices for effective personal branding and social media growth, the importance of improving your decision making skills and much much more!

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Scaling Businesses through Distribution

00:04:05 - Building Trust and Value with Personal Branding

00:08:05 - The Power of Putting Your Name and Reputation Behind Your Business

00:12:06 - Advice on First Real Estate Deals

00:16:04 - Transitioning to Delegating Decisions and Chasing Talent

00:19:57 - Taking Incrementally Uncomfortable Steps in Business

00:23:51 - The staying power of well-operated businesses

00:27:45 - The Importance of Decision Making in College

00:31:55 - Making Decisions and Investing in the FANG Industry

00:35:59 - The Importance of Slowing Down in Decision Making

00:40:03 - Investing without Sufficient Cash

00:43:55 - The Value of Different Types of Followers

Check out Nick’s Businesses:

→ Business Brokerage - nickhuber.com

→ Personal Brand - sweatystartup.com

→ Self Storage - boltstorage.com

→ Bold SEO - boldseo.com

→ Insurance - titanrisk.com

→ Recruiting - recruitjet.com

→ Landing Page / Web Development - webrun.com

→ Overseas Staffing - supportshepherd.com

→ Debt and Equity - bluekeycapital.com

→ Tax Credit - taxcredithunter.com

→ Cost Segregation - recostseg.com

→ Performance Marketing - adrhino.com

→ Pest control - spidexx.com

→ Nick's Book - antientrepreneur.com

Nick's Free Resources:

→ 200+ business ideas: sweatystartup.ck.page

→ Self Storage breakdown: sweatystartup.ck.page

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