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Graham and Ashkahn have some fun and talk about all the crazy things they'd add to Float On if money were no object. They cover everything from the impractical to the insane. And Ashkahn reveals his love of robots... and sandwiches.

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So... some zany ideas that I'd like to do if I owned a float center and money were no object:

* I'd love to, in the vein of tank pranks, replace the floaters clothes with a superhero outfit and cue up theme music when their float ends. Once they came out, we'd insist that the Commissioner was on the line and they were the only one that could help.

* A plastic dome inside the float tank that had a shower head above it so that you could make it sound like it's raining while you're floating. Who wouldn't love that?

A Portrait of Ashkahn drawn with my left hand. Look at that poor guy. He's clearly just waking up.

An essay on the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in iambic tetrameter:

The year ninteen-eighty-five was

when Gorbachev instituted

an "openness" policy that

led to public outcry throughout

the whole entire Soviet state.

He also introduced free markets

overrun with bureacracy too.

Consumer goods were hard to find.

Shortages meant hoarding of supplies.

Black markets were out of control.

Wages stagnated,

There are rumors everywhere in the float industry about float centers billing insurance for floats and how they pulled it off. This podcast is no exception! 

Listen to Graham and Ashkahn opine on the hypothetical and the barely confirmed tales they've heard about the possibility of float centers getting that sweet sweet insurance payout, and then listen to the guys talk about the realities of accepting insurance and how it's not all it's cracked up to be.

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There are rumors everywhere in the float industry about float centers billing insurance for floats and how they pulled it off. This podcast is no exception!

Listen to Graham and Ashkahn opine on the hypothetical and the barely confirmed tales they've heard about the possibility of float centers getting that sweet sweet insurance payout, and then listen to the guys talk about the realities of accepting insurance and how it's not all it's cracked up to be.

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Graham: Alright, welcome.

Ashkahn: Welcome, everybody.

Graham: Yeah.

Ashkahn: My name's Ashkahn

Graham: I'm Graham, and we got somethin' to tell you.

Ashkahn: Yeah. You're listening to our podcast.

Graham: For one of the last daily release times.

Ashkahn: That's right.

Graham: Will come out, yeah.

Ashkahn: Yeah. So we're pullin' the train into the station here. Tying our horse to that post and just kind uh feedin' t...

Graham and Ashkahn take on the unenviable task of talking about the harsh realities that the float industry will likely face in an upcoming recession, as well as how to be prepared for it. 

The guys discuss what it was like for Float On opening during 2010, and the pragmatic view of the things most likely to get cut and who will and likely won't survive an economic downturn.

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Graham and Ashkahn take on the unenviable task of talking about the harsh realities that the float industry will likely face in an upcoming recession, as well as how to be prepared for it.

The guys discuss what it was like for Float On opening during 2010, and the pragmatic view of the things most likely to get cut and who will and likely won't survive an economic downturn.

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Graham: All right, hey there.

Ashkahn: Hey.

Graham: I am Graham.

Ashkahn: I am Ashkahn.

Graham: And special announcement.

Ashkahn: Special announcement if you haven't heard already.

Graham: From previous episodes if you’ve living under a freaking rock for the last week.

Ashkahn: 'Cause we've been saying this on every episode.

Graham: Yeah, but final episode, two hours into this month. Be there.

Ashkahn: Yeah.

Graham: It's on a certain date.

One of the most amazing things about the float industry is how open and friendly everyone is. Every float center we've ever talked to has stories about receiving help, advice, or information from another center or offering it themselves. It makes sense that float center owners would want to pass this goodwill on to the next enthusiast who comes knocking, but it can get a little time consuming talking to everyone. 

Graham and Ashkahn share advice on how to enthusiastically and efficiently talk to new floaters without burning yourself out or make it feel like you're having the same conversation 100 times in a row.

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One of the most amazing things about the float industry is how open and friendly everyone is. Every float center we've ever talked to has stories about receiving help, advice, or information from another center or offering it themselves. It makes sense that float center owners would want to pass this goodwill on to the next enthusiast who comes knocking, but it can get a little time consuming talking to everyone.

Graham and Ashkahn share advice on how to enthusiastically and efficiently talk to new floaters without burning yourself out or make it feel like you're having the same conversation 100 times in a row.

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An Important Announcement from the Daily Solutions Podcast

If you'd like to sign up to ask a question on our two hour call in show, November 29th at 3pm PST, go to floattanksolutions.com/dsplive.

And as always, feel free to send questions in the form above or directly at floattanksolutions.com/podcast.

Float Tank Solutions Free Resources (Including our About Float Tanks Guide, Scientific Research List, Float Industry Reports, and more!)

Atlantic Standard Time is not a half hour difference, like Ashkahn suggested, it's an hour later than Eastern Standard Time. Eastern Daylight Time and Atlantic Daylight Time are areas that observe Daylight Savings Time in their respective time zones.

If you run a business, one of the benefits is that it's run exactly the way you want it, right? If the "millennials" that you hire don't do the job exactly the way you want, they're wrong, right?

Well, maybe. It could just be that the people on the ground doing the day to day operations have their own ideas about what works best. Efficiency is a big deal when running a float center and if there's something that takes 20 seconds longer per room, that could be the difference between a late float and an on time one. 

Ashkahn and Graham share their perspective on how best to manage employees who have different ways of operating their shop and how the standards were formed at Float On.

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If you run a business, one of the benefits is that it's run exactly the way you want it, right? If the "millennials" that you hire don't do the job exactly the way you want, they're wrong, right?

Well, maybe. It could just be that the people on the ground doing the day to day operations have their own ideas about what works best. Efficiency is a big deal when running a float center and if there's something that takes 20 seconds longer per room, that could be the difference between a late float and an on time one.

Ashkahn and Graham share their perspective on how best to manage employees who have different ways of operating their shop and how the standards were formed at Float On.

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An Important Announcement from the Daily Solutions Podcast

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Surface Disinfectant for Tank Walls – DSP 335

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Graham: Cool. Hi.

Ashkahn: Hey,

Opening a float center is stressful, and when you first get started, there's a lot of uncertainty involved. Will people keep coming in to floating from one month to the next? Will it be enough to cover costs? What happens if surprise expenses rise up and throw your center underwater. 

Graham and Ashkahn discuss the existential dread involve in being a small business owner and what they do to not worry so much about the future of Float On. And also self-immolation.