Just Go Grind

How Nick Huber Built a $100M+ Empire with "Unsexy" Businesses (Just Go Grind, Episode #360)


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Episode 360: Justin Gordon interviews Nick Huber, entrepreneur, investor, and author of "The Sweaty Startup", about how he built three thriving companies and a well-known online brand.

Link to buy Nick's book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4bLazjW

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Show Notes:

00:00 What’s coming in the episode…

00:54 Introduction

02:21 Nick’s background

05:53 Growth strategies

07:58 From college storage to self-storage

11:00 Raising capital

13:17 Partnering up

17:21 Selling Storage Squad

19:31 Nick’s presence on Twitter

24:37 Acquiring Somewhere

33:01 Starting RE Cost Seg

37:30 Writing “The Sweaty Startup”

43:04 A business empire vs a media empire

47:23 What’s next?

49:16 Where’s the opportunity now?

56:34 Nick’s ideal business partners

58:07 Reach out to Nick

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Connect with Nick:

  • www.sweatystartup.com

  • www.nickhuber.com

  • www.sweatystartupbook.com

  • www.somewhere.com

  • www.boltstorage.com

  • www.recostseg.com

  • www.adrhino.com

  • www.spidexx.com

  • www.boldseo.com

  • www.titanrisk.com

  • www.x.com/sweatystartup

  • www.instagram.com/sweatystartup

  • www.linkedin.com/in/sweatystartup

  • www.youtube.com/sweatystartup

  • www.tiktok.com/sweatystartup

  • www.threads.net/@sweatystartup.com

  • https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-huber-show/id1576120606

  • https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sweaty-startup/id1445260221

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Connect with Justin: 

  • Twitter: https://x.com/justingordon212
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justingordon8/
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincharlesgordon/

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