I'm joined by Nick Huber (@SweatyStartup ), a self-storage business owner/operator and promoter of starting small unsexy businesses, to discuss how to start a business and make $1000 in the first month, spotting opportunities, objections to getting dirty, and generational wealth.

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

Nick Huber on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SweatyStartup

Web: https://sweatystartup.com

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

02:05 - First advice for those wanting to start a side gig and increase income

05:40 - Growing skills to find opportunity

07:15 - Graduating high school with $40k

09:06 - Details on college storage busienss

10:00 - Launch of post-college storage business

11:32 - Shifting to buying storage facilities

12:43 - Raising outside capital to buy more storage facilities

15:31 - Objection: I don't want to do hard stuff

18:45 - Objection: What if this is a dead end?

20:10 - Importance of geography

23:03 - Value of learning how to run a business

25:30 - Jobber and online tools

28:00 - Hiring from Philippines

30:09 - Finding and working with a partner, 2 reasons why partnerships fail

35:03 - What are you teaching your kids about business and money?

42:45 - Sample business idea generation

46:25 - Where does motivation come from

53:32 - Learning how businesses make money

57:20 - Importance of relational skills

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