April was recently interviewed by BusinessOpportunity.com. In it, she shares how she got started, her success principles and advice for new business owners. Click here to give it a read! Feel free to comment!
How did this happen?
In its infancy, the storage unit industry was mainly used for households in between homes or under renovation. In other words, short-term storage solutions. But as the industry matured, and the cost of goods went down while incomes went up, the lowly storage unit suddenly had a new purpose: storing Stuff that households just couldn’t bear to throw away.
Admittedly, some of the Stuff came from the homes of aging parents who, for whatever reason, couldn’t bear to part with their Stuff. Adult children acquiesced and did as they were told; they kept their parents Stuff – but not in their homes where there was no room. Thus begins the long slide into having Stuff in storage for years, not months.
So, I suppose you could blame some of this storage unit use on sentiment. Storing furniture you grew up with still provides a link to that bygone […]
One of my mentors has said to me numerous times, “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly to start.” Now normally I would not recommend anyone do anything “poorly,” but there are reasons why you can (and should) sacrifice quality in exchange for getting things done.
For many years I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself to maintain high standards for GlitterBug and my other company (yes, we actually run TWO companies out of our office). It’s always been important to me to maintain a professional image, one that people would respect.
Then a couple of years ago I went to a seminar that really changed my whole outlook. He taught me that I was actually achieving just the opposite. I was getting in my own way! I was so caught up in “looking professional” that I was missing the most […]
