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He knew it was wrong the day he got promoted. So he left Google! Now he's dominating storage data (opens the original)
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I sit down with Ethan Gallowitsch, Chief Product Officer at TractIQ, for an inside look at how two former college lacrosse teammates teamed up to transform data transparency in self-storage. Ethan and TractIQ CEO Noah Starr spent their college years at the University of Texas at Austin as co-captains running their club lacrosse program, dreaming up business concepts on their apartment rooftop after graduation. While Noah pursued real estate acquisitions, Ethan ran an early startup before joining
Shon Bennet on the amazing growth of GoStoreIt and what's happening in Storage that made it possible (opens the original)
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I sit down with Shon Bennett, Director of Business Development at Go Store It, for a deep dive into the evolving world of third-party self-storage management . Shon spent 14 years at Extra Space Storage, beginning behind the counter as an assistant manager before leveraging a decade of operational field experience to join their corporate third-party management division . Two years ago, Shon took a leap of faith to join COO Bo Agnello and help scale Go Store It into a national powerhouse . In thi
Mark Cieri on Storage Defender, business, faith, and the lessons that shaped his journey. (opens the original)
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I sit down with Mark Cieri, Co-Founder and CEO of Storage Defender, for a deep dive into PropTech innovation, unit-level monitoring, and entrepreneurial grit Mark spent more than two decades in international high-tech and semiconductors before running the North American Smart Home Division for Philips Hue . Recognizing that residential smart automation centered entirely around customer peace of mind, Mark launched Storage Defender to bring that same intelligence to self-storage In this episode,
Mastering Market Timing: Why Albert Kim Left Cannabis to Build a Self-Storage AI Company (opens the original)
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I sit down with Albert Kim, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of StoragePilot.ai, for an in-depth conversation on artificial intelligence, operational automation, and software development in self-storage. Albert built his first startup, Greenline POS, into an online IT retailing and compliance engine serving over 600 businesses across Canada before exiting in 2022. After entering commercial real estate, Albert teamed up with ex-Public Storage VP Kyle Lawrence and industry veteran John Lind
Data Secrets for Winning Storage Deals with Armand Aghadjanians (opens the original)
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I sit down with Armand Aghadjanians, Director of Acquisitions at Store Here Self Storage, for his first-ever podcast appearance. Known across LinkedIn for his deep-dive research and data transparency, Armand brings an unfiltered, analytical perspective to modern real estate acquisitions. Armand shares his journey from an art history background and a role in commercial brokerage at Colliers to joining a seasoned acquisition team with decades of combined experience. We discuss the mechanics of und
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