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Self storage automation geek @storasoftware, MD/owner @storestuffni. Formerly VC/PE Investor @SummitPartners. Play hockey, squash and piano.

Belfast
Joined August 2009
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At @DublinAirport you have to add 30-60 minutes to your flight time for the baggage wait. Or don’t check bags…!
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I learnt today that @easyJet will seat a TWO YEAR OLD child away from their parent on the plane! The only way to be seated next to each other is.... you guessed it... to pay!!! If this isn't already illegal, it should be.
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Do not go to the @SSEBelfastArena for a show. Hour plus wait getting out of the car park with screaming kids after Disney on Ice.
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I don't think I've ever nodded along to a thread on price increases before now....
The past 10 years I made companies $2.4 billion by fixing one piece of their business: Their pricing. Why'd they need me? Because even the smartest people don't know how their pricing strategy should change over time. So here's the exact pricing path to follow for growth 👇
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Completely agreed.
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We're recording a live episode of Dean Booty's Hacking Self Storage podcast in front of a boozed up group of self storage operators... What could go wrong?! Join us and find out: stora.co/social
🍻 Announcing our next Stora Social! 🗓️ Monday, 15th May - 5pm onwards 📍 Birmingham Hilton Metropole. B40 1PP Live podcast w/@gavshields & Dean Booty Networking & drinks Meet the Stora Team It's completely free, but spaces are limited! Register here: stora.co/social
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It's the guns.
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Can anyone please help? If someone decides to change payment processors, is there any legal requirement (or industry standard) for previous provider to transfer (securely) the payment details to new provider? @Fiserv are refusing to do this for a client moving to @stripe
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Increasing conversions on your #selfstorage website means increasing your revenue. It means getting customers that competitors won't. All made simple with @storasoftware's new Lead Capture Pop-up forms.
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We have a couple of very interesting features to share on this call. Join us at 11am GMT on Thursday 30th March.
🗓️@storasoftware All-Access Join our first online event of the year on 30 March at 11am GMT to discover what we've built to help you grow more customers! bit.ly/3ljmsIb #selfstorage #technology
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Fog at Heathrow delayed my flight and has cancelled my trip to the Arizona Self Storage Conference ☹️. In difficult circumstances that weren't their fault, @britishairways staff were brilliant.
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In the US on a daytime flight everyone closes the window blinds. Never happens in UK/Europe. US people - wtaf are y’all at?!
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This cracks me up and I’m not entirely sure why… Maybe it’s because every time I start a new business I genuinely (in my naivety) think it’ll be easy. Luckily, as I get older and learn that no business is easy, this seems to be changing.
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Superb. And it’s true - nothing teaches startup apart from launching a startup (or three) and shipping product. And having the first two fail miserably.
if I asked you about startups, you'd probably give me the skinny on about every book and blog post ever written. paul graham. you know a lot about him. essays. y combinator. hacker news. his vision. his investments. the whole works, right?...
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This article suggests a good factor to consider when choosing between colleges, which tend to seem bewilderingly similar to applicants: how vigorous are the student-led organizations? palladiummag.com/2022/06/13/…
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Nice one! Can you come build some stuff like this for @storasoftware!!!?
Storage folks, How do you answer a question like: "What's the average length of stay for my 10x10 tenants?" or "Is Sparefoot worth the cost?" Chances are you can't. In the real world we call this cohort analysis, and I might have something for you...
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❄❄❄ Ho Ho Ho Stora users: add a sprinkle of snow to your self storage website in seconds. ☃🧑‍🎄 Simply log into your account and turn on snow on the left hand panel.
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Not all payment processors are created equal. It’s this approach that led us to choose @stripe to run the payments processing for @storasoftware.
Credit cards are a legacy system. They are extremely important to commerce worldwide, but exhibit path dependence. Much of their functioning under-the-hood derives from decisions made more than 50 years ago. Stripe is working on upgrading this critical system, for everyone.
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