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While in college I started and still run a summer storage company for college students. The problems associated with it were primarily customer service and logistic based for dealing with people stuff. I can't imagine it was much different from generally having to do customer service for a tech company, just different fields.


That sounds like an excellent idea. How is it working out?


It's very seasonal.

There is a lot of money it, considering that parents usually just pay for it, but me and my cofounder decided are taking a humane approach to it and trying to not rip off students.

A bunch of the big companies charge upwards of 50 dollars for a box that is about 2x1x1.5 feet. I realize business is business and that people are willing to pay that much, but it's nice being able to half those people's prices and still make a good profit.

We're looking to expand and maybe go head on with a bunch of the companies.




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