November 2013
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During the 2013 float conference Graham Talley talked on stage about how he couldn’t imagine hiring someone based on their resume. He found hiring based on internships to be exponentially better. This stuck with me over the months following the conference. The same questions kept percolating: If I don’t have an internship program, what is…
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My first year of opening the Float Shoppe was about creating new skills within myself and trying to learn the ins and outs of every facet of the business. My second year has been about discovering which of those skills fill me up and make me happy/fulfilled and which ones become a chore and tedious.…
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In any brick and mortar business it’s important to have a set time to clean and make tweaks on existing equipment. For some businesses it’s a few hours needed once a month; For float centers you will need this once a week. If you are just starting your float center business, you may want to…
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When our pump started making occasional whirring noises I knew I was getting a hint that my pump was on it’s way out. When it started screaming like a banshee, I knew I had waited too long before figuring out how to swap it out. This is a brief account of my experience replacing our…