Business experts often say that a company’s most valuable resource is its employees. Treat them fair and they will work hard for you.

But sometimes while managing employees, situations come up that are sticky and problematic. And because we are such a litigious society, sometime those problems get escalated to involve legal counsel and/or lawsuits. [More]

What do McKayla Maroney, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Ryan Lochte, Kobe Bryant, and the self storage industry have in common? Stumped? It’s not as hard as you might think. Here’s a hint—it’s actually exactly what you think it is. [More]

There are two things that are for certain, death and taxes. No matter what happens or who is elected to office—be it federal, state, or local—the one thing that they will all always be looking to do is increase revenue. Too often that means raising taxes for someone or something. [More]

As the year draws to a close, you would think that news in the self storage industry would be rather quiet. Not so! Here’s a small roundup of some exciting things going on around the country. [More]

Safeguard Self Storage opened its twentieth storage business in the east Williamsburg part of Brooklyn. This makes the fourth location that has been opened within the last year. The facility is located at 930 Grand Street. Safeguard has 25 locations in New Jersey and New York. [More]

Anyone that watched an NFL game last Sunday noticed the emergence of the color pink on many of the players and coaches. Hats were striped pink, cleats were pink, towels were pink; the color was everywhere as part of the NFL’s drive to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They are not the only ones doing so. [More]

Some people would like us to believe that love makes the world go ‘round. Others would say that big business does the trick, or simply money in general. Those people would all be wrong. If you want to know what makes the world go ‘round, look no further than the sordid world of politics. [More]

It is not common that one is able to go about conducting business in a normal fashion and be able to help combat an issue that is affecting a large portion of society at the same time. Many companies are more than happy to do what they can to help anyway, but it is rare that all they have to do is go about business as usual to actually be able to. [More]

The storage business has proven to be a generous industry. Whether it’s collecting clothes for the poor or Toys for Tots, storage facility owners and managers show a caring spirit. Now the California Self Storage Association (CSSA) is teaming up with Kure It to raise money for cancer research. [More]

The California Self Storage Association (CSSA) has announced that Kim Yarrow, the author of Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens, and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail, will be the keynote speaker for its upcoming marketing symposium, the 4th Annual Northern California Self Storage Owners’ Symposium. The symposium will take place on April 29th, from noon to 6 p.m., at the Lesher Theater in Walnut Creek, California. [More]