Matt Engfer

ClearHome had a great call center team. What they didn't have: visibility into a single call. Eight systems. No context. No coaching workflow. Talented people operating blind. Cubby Calls changed that. Scott Smith explains how. cubbystorage.com/clients/clearh…

ClearHome's James Puttmann spent years building workarounds because his management software had incorrect accounting baked in. He needed accurate data. He had to write software to get it. That's a problem Cubby is here to solve. Read more: cubbystorage.com/clients/clearh…

If you want to see what AI agents are thinking about, you can see them talking to each other on a social network for agents here: moltbook.com

You can tell a lot about a platform by watching how serious operators hire around it. Prestige Storage is building their team around Cubby. That's not a testimonial. That's a signal. Full story: cubbystorage.com/clients/presti…

How do you increase storage revenue without raising base rents or adding units? Adam Jarrell (American Self Storage) found the answer: The Tiered Pricing Playbook. Get the full upsell playbook here: cubbystorage.com/blog/upselling… #SelfStorage #PricingStrategy

@Karl_Luminus @lcrothlisberger What was the data you gave it? What was the prompt?

@lcrothlisberger yes - def necessary to get where we are going, but probably won't need a second for a while...

Just hired a BA financial analyst from Brazil, he starts in Feb. His first project is building a new AM model for budget/actual for our facilities. First prompt in Claude Excel - looks like new analyst will be "refining" model instead, wild!

New episode of Students of Storage with the one and only @Smithmagencpa In Episode 12 of Students of Storage, our CEO @MattEngfer sits down with Magen to discuss what really separates great operators from average ones: disciplined execution and mastering the fundamentals.

Another step in our journey. Lots more to come.

Today, we're thrilled to announce our $63M Series A. This accelerates our mission to build the future of self-storage with AI-native tech. With 400 operators and 500k units on our platform, we're just getting started. Read more: cubbystorage.com/blog/cubby-ann… youtube.com/watch?v=aj7gD7…

Big news: Cubby is now integrated with Neighbor, the largest marketplace for self storage in the country. 🎉 Learn more: cubbystorage.com/blog/neighbor

@dualentry has raised a $90M Series A from @lightspeedvp, @khoslaventures and @GVteam, bringing our total funding to $100M to date. 18 months ago, we decided to build the ERP that makes sense for today. AI already changed Sales, Engineering, and Legal. With DualEntry, CFOs finally have the modern ERP they deserve. In the last 18 months we’ve: - shipped 350+ features - processed $100B+ worth of journal entries with AI - saved businesses 1000s of hours on implementation - onboarded 1000s of users across all continents - built the world’s most powerful migration engine for a 24-hour ERP implementation Our customers range from high-growth startups to NYSE-listed companies. They close the same day, report in real time, and achieve more with leaner teams. Since switching to DualEntry, one of our customers can run $140M ARR with just 1 controller. Excited to keep building the ERP for the AI age 🚀 Retweet + comment “free migration” and I’ll send over all you need to go live in 24 hours with NextDay Migration.

@mattbrown just submitted vertex application. would love to join if there's room!

@lcrothlisberger Congrats!!!

3 years ago I closed on a storage facility next to a small industrial building & some industrial zoned land. Through years of building a relationship with the seller he sold me the building and 11 acres of land. Closed today, seller financed, 5% I/O, 30yr am, 4 year balloon. Look forward to subdividing, entitling (ok "look forward to" might be an exaggeration), and either selling and/or developing this land.

@sweatystartup I’m intrigued but I’ve heard a couple examples of disgruntled employees wreaking havoc on the systems they have access to. How do you handle security, etc? Aside from being a good person and boss that wouldn’t inspire nefarious behavior.

A lot of people are worried about an overseas employee managing their email inbox. A ton of classified info in there. The best method: Set up a second inbox the VA manages and set up an auto forward. It sends a copy of every email yo get to the second inbox and leaves a copy in yours. Then set up a "send mail as" function in that second inbox that allows them to send mail as you from that second inbox (or they just reply as your assistant). You see emails come in, and they get responded to by your assistant telling you they took care of it. After you've been working with them for several weeks / months and feel more comfortable, backup and archive your email inbox and then let them in to start handling it at the point. A few other tips: 1. Set up "filters" and "labels" for all of your emails so they automatically get filtered into folders and all of the junk skips your inbox all together. Go on the left sidebar of GMail and click the + sign by "Labels". Add one. Click on an email that should go in that category. Click the three dots at the very top of it. Click "Filter messages like these". Add it to the label and have it skip your inbox if it is not critical (like an amazon receipt). This is a total game changer. 2. A lot of people ask me where to find a virtual assistant / executive assistant... I recommend somewhere.com - I've hired a lot employees through them and it is a great experience. I'm also an investor in the company. I'd recommend searching in LATAM for a tech savvy person with a business admin degree / similar. You can also recruit paralegals who have an excellent skillset for this. Same time zone, good written english, from good upper class families who own companies / live just like we do. My favorite country to target is Colombia - there are great business and engineering colleges there with the talent that matches this job description. 3. Scheduling... If you're going to use your admin for scheduling because you don't want to send a calendly link to certain people, make sure they are pretending to be you. There is NOTHING worse than going back and forth with somebody's VA to schedule an appointment when they aren't even CC'd on the emails. I personally think there is a VERY kind way to send a scheduling link and I do this all the time: "I'm flexible - let me know a few times that work for you, send me your scheduling link, or you can view mine here." 4. Travel them here... People think it isn't feasible, but our entire LATAM team has come to the states multiple times. When you hire a key employee get them to your city for a few days for training / facetime. It does a ton to build trust. Earlier this year we flew 15 LATAM employees to Athens GA for 3 days. The flights averaged $700 each. This is a no brainer to build a culture. Hope this helps!

@paraformtalent who did your website?

Some incredible stories in this one. Laughs and good learning too.

Cory Bonda of @PrestigeStoreIt joins us to share how he scaled from two sites to 60+, launched a captive, and built a team culture rooted in transparency and growth. Tune in for stories and strategy. Tune in below. #CubbyStorageSoftware #StudentsOfStorage #SelfStorageSoftware

Mark Poole of Liberty Investment Properties joins us to talk speed, visibility, and why every lead matters more than ever. Storage is evolving, and so are the operators leading it. Tune in below. #StudentsOfStorage #CubbyStorageSoftware #SelfStorageSoftware

@faraz_tx of Iron Storage joins us to talk lean operations, scaling without on-site staff, and how simplifying the rental flow drives real results. From system design to incentives, we cover it all.  Links below. #CubbyStorage #SelfStorageOperations #SelfStorageSoftware