If you haven’t heard, The Boot Life® recently added a warehouse facility. But why?Team members needed a better way to handle semi deliveries of
product. Cutting open pallet wrapping
and stacking boxes on a hand cart in the middle of W 4th Street is not
best practice!The boot truck (aka shoe mobile) was taking up all the
parking in the rear lot.There are people all over the US literally livin…
“That’s my Holly girl!”
These were the first words Jim Oberlin of Oberlin Properties said to me as Chris & I entered
what was an empty retail location.I had previously worked at a bank, and he had been one of my
business customers. He recognized me and that set me at ease. You guys know part of the story – we took the location. The other part of the story is that Jim took
us. Jim:…
October 8, 2019 made it five years since The Boot Life, LLC
opened its doors. Statistics say 50% of
all small businesses fail within the first five years. With
that little bit of sunshine, it seemed like a good time to start a new series,
#thatonetime. It will share some of the
stories along the way, the ones that encourage us to keep going, to not be a
statistic. It will also share abo…
You can learn a lot when the movie business moves in next
door. For approximately two months, the movie crew of
Escape Plan: The Extractors were our new neighbors.
They leased office and garage space from Idea Works (you can too – check
it out at www.ideaworksohio.com.) We had
an unobstructed view of their life, and we learned a few things.A lot of them wear
boots – great s…
