To Sell or Not To Sell Your Work Stuff?
With your dress clothes and leather valise collecting dust you might be wondering if you need them at all. Should you sell or store away your work stuff? That’s the question for current remote workers….
Startup Life
First Three Companies Achieve SameWorks Equal Pay Certification
SpareFoot, data.world and Square Root offer equal pay for equal work SameWorks® is proud to announce that three tech companies are the first to have achieved pay equity certification, and made a commitment to their…
SpareFoot Kicks Off 10th Year with Move to New Office
AUSTIN, TEXAS — January 24, 2018 — SpareFoot, the world’s largest marketplace for storage, moved its headquarters to University Park earlier this month. Founded in 2008, SpareFoot offers consumers the ability to compare self-storage, truck…
SpareFoot Takes Second in Seventh Annual Start-Up Games
SpareFoot participated in the seventh annual Austin Startup Games at Fair Market in East Austin on Saturday, January 12, competing against fourteen other local startups, including long-running rivals Aceable, uShip, Modernize and Trendkite. This year SpareFoot placed…
SpareFoot Named A Winner Of 2017 Top Workplaces Award By The Austin American-Statesman
AUSTIN, TEXAS November 6, 2017 – SpareFoot, the largest marketplace for storage, has been awarded a 2017 Top Workplaces honor by The Austin American-Statesman in 2017 for the fifth year in a row. The company…
Street Store Connects Office Workers and Austin Homeless Population
Leslie and David Bachus are expecting their first child together. David contracts with a local plumber, works as event staff on occasion and is currently battling cancer. Leslie works at a restaurant. They are also…
The 20 Best Places to Open a Home Organizer Business
Getting organized might come easy for some folks, but some people need all the help they can get. Professional home organizers make a living doing just that—helping bring order to those who have messy homes….
“Hey! It’s Me, Your Stuff.”
In good times and bad times, it was always there. When you needed consolation, it was always there to warm your heart or distract your mind. Some of your best memories are of spending time…
New York Times Profiles SpareFoot Blog Editor Al Harris
We were thrilled when New York Times “Vocations” reporter Patricia Olsen decided to write about SpareFoot blog and Storage Beat editor Al Harris. The piece features this great image of Al walking around the SpareFoot…
SpareFoot Among 3% of Austin Companies with Silver-Level Mother-Friendly Worksite Designation
Austin-based SpareFoot has joined more than 2,600 worksites across Texas by becoming an official Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite. Mother-Friendly employers proactively support employees who choose to breastfeed their infants by providing time, space, and other supports…