Christopher Marr on business model
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“I think for me it's helped me streamline my business model — I've not had to think about, like, I don't have a website; the Authoritative Coach does not have a website at the moment and I've also not needed to be distracted by building a website as well.”
On , Christopher Marr, Chief Executive Officer, President & Trustee at CUBESMART, spoke about business model during How Chris Marr runs a streamlined and scalable coaching business with Clarityflow on Clarityflow.
About Christopher Marr
Christopher Marr, CEO of CubeSmart, has discussed the company’s strategy and market conditions in several interviews. In 2018, Marr stated that he did not see a risk of overbuilding in self-storage, citing the difficulty of obtaining zoning and entitlements. He noted that new supply would create pressure on same-store metrics in 2017 and 2018. Marr also described demand drivers as everyday life events, both positive and negative. In 2017, he said the market was struggling to price self-storage accurately due to the high-turnover nature of the business, and he highlighted long-term opportunity in New York, where storage per capita was well below the industry average. Marr also discussed the benefits of third-party management, including a pipeline of acquisition opportunities and marketing scale. In earlier interviews, Marr addressed capital raising and fundamentals. In 2016, he said CubeSmart had raised over $400 million through equity programs and a follow-on offering, funding acquisitions and development commitments. He described fundamentals as “fantastic” with strong demand and limited new supply. Marr noted that larger operators were gaining market share through technology and customer service, and that customers increasingly wanted to transact via mobile devices. In 2014, he said the lack of new supply was benefiting existing operators, and that CubeSmart was focusing on value-added services to improve customer experience and length of stay. Separately, in a 2024 interview about his coaching business, Marr said he used Clarityflow as a central platform to build and run his coaching business without needing a separate website.