It’s your favorite email of the month, popping up in your inbox to send friendly vibes your way! We started May with an employee appreciation event at The Ballpark, where employees from all over the nation flew in to spend a few days together to collaborate and have a little fun. Keep scrolling to see some pictures from that event!
We have several new faces around our office these days, so make sure to say hi and introduce yourself when you see a new name come across your desk. I know our new folks would love to meet you! More exciting news is that we are almost locked in with our new office space, and we are stoked to share the plans with you in the coming months! We hope everyone is enjoying these warmer temps and sunshine rays. We sure are! Much love from our company to yours!
Meet BOX's Newest Team Members
Philip Sweeney (Sales Coordinator), Candace McNeely (Customer Excellence Associate),
Daniel Guerrero (Account Manager Associate), Hanna Tayara (Account Manager Associate), and Trevor Williams (Pricing Analyst)
Natural gas surged above $9 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) Wednesday, hitting the highest level in more than a decade as dwindling inventories push prices higher.
U.S. prices surged more than 6% at one point to hit a high of $9.399 per MMBtu, the highest since 2008.
Russia halted gas exports to neighboring Finland on Saturday, a highly symbolic move that came just days after the Nordic country announced it wanted to join NATO and marked a likely end to Finland's nearly 50 years of importing natural gas from Russia.
BOX Favorites & Happenings Roundup
What We're Reading
The Obstacle Is The Way
Ryan Holiday shows us how some of the most successful people in history—from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobs—have applied stoicism to overcome difficult or even impossible situations. Their embrace of these principles ultimately mattered more than their natural intelligence, talents, or luck.
—Steven Morris, Senior Account Manager
What We're Watching
—Bri Parkes, Connie Crespo,
& Hanna Tayara
—Jay Santos
—Allison Coldewey
& Marcy Thomason
Featured Pet
Vincent
Vincent is 6.5 years old and I adopted him at 6 weeks old. He is a picky eater but his favorite foods are tuna and salmon. In his spare time he enjoys sitting in the window sill to bird watch and getting pets.
There are many, many ways to cook a steak, and each person likes theirs just a tad differently. But did you know you can reverse-sear a steak? Yup, that’s a thing. This reverse-sear steak method might change the way you cook your steak for good.
—Andrew Castaneda, Account Manager Associate
FUN FACT
Civil War Veterans once tried to change the date of the Indianapolis 500 to keep it away from Memorial Day.
—Kyle Cook, Sales Coordinator & BOX's Fun Fact Guy
Podcasts We're Listening To
—Trevor Williams
—Hanna Tayara & Renee Ware
—Candace McNeely
Featured Destination
Big Cedar Lodge
A remote haven of natural beauty spread out over 4,600 acres where rustic luxury is tucked into the rugged landscape of the Missouri Ozark Mountains, overlooking sparkling Table Rock Lake. Inspired by a commitment to conservation, Johnny Morris, founder of Bass Pro Shops, created Big Cedar Lodge as a destination for families and friends to connect in the great outdoors.
—Lauren Bailey, Sales Director
Songs on Repeat
Cardiac Arrest
by Bad Suns
—Kara Coplen
Anna Sun by Walk the Moon
—Stephen Osborne
The Good Part by AJR
—Daniel Guerrero
Join TEPA for the June Meeting in Boston!
Join TEPA for their Meeting at theInterContinental Boston on June 21st from 2-7pm. Information regarding the agenda and speakers will be available on the registration page soon. We hope to see you there!
The Astro's are leading the division - Still hoping they make it to the World Series!
—Matt Metoyer, Account Manager
The Mavericks made it to the Western Conference Finals! LUKA MAGIC!
—Joe Garcia, Senior Account Manager
The Saints drafted a STUD wide receiver(Chris Olave) out of Ohio State!
—Stephen Osborne, Support Associate
More BOX Updates
The Final Day for April Sweepstakes is Tomorrow!
Dyson Cyclone v10 Vacuum
The Dyson V10 cordless vacuum cleaner has powerful suction to deep clean everywhere. It has up to 60 minutes of runtime and advanced whole-machine filtration. It also converts to handheld for cleaning cars, stairs, and upholstery.
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BOX MONTHLY WEBINAR
Scott Ebeling, Director of Pricing and Strategic Solutions, and Allison Coldewey, Senior Pricing Analyst, will be hosting June's webinar on June 8th, 2022 at 10:00am CST.
In this webinar, Scott and Allison will go over updates at Broker Online Exchange, updates to the the energy market, as well as community solar offerings. Register today, because you won't want to miss this valuable market information presented by an industry expert!
Years ago, I read the book “The Founder’s Mentality” and a concept stuck in my head that has always resonated with our team. In the book, it defines companies with a high Founder’s Mentality as those with three major traits and sub-traits under those. The traits are a Sense of Insurgency, a frontline obsession, and an owner’s mindset. The insurgency part always stuck with me.
The Insurgency has three sub-traits: A bold mission, spikyness, and limitless horizons. But more than that, it’s the idea that we are not the bureaucracy; we are the man coming up. We are the contender, not the champion. Insurgent companies who have the founder’s mentality can keep from hitting the growth paradox: Growth creates complexity, and complexity kills growth. When growth comes, it’s easy to no longer view your company as an insurgency any longer, you now own the belt; there’s only one way to go from the top.
The quote above about “staying good” is a condensed Nick Saban quote. He understands the complexity of having a really good program and sustaining that success over time. Alabama football is anything but an insurgent program; they are certainly the occupiers. But to hear Saban tell it, they are just the little guys trying to compete to get to the next level and do anything they can to get to another championship game, he speaks the language of an Insurgent general.
That’s why I love it when Arthur will occasionally ask, “when is our REAL launch happening?” He knows and speaks the language that we are just getting started!
