Hi @Son_of_the_Raven,
what resizing action are you taking after the install?.
Did you fully format the USB stick prior to creating your bootable media?:
You can also try running "dpkg" per the update guide!:
Do you have the stick set up as persistence?:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14912/create-a-persistent-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive/