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Built By Doing

Built By Doing

著者： David Alan Stan Kleja
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What does it actually take to build a successful business? Built By Doing explores the real stories behind entrepreneurship. Hosted by David Alan, founder of David Alan Clothing, and Stan Kleja, the show pulls back the curtain on the journey of building a business. After starting his career in medical sales, David took the leap into entrepreneurship and built a custom fashion brand that styles professional athletes, celebrities, and leaders across industries - including clients like John Cena and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Each episode shares the lessons behind building something real.2026 David Alan Clothing マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ マーケティング マーケティング・セールス リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • What Business Partners Really Say Behind Closed Doors

    What Business Partners Really Say Behind Closed Doors
    2026/10/26
    What do business partners actually talk about when no one else is in the room? In this episode of Built By Doing, Stan Kleja and I flip the script and ask each other the questions we usually skip. We get into business partnership, expanding to new locations, hiring ahead of growth, and what it really costs to open before you're ready. We also talk about running multiple businesses at once, managing a team, sharing equity with the people who help you grow, and how our thinking on marketing and advertising has changed over the last ten years. If you're an entrepreneur, small business owner or thinking about taking on a business partner, this one's for you. www.builtbydoingpodcast.com
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    19 分
  • What to Cut First When Cash Flow Gets Tight

    What to Cut First When Cash Flow Gets Tight
    2026/10/19
    Some months are great. Some months are tight. Ten years in, we still have this conversation, and right now we're having it again with our new Columbus location. In this episode of Built By Doing, Stan Kleja and I talk about how to navigate tight cash flow months as a business owner and what to cut first when money gets tight. Earlier this year we hit a stretch that should have been our best season. Slow holiday sales, a slow winter, thousands a month in snow plowing, about $10,000 stuck in tariff refunds, and software we were paying for but not using. We ended up roughly $150,000 behind where we planned to be. That kind of stretch tests your team, your patience and your decision making. We break down how to know your real monthly and annual spend, the expense "levers" you can pull when sales dip, why you cut long-term brand advertising before quick-return advertising, building a cash reserve vs. using a line of credit, and why so many owners say "I can't run the business without that" until they have to. I also get honest about my own early years. I traveled constantly to sell one $500 suit at a time, kept the nice house and the BMW to play the perception game, and had selling the house as my ejection seat button. Stan explains why cutting an expense rarely means losing it forever, how a client in insurance hired too fast and spent a year regrouping, and why a business that doesn't have to pay the owner can grow faster. We also talk about risk tolerance, ignoring competitors and social media highlight reels, cutting personal spending (yes, even holiday gifts), and why building something real takes 5 to 10 years minimum. If you're an entrepreneur, small business owner, startup founder or anyone dealing with cash flow problems right now, the tight months are part of the game. Cut what you can, run lean and keep building. http://www.builtbydoingpodcast.com
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    27 分
  • How Much Should You Pay Yourself as a Business Owner?

    How Much Should You Pay Yourself as a Business Owner?
    2026/10/12
    In 2017, my W-2 from my own business was $7,800. The next two years weren't much better. At one point I was seriously ready to sell my house and live in a van just to keep the business going. In this episode of Built By Doing, David Alan and Stan answer one of the most common questions in business: how much should you pay yourself as a business owner? We start with the number most people skip: what you actually need to live, not what you want. If you need $100,000 a year and the business only makes $100,000, the business can't grow. It can't hire, it can't advertise and it can't test anything new. Worse, if it only makes $80,000, you end up on loans and credit cards, hurting the business to fund your personal life. David shares the real numbers from his early years. Paying himself almost nothing. Running the math on giving up a $2,800 mortgage as a last resort. Digging out of $60,000 to $70,000 in credit card debt that was really business debt. Giving up nights out, trips and even some friendships to keep the business alive. Stan shares a client who lived on $2,000 a month for three years and passed $1 million this year. Then we get into how owner pay changes as the business grows. We cover W-2 salary vs. distributions, when an S corp election makes sense, what the IRS means by a reasonable salary, guaranteed payments in partnerships, the Profit First model, and why one client saved over $40,000 in taxes this year just by restructuring how he gets paid. We also talk about reinvesting in ad spend and hiring, paying off debt fast, and how the biggest players borrow against equity instead of paying themselves at all. The big lesson: every dollar you don't need personally can go back into the business and make more. But your story isn't anyone else's story. Know your number, know your goals, and get someone in your corner who understands the tax side. If you're an entrepreneur, small business owner, startup founder or side hustler trying to figure out what to pay yourself, start here. www.builtbydoingpodcast.com
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    26 分
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