Damian Maldonado
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575 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 19 Feb
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I was a janitor, did loans, and I was a Kmart cashier.
So I saved up money in order to start a business.
So...
For me, starting a business was way better than having three different jobs to pay the bills.
And the whole point of having those three jobs was to save enough money for the business.
And the way I thought about it, well, if I lose this nest egg, this little money that I saved, then I could just go get jobs again, make it back up, and then start again, and then learn along the way.
But I don't think...
Right now, the work ethic is not what it used to be, from my opinion.
Having three jobs, I don't know many people that have that anymore.
Back in the day, I used to know quite a few people.
Like, yeah, I had two jobs.
That was normal.
And maybe it's still happening.
Maybe I'm not seeing it.
But as the crashes go down, we've been in business now 26 years.
since 99 yeah dealing with those things I've always been one of those that lives well below my means I always have money in the bank I've never borrowed a dime I've bootstrapped and it could be a blessing or not that there's companies that are much bigger than mine that have gone public or in the same industry and I've just not taken those risks but yet and I may in the future but I've never felt that nervous because I always had enough in the bank and I knew if I knew what my nest egg was I knew I could survive you know they always say at least three months but I knew I could survive much longer than that
because I just didn't overspend.
So for me, it wasn't that bad.
Our worst year, we lost $26 million.
Those are rough, but I knew I could take that hit.
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