My $1.2 Million Business Is Making Zero Profit

EntreLeadership

Ramsey Network

Business, Management, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Revenue is up, but your bank account says otherwise. In this episode, Dave Ramsey takes a call from a business owner and breaks down the hard truths behind cash flow issues and the practical moves you can make today to stop bleeding money and stay in business. Next Steps: 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 844-944-1070 or send us a message: https://ter.li/ask-us 📚 Learn about the EntreLeadership System™: https://ter.li/system-p 💻 Get EntreLeadership Elite™ for your business: https://ter.li/elite-p ✉️ Sign up to receive tactical tools, advice and resources in your inbox every week: https://ter.li/enl 🏢 Attend EntreLeadership Summit: https://ter.li/summit 🎤 Attend EntreLeadership Master Series: https://ter.li/masterseries 📖 Order Dave’s book, Build a Business You Love: https://ter.li/b4kru2 Connect With Our Sponsors: Go to Belay Solutions or text ENTRE to 55123 for their free resource! Go to ⁠Christian Healthcare Ministries⁠ and use code ENTRE for a 50% credit towards your first month of membership. Visit NetSuite today to learn more. Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 🪑 Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, this is Entree Leadership.
0:11.3	I'm your host Dave Ramsey with over 30 years of experience leading in the trenches right alongside you.
0:16.9	If you got a question for the show, go ahead and click the link in the description.
0:21.1	Cody is in Orlando, Florida.
0:22.7	Hey, Cody, what's up?
0:24.5	All right.
0:25.1	So I am the owner of a small automotive repair shop.
0:29.4	We have four full-time employees, five, including myself, and two part-timers.
0:35.6	Our revenue last year was $1.2 million, and we are struggling with cash
0:42.9	flow. Why? Mainly we went through a slow time starting about the beginning of November
0:50.9	through the end of the year, and we were pretty much pretty tight going into that.
0:57.3	And so at 1.2, you're not profitable?
1:00.9	Correct.
1:01.6	Yes, sir.
1:02.0	And we've been open, we opened July of 22.
1:06.6	So we're a little over three years in.
1:09.3	But you're bringing in 1.2 million and you got four employees and you're not profitable over three years in. But you're bringing in $1.2 million,
1:11.1	and you've got four employees in,
1:12.3	you're not profitable?
1:14.3	Yes, sir.
1:17.0	Okay.
1:18.9	So you don't charge enough for your repairs?
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