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My name is Clay Clark, I'm the former US SBA entrepreneur of the year, and is tradition

whenever we have a big conference here, I tend to sound a little bit horse.

And so I got to go like Mariah Carey here the next couple days and just become a complete

diva and try to minimize speaking so that when the big event comes around, I'll have a voice.

But right now I've got kind of that, I'm not really sure what, but yeah, we'd classify

my voice.

But I apologize for sounding a little bit horse, of course, we have a question that was

emailed from a thriver, now the subject line is reinvest into business or self.

It says while trying to grow, how do you balance paying the business and paying yourself?

I've heard you talk about a war chest, not immediately spending too much into your business.

I've also seen many business owners who run their business like a slum lord and are

only taking out of their business.

What is your rule of thumb and what percentage do you reinvest in your business and also reward

yourself along the way?

Alright, so that's a great question.

Let me frame this question maybe a different way and kind of break down the five steps

that I would advise anybody.

Step number one is you determine your break even point and to our listener, you might already

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