David Michaux — He Quit Project Management to Build a Welding Business

<p>David Michauxleft a stable project-management career to become a certified welder and buildMichaux Metalworks. The transition forced him to learn what trade school couldnot teach: estimating, equipment decisions, customer selection, pricing, cashflow, and hiring.</p><p>David explainswhy his first underpriced job cost him more than $1,000, how he launchedwithout taking on unnecessary debt, why he posts daily Reels, and what changedwhen another person's paycheck depended on the business.</p><p>Listen for acandid look at moving from employee to tradesman to owner, and the decisionsthat make a small trades business sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>Join the FromThe Ground Up Show newsletter:<br /><a href="https://fromthegroundupshow.com/newsletter/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fromthegroundupshow.com/newsletter/</a></p><p>WATCH &amp;LISTEN</p><p>Watch this fullepisode:<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/FYSmS8YEIQY" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/FYSmS8YEIQY</a></p><p>Subscribe toFrom The Ground Up Show on YouTube:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FromTheGroundUp-k9p" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@FromTheGroundUp-k9p</a></p><p>Listen in yourpodcast app:<br /><a href="https://pod.link/1846907140" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pod.link/1846907140</a></p><p>SHORTEREDITIONS</p><p>From The GroundUp Show CONDENSED — a roughly 20-minute focused version of the fullconversation.</p><p>YouTube:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9BVKGD64tA" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9BVKGD64tA</a></p><p>Podcast apps:<br /><a href="https://pod.link/6806079674" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pod.link/6806079674</a></p><p>From The GroundUp Show: Topics — complete 3–10-minute episodes built around one usefulquestion or lesson.</p><p>YouTube:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVzToS_5Hj6o" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVzToS_5Hj6o</a></p><p>Podcast apps:<br /><a href="https://pod.link/6808750058" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pod.link/6808750058</a></p><p>GUEST &amp;RESOURCES</p><p>MichauxMetalworks:<br /><a href="https://michauxmetalworks.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://michauxmetalworks.com/</a></p><p>PARTNERS &amp;SPONSORS</p><p><a href="https