Roman Khan - He Went From -$3M In Debt To $13M In Cash Using This Playbook

We turned every framework, formula, and strategy from the episode into one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/roman-khan-playbook?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=roman_khan_playbook<br><br>Roman Khan was $3 million in the hole at 32. By the time he hit his late thirties, he pulled eight figures in cash out of his businesses without selling a single one. The founder of Peak21 and the operator behind Linjer, Raycon, and Nutrition Kitchen walks through the supply chain mechanics that made it possible: bill of materials, payment terms, consignment structures, and how to make your supplier front the capital. He covers dividend recaps, the red/green/blue Slack system he uses to manage 110 people across six cities, and the A Method hiring framework that cut his team turnover by half. This one's part operator manual, part wealth-building case study.<br><br>⏱️ CHAPTERS<br>00:00:00 Trailer<br>00:01:01 -$3M In Debt To $13M In Cash<br>00:02:19 The Four Levers of Supply Chain<br>00:03:16 What a Bill of Materials Actually Is<br>00:05:37 Why 99 of 100 Founders Have No Bill of Materials<br>00:17:35 How to Negotiate Price Breaks<br>00:27:02 Tariffs and Who Eats the Cost<br>00:29:45 Payment Terms and the Float That Funds You<br>00:34:12 Consignment: The Holy Grail of Payment Terms<br>00:36:12 Turning Your Supplier Into Your Bank<br>00:43:07 Closing the Books by the 15th Every Month<br>00:45:32 Pulling 75% of Profits Out Every Month<br>00:48:18 Why You Work for Zuck, Not Yourself<br>00:53:19 How a Dividend Recap Works<br>01:00:33 Where He Puts the Cash<br>01:08:02 Spotting AppLovin Before Wall Street<br>01:13:17 Picks and Shovels Over Consumer Brands<br>01:16:58 Splitting an $85M Ad Budget by Channel<br>01:21:53 Day Rates, Fixed Fees and Paying Creators<br>01:24:07 What's Broken in Your Meta Account<br>01:33:12 The One Metric He Watches in Meta<br>01:38:04 $70M Spent on YouTube Sponsorships<br>01:44:04 4X-ing Influencer Outreach With AI<br>01:53:02 Why Localization Is the Last Big Unlock<br>01:56:57 Becoming the Supplier He Buys From<br>02:02:54 How 16,000 Twitter Followers Built His Deal Flow<br>02:07:02 Why Micromanagement Is Actually a Gift<br>02:19:05 The Hiring Book That Took Him to $200M<br>02:26:34 Building the Scorecard for a Head of Finance<br>02:36:55 Top Grading Every Job They've Had<br>02:41:14 $100K in New York vs $20K in Shenzhen<br>02:45:53 The Biggest Hiring Mistake He's Made<br>02:48:03 What He Cuts First When He Buys a Business<br>0