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Lemonis . And help his daughter come into her own. I know youre capable of more. This great family Success Story may not continue. My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work. Is the profit. In 1994, michael and ramona woods launched ashtae a line of multicultural haircare products based in greensboro, north carolina. Ramona we have a total of 29 items. Lemonis the woods focused on salons and beauty schools within the region, and the response was unbelievable. Over time, sales broke through the 1 million mark. And as the business grew, their daughter taylore started pitching in. Taylore the numbers change every day. If were gonna do inventory, we just need to knock it out. Lemonis
Fix failing businesses. Were out of business. We were out of business before, we just didnt know it. I make tough decisions. Gregs not in charge anymore. Im in charge. And i back them up with my own cash. Its not always pretty. Every days not gonna be like this . No, gonna get much worse. But this is business. Cut your losses and go home. I do it to save jobs. Things are going to change. And i do it to make money. This the profit. [theme music] nine years ago, amazing grapes opened its doors in the heart of orange county, a wealthy community about an hour south of los angeles. It was the vision of Greg Schroeder. This is good stuff. A wealthy real estate consultant who loved collecting wines and decided to turn his hobby into a business. We had to drive 35 miles to find the nearest fine wine store, and i thought, just open a store closer to home. Today, amazing grapes sells some of the finest wines in the world, and while the business generates about 3. 5 million in revenue, last year,
We need to tweak it. Lemonis his sales pitch definitely needs work. Lemonis ethan is concerned about needing more space i think you guys have done a [bleep] job explaining to them why they need to own it. As the business continues to grow, but in order to accommodate that growth, and his Business Plan needs a reality check. You dont have to actually just get bigger yourself, i think your numbers are obscenely wrong. You can find Strategic Partners you can get help from. If i cant get him to loosen up and work on collaborating. And so, im taking them to miami to rocket trailers, ethan i think there were a lot of people that were saying the same thing about a car, a company that understands the marine space when henry ford came out with the car. And, quite frankly, can build any trailer they were happy with the horsedrawn carriages, for any size product. But i think that, you know, longterm, worked out in a different way. Mario whatever you want custom, you can get done. Lemonis . This c
At the time, but so did having the word juicy spelled out on all of our butts. Right . Remember the early 2000s . And as twitter got bigger it became a place for serious conversations about our culture. Unfortunately, many of us put as much thought into our tweets about social justice issues as we did those quiznos toilet tweets. And those thoughts are now coming back to cancel us. What most of us didnt realize was that by posting every one of our thoughts on a whim, we were permanently linking our names to ideas that should have been taken as seriously as bathroom graffiti. And with everyone being so connected and compounded by the fact that were all stuck at home and angry, when something happens theres peer pressure to comment on it right away. Were expected to have these fully formed, omniscient, bulletproof, unassailable hot takes on every topic in real time at all times that will stand the test of time. Or just do a weird dance on tiktok. And as a result no one takes a minute to