Msnbc. Hi there, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg and welcome to your business. Where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. Starbucks has launched a new initiative called create jobs for usa. The program is focused specifically on Small Business owners. The companys donated 5 million in seed money and its soliciting donations from customers and employees. This will help fund Small Companies through a partnership with the opportunity finance network, a group of Community Development Financial Institutions that focus on underserved markets. I sat down with starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz to learn more about the campaign. Thank you so much for joining us today. Im so excited about this opportunity, and i cant wait for you to tell us a little bit more about this. You can see, i got my bracelet. Love it. So tell me how youre going to be helping Small Businesses. And as a result, create jobs. Well, i think before i answer that specifically, can i frame the problem for you . Absolute
Hi there, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg, welcome to your business. When your Company Provides a service, getting your clients to trust you goes a long way, and when youre dealing with peoples pets, we all know how people feel about their pets. One Online Service that matches pet owners with pet sitters inspired confidence by taking a hyper local approach to marketing. He now has the community barking up storm about his company. It is a beautiful saturday morning in santa monica. These cute pups and this their human counter parts are ready to get their party on. Theyre celebrating the fourth anniversary of dog vacay. In 2011 my wife and i visited our family on the east coast, and left our dogs in a kennel here. We had a 1400 kennel bill, and rocky was traumatized. He and his wife started offering Dog Sitting Services out of their home. The response was huge. Eight months after posting on yelp, they watched over 100 dogs and earned 35,000 in cash. They knew they had their paws on something
Hi, there. Everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg, and welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your Small Business grow. From tax and Immigration Reform to health care and trade policy changes, president elect trump has put a lot on the table that will have an effect on Small Businesses nationwide. And now that the gop has control of both houses and the presidency, what can Small Business owners expect in 2017 when it comes to the issues that matter to them most . Recently reelected republican congressman steve chabot of ohio is chairman of the Small Businesses committee. He joins us to shed some light. So good to see you. Thank you, j. J. Great to be with you again. We love having you on the show. When you talk to Small Business owners over the past 11 years, the one thing that they say is the hardest for them almost over anything else is uncertainty. So many Small Business owners are feeling uncertain right now, and if we just look at the overtime rules, right, they were supposed
Hi, there. Everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg, and welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your Small Business grow. From tax and Immigration Reform to health care and trade policy changes, president elect trump has put a lot on the table that will have an effect on Small Businesses nationwide. And now that the gop has control of both houses and the presidency, what can Small Business owners expect in 2017 when it comes to the issues that matter to them most . Recently reelected republican congressman steve chabot of ohio is chairman of the Small Businesses committee. He joins us from washington to shed some light. So good to see you. Thank you, j. J. Great to be with you again. We love having you on the show. When you talk to Small Business owners over the past 11 years, the one thing that they say is the hardest for them almost over anything else is uncertainty. So many Small Business owners are feeling uncertain right now, and if we just look at the overtime rules, right, th
Your business is sponsored by American Express open. Helping you get business done. Hi everyone, im j. J. Ramberg, and welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your growing business. In seattle, we met one entrepreneur whos taken her great grandfathers Old School Business model, the corner store, and updated it to fit the millennial lifestyle. Its got a wine bar, Coffee Baristas and locally sourced handmade gifts. This entrepreneur has already got three neighborhood locations in seattle, and just like other local seattle business, starbucks, she told us shes got big plans. Puget sound, earl grey or coconut lime. We focus a lot on community here. And that opportunity to come and have somebody say, hey, hows it going, and really mean it . All of that is what creates the opportunity for me. Dani cone is the owner of cone steiner is, a small chain of three Convenience Stores in seattle. Ive been in the Service Industry my entire life. And one of my favorite things about the