Hi, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg. Welcome to your business. Every woek we gather together to talk entrepreneurship and give you tips, advice and a little inspiration to help your Small Business grow. For more than 100 years, the trimper family has run an Amusement Park on the board walk in ocean city, maryland. I went there to find out the trick to surviving through so many generations and running a decidedly Old School Business in todays modern world. For brooks and Christopher Trimper and their aunt stephanie trimper lewis, taking over it was as much destiny as it was choice. We dont really know any different. My grandfather called, wanted me to be involved in the Family Business. The company was founded in 1890 by Daniel Trimper who visit friday baltimore and then never left. Many things here on the property, movie theaters, dance halls, amusements, arcades, mini golf. An Amusement Park, games, arcades and other attractions. As the ocean city boardwalk grew over the last century, so d
Revitalizing the economy. Hi, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg. Welcome to your business. Every woek we gather together to talk entrepreneurship and give you tips, advice and a little inspiration to help your Small Business grow. For more than 100 years, the trimper family has run an Amusement Park on the board walk in ocean city, maryland. I went there to find out the trick to surviving through so many generations and running a decidedly Old School Business in todays modern world. For brooks and Christopher Trimper and their aunt stephanie trimper lewis, taking over it was as much destiny as it was choice. We dont really know any different. My grandfather called, wanted me to be involved in the Family Business. The company was founded in 1890 by Daniel Trimper who visit friday baltimore and then never left. Many things here on the property, movie theaters, dance halls, amusements, arcades, mini golf. An Amusement Park, games, arcades and other attractions. As the ocean city boardwalk grew o
amusement company on the boardwalk of ocean city maryland. been a roller coaster ride trying to change through family dynamics and keeping an old school business relevant. i went down to find out the trick to surviving through so many generations and to running an old school business in a modern, high tech world. for brooks and christopher trimper and their aunt stephanie trimper trimper-lewis, taking it over was as much destiny as choice. my grandfather called and wanted me to take over. it was founded by daniel who visited ocean city and never left. he had many things on the property from movie theaters, dance hauls amusements arcades, mini golf. today trimper includes arcades, games rides, other
attractions. as the ocean city boardwalk grew over the last century, so did the company. from here all the way to the end this is all trimper? yes, all the way to the end, to the water. experiment is brooks trimper, the fifth generation. the great, great grandson of the founder. from the perspective of any thrill seeker looking to hop onto the freak out or someone looking to win a big stuffed animal at the horse race, it all looks easy. fun and games really. but to brooks and his family, running this business is anything but. the family drama is just the start. there s probably approximately 25 stockholders and, you know, those stockholders have children, spouses so there s quite a few people that have some sort of ownership of this place. ownership and different ideas of how things should be run. i ve got a lot of extended family that have a lot of needs and desires and they want to get return on their investment, which is certainly
revitalizing the economy. hi, everyone. i m j.j. ramberg. welcome to your business. every woek we gather together to talk entrepreneurship and give you tips, advice and a little inspiration to help your small business grow. for more than 100 years, the trimper family has run an amusement park on the board walk in ocean city, maryland. i went there to find out the trick to surviving through so many generations and running a decidedly old school business in today s modern world. for brooks and christopher