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,
Please welcome phillip greenwalt. Phillip is the cofounder of emerger revolution war and a full time contributor to emerger civil war. He is the author or coauthor of two volumes in the emerger revolution war series and three volumes in the emerger civil war series and one of his books is downstairs. Phil graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in history from Wheeling Jesuit University and has a graduate degree in American History from george mason university. He is currently a supervisory park ranger with the National Park service in florida, you can ask him about fun snakes he might have seen recently. So with that, let us learn a little bit about why someone would want to burn down boston. [ applause ] i will move the microphone up, maybe one of them. So, yeah, im a park ranger in the everglades, so i did not bring any snakes so everyone can stay in the first or second rows, i know that was a big concern by rob and liz. But todays talk is centered on something a little farther nor
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, they lost money. We have never seen a profit
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, they lost money. We have never seen a profit
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, they lost money. We have never seen a profit from this store in the n