Lemonis my job is to help this owner appreciate his staff. This isnt gonna go anywhere good. Hayden its not. Lemonis . And rethink his process. If we dont fix this, this business is gonna go nowhere. Im Marcus Lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. I love investing in american businesses. Woman these people are here because they care. Lemonis its not always easy, but i do it to create jobs and i do it to make money. Do we have a deal . Lets rock and roll. This is the profit. So, i received an application from a company in georgia that has a cooler business. Its called polar bear coolers. The overall cooler business has exploded, and particularly the highend cooler business cause people want to invest in something and hold it forever. And the softsided cooler business is a fastgrowing category. Now i love tailgating and i love the outdoors, and so it fits nicely into my portfolio. [ rock music plays ] hayden hello. Lemonis whats that music . Hayden you didnt know how you d
And i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings going to 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 1979, shortly after immigrating to the United States from mexico, Gilbert Martinez opened up Pacific Hospitality design, a commercial Furniture Manufacturing Company located just outside los angeles. Ana so far, so good. Thats good. Lemonis it was a true Family Business with gilberts daughter ana growing up on the shop floor. Ana this one here. Lemonis these days, she oversees design, while her father oversees production. And over the years, theyve built big accounts with Companies Like the coffee bean, mgm, and caesars entertainment. Ana weve got to make sure that we send quality stuff. Theyre unhappy because we didnt catch it. Lemonis
Patrick i mean, i dont want to be, like, sitting here just. Lemonis . Working . His brand wont just go out of style, it will go out of business. Patrick im just so [bleep] scared. Lemonis 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 2008, Patrick Dilascia moved from new york city to los angeles to launch his namesake clothing brand, dilascia. Patrick i want to have my life. I want to have my dream. Lemonis specializing in screenprinted tshirts with playful designs, patrick built a storefront, a website, and most importantly accounts with bigname retailers, like nordstrom and barneys. And as his company grew, his siblings dan and kelly came to l. A. To pitch in. Pa
Lemonis okay, okay. Nina youre not dizzy, are you . Finia nina, you see how aggravating this is . Lemonis im marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. I love investing in american businesses. Woman these people are here because they care. Lemonis its not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. Do we have a deal . Lets rock and roll. Man yeah lemonis this is the profit. Im in atlanta, georgia, and im on my way to perimeter mall, and im here to see Macaron Queen, which is a very small startup in the dessert space. Its clear to me that Macaron Queen has a Good Business model on a small scale, but this particular product possesses all the qualities needed to actually become a directtoconsumer product and a big wholesale product. They want to grow, but they want to grow profitably. Woman 2 a princess cake, two of those creme brulees. Lemonis i love french macarons. I would almost call myself a macaron snob. Nina hi lemonis im marcus. Nina hi, im
Original switch. Youre out of your mind. I wouldnt care if they traced her heritage to cabbage patch, usa. Im her father, i always have been and i always will be. Barbara i cant imagine what it would have been like. Was it deliberate . This was no accident. I asked her on her deathbed. Her daughter said, who made you god . And why . Why was i switched . Having grown up in florida, i knew a bit about wauchula. I knew this is a place where probably only a few thousand people lived in the whole county, and were talking sort of backwoods florida. This is a very rural country town. There were two stoplights in the city of wauchula in 1978. Two of em. One of em was right not far from the courthouse, and the other was about a mile to the south. Its a small town. Neighbors trust each other. People dont lock their doors. Its a place where generations generations have lived in the same county. It was the only hospital. And only one obstetrician. Two women came to hardee memorial to have their ba