Hi there, everyone, im jj ramberg and welcome to your business. Where we address the needs and issues confronting americas Small Businesses. Attempts to raise the minimum wage recently passed a law raising the minimum wage to 15 an hour. That is a 61 increase. The law gives Small Businesses seven years to comply but franchises have to comply within three years. Because the law claims that franchisees are really big businesses with ties to big corporations. Similar laws are being considered in chicago, boston, philadelphia and san francisco. Stephen colbert is president and ceo of the International Franchise association which has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the seattle law saying it treats franchises and other Small Businesses unequally. Mckeanny howl is the owner of seattlebased plum restaurants and with the main street alliance. Shes been the leader in getting the seattle minimum wage bill passed. Great to see both of you guys. Great to be back on, jj, thank you. Thank
Thats why were proud to present your business on msnbc. Hi, there, everyone, im jj ramberg and welcome to your business summer is over and its back to work for helps of congress but not for long. Its washington politics as usual as law makers quickly try to take care of urgent business so they can get back on the campaign trail for the crucial midterm elections taking place in november. One constituency that both incumbents and challengers should fiercely be courting are millions of Small Business owners. J. D. Harrison covers startup and Small Businesses and entrepreneurship for the Washington Post with a focus on public policy, great to see you. Thanks for having me, j. J. Whats interesting to this to me is a lot of politicians talked about Small Business, doing stuff for Small Business, when i go around the country and ask Small Business owners do you feel like anyone in washington is looking out for you, nine times out of ten they say no. Thats right. Maybe even more than nine time
For those who always find new ways to grow their business, American Express open proudly presents your business on msnbc. Hi, everyone. I am jj ramberg, and welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your Small Business grow. Working with family is not always easy, especially when age and experience are factors but for one millennial his fresh perspective helped his latino family with strong roots in napa valley dream bigger. We head to wine country to see how they developed the Perfect Blend of new and old in order to grow a successful Small Business. For the gallegos family, wine is in their dna. My grandfather immigrated from mexico and settled in napa valley, and he worked for one of only five wineries in the area, barringer, and then in 66 he brought over the rest of the family, including my dad. He spent his entire life working in the vineyards of napa valley, often with his two sons by his side. I would go out there and prune. They would go out there with me. I woul
Hi, everyone. I am jj ramberg, and welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your Small Business grow. Working with family is not always easy, especially when age and experience are factors but for one millennial his fresh perspective helped his family with strong roots in napa valley dream bigger, and we head to wine company how to developed a blend of new and old to help develop a successful Small Business. For the gallegos family, wine is in their dna. My grandfather immigrated from mexico and settled in napa valley, and he worked for one of only five wineries in the area, and then in 66 he brought over his family, including my dad. Often with his two sons, working in napa valley. I would go and prune and they would be with me, and i would do the big cuts and then they came through and helped. When he saw his boys wanted to follow in his footsteps, he considered doing something different. I was happy what i was doing and i enjoyed working with the people i was working
Hi there, everyone, im jj ramberg. Welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your Small Business survive, thrive and grow. Some people just have it. We all know people like this. They have this incredible ability to charm. Call it the art of the schmooze. Now, i never met anyone who does it better than mort berkowitz. Hes the larger than life owner of a political memorabilia company. We followed him down to the Democratic National convention so that i could see him in action. How are you . Close to 1,000 buttons. Mort berkowitz is working the crowd at the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. Its a crowd. And we see them over and over and over. So you really in a fourday period, youve developed a relationship. And relationships for mort mean money. That relationship, which is sincere at the moment, also pays dividends later on. His new yorkbased company, bold concepts, designs, manufactures, and sells political buttons. Its not about his politics, he says. Its a