i grew up learning how he thought, how he created, how he, you know, wanted to not only make great products but help people by giving jobs back. completely self-funded, for monica, this isn t just a side gig. it s a true passion project. i m lucky and i m grateful because i get to act, and then i get to use that cash, saying it bluntly, use the cash to put into this and create a business. i learned everything. i really did. i learned how to do it because no one is going to care about your business as much as you do. so i eat, i breathe, live, sleep, sometimes to a fault. with her name front and center on all thelabels, monica makes sure each and every item is something that she wants to sell to her customers. i never wanted to attach a name to something that i didn t put my blood, sweat, and tears
to quality exercise to their everyday life at home, work, or on the go. for more information, visit exy.com. thank you very much. all right, here you go. two numbers, the first one is what do you think of the product, and second, what do you think of the pitch? and i actually have a piece of advice for you. traction. you and i were talking ahead of time. i know that you had a kickstarter campaign that was incredibly successful. you forgot to mention it here. i think investors always want to know what success you have seen before. now i have biased you. let s hear what you ve got. okay, so i gave you a five on the product. you gave a lot of information, but i don t know who you re targeting. i don t know where to buy it, and i don t know how much it costs. these are really critical details. on the pitch, i loved your delivery. i loved hearing it was patent pendin but i didn t get a sense foth milestones in the business as a whole. i liked hearing about the ask, but i just felt like
or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you r growth at openom. when i m pitching a large customer that has business functions that do similar work tomine, how do i show my business is additive instead of competitive? that s such a excellent question. especially as a new business. you often find there is some overlap between your business and a larger business that you re pitching to. the best way is to identify those differences between your business and the business that you re pitching to and accentuate those areas that are
into along with my team. people work hard for their money. i m not going toel them junk. i m not going to make junk. if there s a bad batch of something, we throw it out. my standard is like would i give this to my mom or my kids? if the answer is no, then it goes out. thinking of her fans as family led her to find new ways to interact with them, face-to-face. we were online and people love the stuff, and then i love to connect with people. so i thought, this could be a great opportunity to have a destination location in garrettsville, ohio. where we have a store front. we have our production room. we have our shipping, our handling, our distribution. the store is an extension of my home, and my home is an extension of my store. there s no barrier, you know? with all the decisions she makes that are rooted in business savvy or trial and error, sometimes it s just been about listening to her gut. that s what ultimately led to
community and having these open mikes and having an artist in residence for lessons all ties into the fact that we want people to see that accordion is still out there. it s alive and well. that there s people who use it in every kind of nre, every type of music. i don t think it s going anywhere. it s something that it is an old craft, but i think it will always have a place. we just want to continue to make the accordion great again. hollywood is actress monica potter s stomping ground, but her heart is in ohio. her love for her hometown is so much a part of who she is, she decided to start a business that celebrated shopping local and tried to bring jobs back to the community she grew up in. she s acted alongside some of hollywood s biggest names like nicolas cage and morgan freeman, and received widespread love as