Express appreciation to this evening sponsor, Teresa Crawley dds. [applause] dont get carried away. Shell, you know. [laughter] obviously, i could do this privately come and i have, but i would like to say a public thank to tarry for her sport terry for her support for her advice over the years, including topics. Thanks to her suggestions, so would you please stand up . Tonight speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success both as a musician and writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. Career asher second an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. Cannot regard, she is the former future editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, a sciencefiction article. The thing that particularly commends her to our attention and bring
You to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. Terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, a vices sciencefiction chronicle. However, the thing that particularly commands her to our attention and brings are
It actually costs barb money to be in this business. Kurt well, thats. Yeah. Lemonis but i see spectacular potential here. Barb were nationwide at whole foods, and that is new, a sku. Lemonis youre nationwide . Barb we are, 168 stores. Lemonis pretty awesome. But if i cant get barb to toughen up. You should almost shut this business down. This business will be killed by kindness. Barb [ sobbing ] lemonis im marcus lemonis. And i risk my own money to help businesses. I love investing in american businesses. Woman 1 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. We have a deal . Lets rock and roll. Man 1 yeah lemonis this is the profit. When i travel back and forth to los angeles, theres times where i visit different places, and it just so happens that b sweet is somewhere that i had been before, and i actually really loved it, and they contacted me because theyve been expanding into new areas and theyve hit so
We need to tweak it. Lemonis his sales pitch definitely needs work. I think you guys have done a [bleep] job explaining to them why they need to own it. And his Business Plan needs a reality check. I think your numbers are obscenely wrong. If i cant get him to loosen up and work on collaborating. Ethan i think there were a lot of people that were saying the same thing about a car, when henry ford came out with the car. They were happy with the horsedrawn carriages, but i think that, you know, longterm, worked out in a different way. Lemonis . This company may be up a creek without a paddle. Weve got a deal . Ethan uh. Uh, well, i, the. Um. 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
It actually costs barb money to be in this business. Kurt well, thats. Yeah. Lemonis but i see spectacular potential here. Barb were nationwide at whole foods, and that is new, a sku. Lemonis youre nationwide . Barb we are, 168 stores. Lemonis pretty awesome. But if i cant get barb to toughen up. You should almost shut this business down. This business will be killed by kindness. Barb [ sobbing ] lemonis im marcus lemonis. And i risk my own money to help businesses. I love investing in american businesses. Woman 1 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. We have a deal . Lets rock and roll. Man 1 yeah lemonis this is the profit. When i travel back and forth to los angeles, theres times where i visit different places, and it just so happens that b sweet is somewhere that i had been before, and i actually really loved it, and they contacted me because theyve been expanding into new areas and theyve hit so