You said, we can sell anything, and i think i need to put that to the test. But if they cant put aside their pride and arrogance. Parker im pretty sure that i ran the biggest business before out of all of us. Travis ive actually done more than you in three businesses that ive owned. You havent taken the time to learn [bleep] lemonis . And prove to me that they can achieve the goals ive set for them. Have you figured out your specific business entirely . Taylor no. Lemonis well, what the [bleep] nobodys stopping you from figuring that out. Taylor were trying. Lemonis . Theyre gonna lose this follower for good. Taylor this is where we think we can add the most value because we just lemonis well, youre not gonna add the most value by getting it and pissing people off. Thats not a good way to add value. 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
Bruce nothing fits right now. 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
And fix the foundation of his company. Tracy these people are here because they care. Lemonis . The entire tumbleweed business will collapse. Do you know what fercockt means . 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 2012, Steve Weissmann took over tumbleweed tiny house company. Steve how are sales going . Lemonis . Now americas top manufacturer of mobile tiny homes. Tracy this is our roanoke model. Lemonis he had little experience building homes. Still, he managed to grow the company from five people working out of a garage to 70 people working out of a 20,000squarefoot facility. Tracy we have hundreds and hundreds of floor plans. Lemonis and today, sales ex
Bruce nothing fits right now. 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
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,