My name is mike, im in Product Development at comcast. Were working to make things simple, easy and awesome. Good morning, everybody. Coming up on msmsnbcs your business, these military started a coffee business. Shop local means eat local. A virginiabased group of Grocery Stores, restaurants, and farmers Work Together to grow the local food scene. And the creator of a face mask beauty prbusiness meets up with our shop i finers. Thats all coming up next on
your business. Hi, there, everyone. Im jchlt j. R. J. Ramberg, and o your business. We wanted to go visit black rifle coffee, two veterans who hire other veterans. They help others adjust to new life out of the military. What did flying an f15, how does that translate into the civilian world . I didnt know at the time. Amanda higgins had no idea
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i think making that a point when you engage with customers encouraging them to support the small, local business, because we employ people in this community. we re a family-owned business. 98% of small businesses in the retail industry in the u.s. have 50 or fewer employees. 95% only have one location. so emphasizing that uniqueness, emphasizing the commitment. we re the ones who support of local baseball team and the ones little league teams, fire department. school board. all of those things are great ways to engage the community and tell a story. that s what this saul about. storytelling anden gau engageme and you are here to talk about shopping small on small business saturday. thank you. this week s selfie comes from tamarac, florida. owner and creator of perfume using cristings in the bottles of her fragrances. see them in the picture. a big fan of the show and we