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Outsource that portion of the business. reporter: within months of her 2009 launch, she had a hiccup with the embroidery company. it quit. when the embroidery company backed out, what was the first thing you did? i mean, words that i can use on television are i really panicked. my first thought was, let s replace the partner. i realized, you know what? we should just bring it in house. reporter: doing the sewing herself, leasing a $15,000 embroidery machine. all of a sudden we were starting two businesses instead of one. we were starting an online retailer which i sort of know how to do and starting an embroidery provider which i knew nothing about at all. reporter: she says this was the best thing for mak-a-boo. in hindsight there s no way we could do what we do not doing the embroidery on ourself. it s always on our watch. reporter: to keep growing, cindy s used groupon and even gone hollywood. we ve joined a celebrity ....
What shouldn t happen and how we need to keep competitive. great to see you all s well. thanks for a great, robust discussion. another major tax cut could be on the way. if you think it s more money in your pocket, think again. i ll explain after this. but first, outsourcing is a cheaper option for many businesses, hear how one woman says keeping her work in house turn out to be the most profitable move. reporter: what do you do if you can t find cute, personalized gifts for your friends having babys? if you re cindy mcgowan, you start a company online that does just that. welcome to mak-a-boo. a lot of kids call their blankets or play things, boos. reporter: after working for snap fish, cindy knew how to build a great website but knew nothing about embroidery. so my original plan was to outsource that portion of the business. reporter: within months of her 2009 launch, she had a hiccup with the embroidery company. ....
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