you doing? i'm marcus. >> larry. nice to meet you. easure. >> nice to meet you, larry. >> pleasure. >> is this car for sale? >> yes, it is. >> how many miles on this? >> 2,400. it was restored. >> uh-huh. how many total cars on the lot? >> probably 20. >> total? >> total. >> 20 cars? 20 cars is more like a private collection than a used car dealership. a successful used car dealership is one that is built on having something for everyone. you have to have a wide array of price points, and a wide array of selection. is pete here? >> yeah, he's in his office. i'll take you. >> okay. >> pete. >> marcus. >> how you doing, buddy? >> pleasure. thank you for taking the time. >> absolutely. >> what did you think of the place when you first walked in? >> it's--it's--yeah. it's built out, that's for sure. >> this is my soul, i design, i architect. >> have you been in the car business a long time? >> no, i was only five years in the car business before i opened. i put everything i have in here in my soul and my bank account. can i give you a tour

to meet you. >> raul, nice to meet you. >> veronica. >> both: nice to meet you. >> are there everays when you come in here and you wonder, "can the business make it in this tough economy?" >> yeah, that's been in the back of my mind. i know it can grow, but will it grow? >> so tell me about your process. >> come get the bottles. okay. >> so we got a blank bottle. >> then we take it to label it. these labels are probably too big. the roll is too long, so it will not fit on that machine here. >> what are you, rigging the thing? >> yeah, because the roll is too big. >> not only do you not have the automated machine, this machine doesn't even work for what you have. >> right. >> how long does this normally take? >> on a good day, we can probably get maybe 1,200 bottles. >> this is just a bull[bleep] process. >> very long, very tedious. >> now let's see over here. what happens over here? >> this is the filler machine. >> you have one. >> one. >> wow. these machines are small and jerry-rigged, and the workflow is slow and inefficient. if they can only fill 1,200 bottles on a good day, i

. >> how are you? nice to meet you. >> hi. >> allison? >> yes. >> marcus. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> hi. i'm pete. >> pete, how are you? nice to meet you. you look like you're a mad scientist, with that lab coat. >> i guess you could say i am a scientist of sorts. >> i was a little surprised at where the place is located. it's, like, in a neighborhood. >> when we started this business, we had maybe a couple hundred dollars in our pocket or something crazy. >> we were not in a great financial position, and so someone offered us this place. and we're putting everything we have into building this. >> how many different types of candies are in here? >> hundreds of different types. >> we make lots and lots and lots of things by hand. it's what sweet pete's specializes in-- thing like caramels, hard candy, pulled sugar, chocolates, toffee. >> i'd like to get down to tasting. >> my personal favorite is this. >> now, everything that i'm gonna taste you made? >> i've got another candy maker on staff who's worked for me for many, m

you? tony. niceo meet you. >> tony, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> a lot going on this morning. >> yeah, there's quite a bit going on. this is when our usual action happens. >> and where--where is all this going? >> restaurants, butcher shops, diners. >> how long have you been here? >> i've been here for 24 years. >> 24, that's it? >> yeah, that's it. >> oh, my gosh. can you show me around? >> absolutely. but before you go in, you need a hairnet, a hat, and a white coat. >> okay. so what do you do here? >> i'm one of the foremen here. >> let's head in and check it out. >> okay, let's go. come on in. this is where it happens. >> wow. wow, wow, wow. >> this is our beef department, all the hanging beef. how about i get howard and alan down here? they'll really give you a good tour. marcus is here. >> nice meeting you, pleasure. >> nice to meet you. you got a nice operation. >> thank you. >> do you love it? >> after 40 years, i have to love it. >> you better love it. >> i don't have a choice a

>> how you doing? niceo meet you. >> hey, greg, good to see you. >> welcome. >> why don't we go sit down and kind of get down to business. >> terrific, great. >> is that all right? >> yeah, that'd be great. >> okay. how much money do you guys have invested so far in this venture? >> about $3/4 million, and then five silent partners who put in another 1/2 million. >> and how much are the payables today? >> all of our liabilities is about 575,000. >> almost 600,000. >> almost 600,000. >> are the other partners in addition to yourself prepared to write a check to get the business right? >> none of the partners are willing to do that. >> not even you guys. the math is very simple. they've invested over $1 million into this business, but they currently owe their vendors $600,000. i don't care that they do $3 1/2 million a year in business. they don't make any margin, so there's nowhere to pay the bills from. here are the problems that i see: terrible communication. not having a leader in place is devastating to

you? >> nice to meet you. >> what do you do here? >> i take care of the money. >> what do you have that i can look at? how 'bout a p&l? >> yes. this is april. >> okay. >> and this is 2012. >> so in this month, you know how much revenue you did? >> 120? >> 109. how much did you make on 109? >> i have no idea. >> $78. >> sales fell off greatly, and it--and it just hasn't blossomed to where it needs to go. >> grooming has been underperforming. training has been lagging. our top performer is definitely boarding. this year, boarding's off quite a bit. >> what is your occupancy? >> what do you mean? >> we're gonna think about this just like a hotel-- number of beds, number of nights, the rate per night. that's how a hotel does a budget. they manage their business on some level of occupancy. if all of the runs and all of the beds were occupied, you would have $1,830,000. what do you think your level of occupancy is as a percentage of your total? do you know that number? >> no. >> you know that number? >> no. >> the maximum revenue that the

you? >> nice to meet you, marcus. >> nice to meet you. >> good to meet you. how are you doing?y name's steve caldaronello, and i'm sharla's fiancee. you know, i want to make sure it's the right deal for her. >> he's very protective of me. >> i definitely will protect her and voice my opinion. >> what department would this be called? >> i don't know, it's stuff. >> okay, what is this here? >> oh, these are my crepes. >> so you're in the popcorn business, the crepe business, and the funnel cake business. >> so my staple is really popcorn. that's how i started. and then as i started getting bigger, i've learned more locations, more money, so... >> more locations, more revenue. not more locations, more money. >> more revenue--oh, okay. >> sharla's business generates well over $2 million a year in revenue, but she still makes zero profit. what she needs to do is really analyze her business to understand where the gross profit is coming from. which one has better margins? >> popcorn. >> so let me understand this. popcorn does more business. it has more profits. but you're in the crep

you? i'm marcus. >> david. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> i'm alison. >> nice to meet you. >it's an honor to meet you. >> nice to meet you. so what makes this location different from the one that i was at earlier on greene street? >> this store is a small percentage of our business, but we also do all of our shipping here. >> how much business will this store do, this location right here, a year? >> retail sales as opposed to the whole company? 10, 12%. >> okay. so what will i find in here? i mean, pretty much the same kind of stuff we saw at the other place? >> this has pretty much the same stuff. >> so you--how many pies do you make a year? >> 40,000. >> do you make pies in this-- >> we do not make pies in this location. we only make pies in our greene street location. and this is our shipping area where david packs up our packages to ship. these are our products that we use for shipping, and we have dry ice here for shipping. this store costs more to run than it brings in, in revenue, but we need it because of-- because we're doing our shipping out of here. >> oh. the big

thank you so much. >> nice to meet you. so, i want to get a little quick tour. >> right here, we're in the buying office. >> okay. >> when we buy the vehicles, we sit the customers here. this is where we negotiate all the deals. >> where do you sit, then? right there? >> yeah, they sit here, we sit behind the desk. >> wow, okay. i like the mascot. >> yeah. >> he's awesome. how many square feet do you have in total? >> uh, i think 4,500. >> which is this garage... >> yeah. >> and this? >> yeah, that's it. >> and that's it. >> and we do have a small office upstairs also. >> what's the rent here a month, 10 grand? >> [scoffs] ov--well over 20,000. almost $30,000 a month. >> almost 30,000? >> yeah. >> yep. >> space is very expensive in manhattan. having a large overhead, well, that puts a lot of pressure on a business. are both of you here every day? >> six days a week, yeah. >> you're the general manager? >> yeah, that's right. >> and your role is? >> marketing, internet, social media. >> what's your biggest challenge today? >

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nice to meet you. bring it in! started from the bottom now we here. nice to meet you. et you. >> 1/8 black. >> good afternoon. my octoroon! bring it in. >> i'm in there. >> you tucking it in? tuck, tuck? >> i'm in there. >> all right. nice to meet you, ma'am. oh, my goodness. look at this. she is so beautiful. i want another one. precious. what is her name? nice to meet you. come on. there he is. boom. >> mr. president. >> very good to meet you. >> it is a very loose piece. jordan said -- these little improvised moments. >> when the white woman came to hug you -- >> there is part of that that is based on reality. it is hard for me to go in and out. [laughter] we met him and he said i do a pretty good me, too. which i thought was funny. >> the president said he did a pretty good obama as well. how hard was it to capture? is it easy to capture that thing you have captured? >> it was not easy, but it took a week of really grinding and watching and watching but once i had it, i had it. >> what do you get to have it? is it the voice? >> it is the voice. it is more than the v

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you? i'm marcus. your name? stephanie: stephanie. lemonis: stephanie, nice to meet you. nicolas: hi. nicolas goureau. monis: nicolas, nice to meet you. marcus. and so you deal with the operations. nicolas: i deal with the overall management of the entire business, stephanie finances, and my mother the product. lemonis: everybody's got a role. nicolas: they're my captains, you know, if you want to call it that. lemonis: and you're the general. how many stores do you have? nicolas: so, currently, courage. b has seven retail locations. lemonis: and the business will do how much in sales this year? stephanie: we are shooting to do $6 million. -lemonis: last year, how much? -nicolas: $5 million. lemonis: and so there's some substance to that number. and how about margins? nicolas: 50%. lemonis: okay. stephanie: last year, we lost. nicolas: we lost a lot of money last year. -lemonis: how much? -stephanie: a half million. lemonis: okay. industry average of margin on clothing is about 70%. in 2013, courage. b had margins of 50%. they do over $5 million a year in sales. if we can just get courage. b's margins

you? -lemonis: nice to meet you. -sal: nice to meet you. i'm one of the owners here. how are you doing? lemonis: good. i was just getting to meet fabio. sal: fabio's been with me a long time, so he's a -- my brother-in-law. i started the business when i was 17 years old in my garage, and it just exploded. and look at this. i mean... lemonis: so it's been a very profitable year so far? sal: yeah. i mean, when i mean "profitable," the businesses do well. the only problem is the debt. this place took a lot of money to build. lemonis: how much debt's on the books? sal: about $1.5 million. we couldn't pay the contractors, and we would have to use credit cards. there was no financing here. you go to the bank, and they say, "what are you building? a sports complex, embroidery? sal, what the hell is going on over there?" flat-out no. "too risky." lemonis: fabio, how do you describe the business to people? fabio: hmm. the business itself, it's complicated. there is a lot going on in here. it's hard to really just put it all in a nutshell really quick. sal: it's a multiplex of businesses that rea

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my son, michael. >> nice to meet you, mike. >> nice to meet you. >> and my husband, rich. >> hi, marcusvery nice to meet you. >> how are you? it's nice to meet you. >> heard a lot about you. >> you too. so, rich, tell me a little bit about the history of mr. green tea. >> well, you know, my dad started this business, you know, 45, 50 years ago. >> he's the real mr. green tea. >> he saw the need of high-quality ice cream for the restaurants. he had a friend who was also in the ice cream business, and my dad believed you gotta sell to food service--to restaurants, and his friend believed you gotta sell to grocery stores. my dad went his way, founded mr. green tea, and put it into restaurants, and reuben went his way and founded haagen-dazs. so, you know. you see who actually had the better idea. >> haagen-dazs as in-- as in the haagen-dazs, multi-billion-dollar ice cream? >> exactly. >> do you have his number? maybe i can go do some business with him. >> well-- [laughter] >> i like this story because it's a classic case of being willing to take risks. in the case of mr. green tea, they li

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you? >> what? nice things? e said that you're a sissy. >> [gasps] >> no, i said the type of onstage activity you do is kind of-- >> yeah, we don't want to go there. >> [laughs] >> it's--yeah. what do you think about that? >> i think-- >> would you call me a sissy? >> i wouldn't call a woman anything other than "thank you" and "yes, ma'am." >> oh-ho, you're soft. you're soft, marcus. >> whose idea was this place? >> i had vision. >> is that why you didn't put her name on the business? >> thank you. >> i have a 35-year reputation. >> what's the answer to that? why is her name not on the business? >> because nobody would recognize her name. they would on--they would recognize my name first. and we're wor--we're working with a brand, and my-- >> [laughs] did you actually just tell me that? >> yes, i did. yes, i did. she's got to earn her stripes. she's got to earn her stripes. >> are you gonna help me? are you here to help me? >> i'm more motivated to help you than i am him, i can tell you that. >> help me help you

you doing, sir? i'm marcus. joe: marcus. joe. nice to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you, joe.ight now, the business is struggling. you're a few months in, and you're already $15,000 behind. joe: i understand -- i mean, i have other business interests, as well, so it's kind of tough. lemonis: you have $75,000 on the hook, and you have a lease. do you have the money to take care of this guarantee? joe: i could pay it, but it's a question of "do i want to go into my retirement account and start liquidating?" lemonis: and honestly, i don't want you to do that. and so we're giving you a lifeline. we're suggesting that, for a very nominal amount, your personal guarantee is gone, all the liability would go away. yes, you would take your losses on everything you've put in thus far, but it at least stops the bleeding. nelson: so, what is that nominal amount that you're talking about? lemonis: $10,000. that'd be probably it. this is a no-brainer. anytime somebody allows you to get off the hook for 10 grand on a $75,000 obligation, it seems like there's not much to think about. this rest

erin burnett, thank you. nice to see you. appreciate it.atch more on kim jong-un tonight on "aarerin burt o outfront." and let me bring in our next guest. could kim be ruling from his sick bed and maybe afraid of looking weak even though we have seen him limping out there in public? can you hear me okay? >> yes. i can hear you. >> just wondering is it possible that kim could be ruling from his sick bed. is that possible? >> i think that's entirely possible. that was the case for his father and grandfather and i think it's unwarranted to speculate further, any further than the fact that he's physically uncomfortable and we have to realize that in north korea, yes, he's the absolute leader. he doesn't make all kind of decisions. he's not that clever. i don't think with this age and lack of experience he's capable of making major decisions. in fact, all decisions are made by the party, the labor party and the party has really expertise in all areas. i think in this case how to manage kim jong-un's life is also determined by the party. >> it so

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we'll show you in just a second, but a pretty nice evening. temperatures still 56.ds are calm, relative humidity stands at about 70%. we're looking at really a pretty nice evening. we'll see partial clearing after midnight. here is the radar over the past couple of hours. most of the showers are confined out to the valley as they will not make it into the western suburbs. maybe as far north as hagerstown and frederick, but that's about it. they are all light right along i-81 in woodstock, moving off to the north and the east moving right up i-81. that's the heaviest activity that you could see, most of us didn't see the showers, ending early tonight. bus stop temperatures, they are nice in the upper 40s to the lower 60s between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. temperatures in the 60s. nice for the friday night plans if you're going out. temperatures in the 60s if you are past 10:00 to 11:00. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, 50 in gaithersburg. and even the mid-50s downtown with a chillier start no doubt. temperatures in the lower 50s now in gaithersburg, leesburg, frederick, even comberl

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. >> thank you. nice seeing you again. >> after this it will be harlin kelly and then courtney. >> my name is rebecca earning ton. we are here to support mr. moran for this important role. he is uniquely qualified and i think mr. harrington went through his qualities so i won't repeat them, but as someone who is monitoring the program in the puc and i have served in the water advisory committee in the puc and someone who is clearly interested in the city's water and as a ratepayer, i think it's important to have someone who has a strong opinion about the clean energy of the city. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is harlin kelly and the general manager of the public utilities commission. i'm here definitely in support of andy moran. he's been very valuable to me. as you know i came with a previous loss from the regional manager and taking this role and responsibility was great that anson embraced me and help me especially with challenging issues especially relating to the water