. >> something finally clicked, when beth met fran phillips. the addition of fran's former colleague don oakes to the conversation set the ball in motion. >> don and i are both originally from maine. born and raised here. he's thrifty like i am and he's very, very level headed and easy to talk to. and i left that meeting saying there's a guy i can learn from and work with. >> beth made it clear she wasn't looking for investors, but she was looking for partners and that she needed band width and she needed people who could work in the business. >> before any formal agreement was signed beth fran and don got to work. >> even though we went through some heavy, heavy negotiating, once emotionally we all knew we wanted to work to the don and fran crucially had a lot to share with my business. >> the hope was that their involvement would ensure smoother transition. >> the most important thing i needed to do was learn the business. so i was looking at it from the outside in. and now to be able to sit in on the inside. >> after eight months of wranglin

. >> don and fran were beth's new partners, don as ceo and beth as the president.pite formalities, the leadership is collaborative. the two-sided desk they share is proof of that. >> neither one of us are big on titles. they are important to others but there's nothing going on that we are not in the know about and one of us takes the lead. that's how we work it. >> step one was to formally reorganize the company. including the creation of a board. >> the way we structured the deal with don and fran's investers was it was more beneficial to restructure it as an llc. >> within weeks, a warehouse opened where sails were stored and cut. on the sail side beth knew why to focus. >> the business is strong over the years because that was my comfort zone. i wanted to grow a direct channel. >> spearheading a new look for seabags.com. >> we restructured the website, the branding look and feel and shot the bags in a consistent way. it was a matter of doing a better job of telling the story. >> the addition of staff drives growth at three retail locations and online. >> i have

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