business, asian business.ow the gay and lesbian designation. that diverse business is a percentage of sales that the government has to spend with these designations. >> reporter: that means 23% allocated for small business is further broken down by designation. for instance women-owned businesses get 5%. if your head is spinning rosemary recommends contacting your local small business development center to help figure it out. that's how she connect ed with linda. >> let's have you come over. >> i'm dying to meet charlie. >> reporter: people experienced in doing business with the government like linda can guide you through the process. >> number one, you need to understand who your target markets are. it's not just saying i'm going to get government contracts but who will buy the products, how they buy and understanding the process. >> reporter: understanding the government customer means understanding the unique product needs. >> the government is looking to purchase recycled products. that's a key initiative.

a big business someday. and that's fine. that's what this helps us do. strengthen those small jobs and the economy, provides that opportunity for people to be the provider rather than being on welfare and such. >> quickly since we're out of time this segment, what's the support for these bills? >> these will go through i think with bipartisan support with no problem. >> okay. thanks. and when we return, it is mailbag time. and get ready, rose, we picked your letter to the it's coming up next. >> we're back with our closing washington." it is our mailbag segment. it's when we read a letter you have sent to the mailbag page of joyce communications website. we read it right here on the air. and, congressman, we have a letter to you from rose. and she writes, dear media has suggested the sba could do more to help small u like to see them take on for nevada businesses in particular? >> the main thing that has been happening -- and i think it's a good thing -- is we have expanded the amount of dollars that comes t

and you're a small business owner, i'm a small business owner.ou recognize how frequently you're bombarded by people trying to sell you things that you ultimately don't need. what ends up happening in small business lending with, business owners are taken advantage of. terms are otaken from them. it's all about empowering business owners with information so they can come out on top. >> what are some of the tenets of the bill of rights? >> there's a broker section on the bill of rights. the way a broker generally operates is they'll put a business owner into a product or work with a lender that will pay the broker the most amount of money, not a lender that will provide the lowest cost capital. brokers must provide a business owner with all the information about all of the products for which they're actually eligible. >> is this actionable at all? you have a bill of rights out there. what does it actually do? >> in my mind it lays a foundation for best practices for lenders and brokers to abide by to ensure that the whole world and ecosystem of on

that's generally businesses, large, large businesses that are headquartered in san francisco. in order to qualify for this you need to have over a thousand employees and you have to have over a billion dollars in u.s. receipts in the last fiscal year. so it's not a lot of businesses qualify for this, but we do ask this of all businesses in case they need to do that. it's a new tax of the gross receipts tax, so we'll answer no for the small business. then we have the payroll expense tax filing where they enter how many employees they have, let's say they have 10, and how much payroll expense was, let's say a million dollars, click save and continue, it kag collates their payroll expense tax showing back to them what they have entered, if they qualify for any exclusions. by far the most common exclusion is the net new payroll dmruetion, a few thousand businesses qualify for that, those are businesses with $500,000 or less in payroll expense, they have growth that's added either work hours or employees in the last year so that was passed by the board of supervisors a few years ag

business. how the public would make recommendations would be through general public comment. >> so they have to come in? >> they do not. they could snit a written letter which is submitted to you electronically from the office, from us, and then you are certainly welcome under new business to bring it up. >> i mean the fact that i just asked that question might suggest that having my small business owner hat on, i did not know that. so maybe having something on the web site that tells you how to go about proposing new business --. >> that is a good idea and that is something we can add to the commission section of the web site. >> this tag line, the small business commission is open for new business. >> then one other area we can also make sure is that on the biz portal, when you get to the home page if you do scroll down there are 3 boxes that are designed just for announcements, things like annual tax filing is coming up. so, again, we'll coordinate with jane to just make sure that the link t

business merchants or pvr's small business. so this is about , what, 150+ >> that's correct >> willie of the 240, there's 90 we don't know about yet. i think it would be interesting to know very specifically and 90 sites that are potentially affecting small businesses of the kind we often represent here. the other thing i think is that i presume this requires the owner of the property wants to sell to developer who's going to do this? >> that's correct >> then there's a survey i love those $.90. i me so how many are going to sell the property? some aren't. some are landlords like your tenants and are not in this other site because they want the hardware store to be there in perpetuity. they're not going to where they don't have an appetite for developments. so we know there are properties that sit in trusts the people who don't want to develop the property could they like it just the way it is. so we can get those. then we get down to the very specific number of sites go and survey them and determine what businesses are at risk

business. we serve at risk youth ages 18 to 22. they learn everything from serving to business management to cooking and then actually run the restaurant, which taps into the amazing tourism industry here, the hospitality industry in san francisco. so their future is going to look bright, we hope, as they continue to participate in events like this. we're also super grateful to earl and the office of economic work force development for putting on supersoul 50. we're going to go ahead and take saturday, february 6, and highlight old school cafe and our qui seen. we have a fantastic gumbo, we have $4 off gumbo and we encourage everyone to come in and try us that night. since downtown is going to be busy and lots of excitement, they can come discover some of the hidden gems in our city. so we offer our support and appreciate all that small business does for us. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon, my name is john hornstadt, director of sales and marketing at the hyatt regency of s

business merchants or pvr's small business. so this is about , what, 150+ >> that's correct >> willie of the 240, there's 90 we don't know about yet. i think it would be interesting to know very specifically and 90 sites that are potentially affecting small businesses of the kind we often represent here. the other thing i think is that i presume this requires the owner of the property wants to sell to developer who's going to do this? >> that's correct >> then there's a survey i love those $.90. i me so how many are going to sell the property? some aren't. some are landlords like your tenants and are not in this other site because they want the hardware store to be there in perpetuity. they're not going to where they don't have an appetite for developments. so we know there are properties that sit in trusts the people who don't want to develop the property could they like it just the way it is. so we can get those. then we get down to the very specific number of sites go and survey them and determine what businesses are at risk

chase for business.nd with a complete view of her finances, she could control her cash flow, and keep the ranch running. chase for business. so you can own it. >> i think unfortunately where we're at is cut your losses, liquidate your inventory, pay your vendors, work your way out of your lease, and go home. you don't have the time. the other scenario is--it's a little like a hail mary. you should let somebody else run the business, and hope that somebody else can execute it because you don't have the time. >> i grew up in retail. to me, this is second nature. i love this. i love coming in here and rolling up my sleeves. >> greg, i'm not sensing that you have really been involved to date. no one's ever here. who's in charge? i don't know. >> i'm not here every day. i readily admit that. i can't imagine not being involved. >> and how about you, bill? >> i could be not involved. >> here's my offer. my offer is i'll put $300,000 into the business. i would own 51% of the business. the management team would o

business would get back because if the business is occupying 3 thousand square feet and that business will have only 1200 how is that option going to be first right of refusal, be practically workable for that business if that business was using a space that is not going to be able- >> [inaudible] >> equivalent. i just want to know what your recommendations are, first the minimum and second, the ordinance is not going to make it as a condition for the rate that would be applicable for the business to come back. in other words, the rate is not a condition, however how about the space? >> i think that is a interesting question. while you were talking about that i was going through that in my mind. i think there are a lot of interesting dimensions about that we could add. i have concerns about being too prescriptive. i imagine if there is a building single story and covers a entire lot, if there a multistory building we need to dedicate some of the ground floor to get to the top. what percentage is the right amount? i don't know. i think maybe there is language you can help craft and out

no small business can do that. for major business to do so. so it separates those two as an understanding there is a difference between manufacturing and service contracts. >> well, i know you have said that it's mostly about clarity on federal government contract rules. so the so-called noncurrent non-manufacturer's rule and again the confusion over goods and services. >> and that's the point. >> explain that. >> just in our district 4 itself, you know, nellis is a major, major player there for small businesses and for federal dollars. these are federal contracts where this clarification has been convoluted. now, $240 million worth of contracts will be submitted in nellis over the next two years. that provides that opportunity -- to make sure we're clear, between service and manufacturing. when somebody provides chairs to a place, do they also have to make the chair? so it's that opportunity to make sure that small business can still be involved and maybe not be the manufacturer of the source also. >> it seems like in our last segment, too, a

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lemonis: don't you think they need hein the business, not out of the business? ewell: i understand where you're going. lemonis: i'm not trying to go anywhere. i'm not seeing you helping them put food out or clean up. ewell: no, i'm a p.r. guy. just doing that simple facebook thing boosted their business. lemonis: but they only have 3,000 likes on facebook. the real help they need is in their daily operation. expansion is great, but they have to get this one right first. you want them to run a profitable business. ewell: i want to see them get their systems in order. lemonis: are you gonna help do that? ewell: like you play to your strengths, i want to play to my strength. lemonis: once i can get comfortable that the processes are right, then i'm fine with opening up the floodgates for you to do some marketing. but first things first. ewell: i have a different vision than you. lemonis: you do? my vision is that somebody needs to manage the place. ewell: you need to open your eyes a little bit. lemonis: i need to open my eyes? ewell: yes. lemonis: i'm open. what a

businesses?businesses are already. because if you go back to the real reason for business -- and i'm sure there are exceptions -- but the real reason for business is to really solve some of these problems that are out there in society. the problems of food security, the problems of access to water, the problems of climate change. although they are challenges, are at the same time enormous opportunities to invest behind. technology allows us to do that now. and funding ultimately has to come from business for a great part of that. business is about 60% of the global gdp. 80% of the financial flow. and 90% of the job creation, these days. so if business does not get involved, i do not think we will even achieve these objectives. and responsible business people increasingly realize, not only from a moral or humanity point of view, that this is the right thing to do, that it's actually good for business. francine: why is it good for business? paul: well, if you look at our business and the food busin

that's coming up next on "your business." >>> hi, everyone, i'm jj ramberg and welcome to "your business," the show dedicated to helping your small business grow and happy valentine's day. they say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but surprising your special someone with sexy pictures might be worth a thousand more. so this seemed like the perfect day to profile a company we've been watching grow for the past couple of years, a company that focuses on boudoir photography. >> are you nervous? >> i'm nervous, yes. >> what are you nervous about? >> posing and lingerie. it's revealing, i'm not used to it. >> i like to call myself a phototherapist. instead of a photographer. i'm not a therapist. i'm not guaranteeing that. there is certainly for the right woman who's open to the experience something therapeutic that goes on here. the images are a souvenir of that experience. turn your head toward the window. beautiful. >> when jen rosenbaum started generations photography eight years ago, she had no idea that her boutique boudoir photography business would grow into something much more than sim

for my $750,000, i will own 50% of the business. you will own 50% of the business. dane, i have no problem giving you back your original investment of $2,000 at 5% interest, but you will get no equity, because you haven't put enough in the business to deserve it. there's no justification for it. you will be 100% commission. if you perform like you've told me you're capable of performing, you will earn 5% equity a year up to 15%, and both of us will contribute to that pot. >> there just has to be some accountability. >> he'll be accountable to me... and that's not easy. >> i could go forward with that. >> that's not really an attractive offer for my personal interest. >> dane, you put $2,000 in the business. >> i mean, i would--i would feel more comfortable selling everything at once-- the building, the shares. >> not gonna happen. you know, dane's just being greedy. he wants equity with no effort, and now he's trying to get me to buy his building. he just wants me to give him money like a handout. if you don't agree to this, they leave. and whether it's in this buil

our businesses.same thing here. let's get a group of people, get them excited, get more people around us, get them excited, and continue to grow. that is what we have done with the event, that is what we have done with the new leadership council, and it's really similar to what our successful businesses have done within their companies as well. pat: i think the new breed of philanthropists is really asking questions about not only wanting to participate and give time or give money, but really looking at the opportunity to see the results of their work. so, if anything, i think they are bringing a sensibility about understanding the impact of where they make their donation of time and money. zach: my personal approach of philanthropy is really to generate as many smiles as you can for the dollars to which you are donating and raising. and i did not want to wait until later in life to be able to make a difference. at the end of the day, we are here for the mission of make-a-wish, what make-a-wish does,

business merchants or pvr's small business. so this is about , what, 150+ >> that's correct >> willie of the 240, there's 90 we don't know about yet. i think it would be interesting to know very specifically and 90 sites that are potentially affecting small businesses of the kind we often represent here. the other thing i think is that i presume this requires the owner of the property wants to sell to developer who's going to do this? >> that's correct >> then there's a survey i love those $.90. i me so how many are going to sell the property? some aren't. some are landlords like your tenants and are not in this other site because they want the hardware store to be there in perpetuity. they're not going to where they don't have an appetite for developments. so we know there are properties that sit in trusts the people who don't want to develop the property could they like it just the way it is. so we can get those. then we get down to the very specific number of sites go and survey them and determine what businesses are at risk

if they don't turn this business around soon, there won't be any business.this. lemonis: look, this place had potential, but if we could turn it into a real pie store, a destination, not a cluttered mini-mart, with pies that are homemade with proprietary ingredients in great flavors and a great atmosphere, then this place would be great. and if jim and allison could agree, then we'd have a deal. i will put up to $450,000 to satisfy the payables as needed. i will have 51%. you will have 49%. jim: no, that's not gonna happen. lemonis: what if we make, for a wage, $1.00 for every pie that we sell? -do we have a deal? -jim: we have a deal. lemonis: and with the deal done, i made my first and most important move. i have to tell you we need you here. and this is more important than any pie we'll ever make, but i'm gonna need your help. you're gonna be our leader here, okay? tammy: okay. lemonis: but in order for you to be able to have a good peace of mind, i'm gonna give you six months worth of pay, and i'm gonna pay you $1,000 a week so you don't have to bartend.

chase for business. so you can own it. chase for business. and it's hard to be on the verge of not feeling like... you might not believe in it. [ sniffles ] and i think there's things that we can do to blow the ceiling off the place and make it something that's bigger than anybody's ever seen. lemonis: that means a lot to me. yeah, that means a lot. why don't we go figure out how to do that, okay? chris: [ sniffles ] lemonis: man, your weather here sucks. chris: [ laughs ] it's not that bad. -lemonis: yeah, it is. -chris: [ laughs ] lemonis: holy crap. -well...long day? -mike: emotional day. lemonis: in my mind, in order for this business to be successful, it needs to have working capital so that i don't ever have to hear, "i couldn't finish the order because i didn't have..." whatever part they're missing. chris: right. lemonis: it needs to clear itself of all of the liability that is not affiliated with your brother. $300,000 is owed to credit cards, vendors and suppliers. i don't have as much concern about the sales numbers because i walk

that's next on "your business." >>> hi, everyone. i'm j.j. ramberg. welcome to "your business." partnerships in a business are like a marriage, truly. you go in hoping for the best, but it doesn't always turn out that. partners are individuals with different plans, values, and goals. as much as you talk that through, it's hard to think of everything. the own er of a soouf ner stickr company learned this the hard way when his partner wanted out. we'll see how he is moving forward and making sure his next partnership sticks. >> i feel like i just got divorced in a lot of ways. >> when they launched teambo ee stickers in 2012, he never envisioned being alone. >> after my partner announced he wanted to leave the business. >> at the gunning, is seemed like they were a perfect match. chris brought the design background, and his partner had the needed capital to far the the piz. >> thing were really gottclotte. >> they were flying off of the shelf. >> i like this one, look at this. >> we had the first rack, and boy, we started seeing them like crazy. and he got us a bigger rack and we

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and that's the basic business? christina: that's the basic business.is: of the nine, what's the most popular? christina: small burlap. $38. 30%. lemonis: that's 30% of your business? christina: yes. and medium vase, $78, and medium burlap, $58, are about tied for second. lemonis: that would make up how much of your business? christina: between these three, about 65% of our business. -lemonis: okay. -christina: yep. lemonis: good. christina: greens are the hardest part, actually. we're gonna make a fan shape. so i'm gonna put some here. you got to cross them in your hand more. remember the fan shape? yours is gonna end up looking like a pancake. lemonis: i'm not thinking that yours looks that much better. looks like you just basically picked up a bunch of stuff -and threw it together. -christina: really? so then you're gonna take two of these. lemonis: what if there's a bunch like that? christina: they will all be bunches. what we try to do is we keep walking. lemonis: well, you're in my way. christina: then you wouldn't have to stop as much. lemonis: w

lemonis: when you lose the founder of the business, it definitely hurts the business. there's other people you could hire, but you can't hire a new brother. [ drums playing ] mike: man, you got it! lemonis: what was interesting to me is the range of ages that were in that booth, excited to see and play sjc. it was impressive. if they could offer up more affordable kits, this is maybe one of the few businesses that i think has more potential than even the owner thinks. -lemonis: that was pretty good. -mike: [ laughs ] lemonis: after seeing things at n.a.m.m., i'm heading to southbridge to really see what's going on behind the scenes of this company. -good to see you. -mike: good to see you. this is our warehouse. this is kind of the start of the process. all of our shelves are there. a lot of custom stuff. lemonis: how you doing, buddy? chris: hey, marcus. lemonis: so, the raw materials come in here. who schedules the workflow that happens? chris: i schedule every order that comes through. lemonis: so who's in charge of sales? -mike: me. -lemonis: who generates the actu

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>>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> head scratcher. the unemployment rate drops. and workers got a raise. so why did stocks fall so sharply? >>> where the jobs are. why some in-demand, high-paying positions are out of this world. >>> and heavy lifting. meet the man who's cutting down on workplace injuries with his bright idea and growing business. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for friday, february 5th. >> i'm sharon epperson in for sue herera. >> the unemployment rate falls below 5% but we begin with the seep sell-off in stocks. tech getting hit especially hard. let's get you to those numbers. if you dare. the dow industrial average sank 212 to 16,204. nasdaq dropped 146, more than 3%. the s&p 500 fell 35. bad day, bad week, with all the major indexes lower, nasdaq lost more than 5% as you see right there. some say today's dec ne was in response to the jobs report. some pundits think the numbers make a march interest rate hike likelier. but a report says there's much more to it than that, and it could spell tro

>>> open for business. economic sanctions may be lifted but western companies still face big obstacles trying to do business in iran. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursday, february 4th. >> good evening and welcome. high drama on capitol hill. it involved grinning, mugging for the cameras, insulting tweets. the word imbusineeciles, referro members of congress. but no testimony. the leader of turing chemicals refused to testify today. the man known as pharma's bad boy for raising the price of an older drug by 500% cited his fifth amendment right against self-recrimination. but as meg reports from capitol hill he was anything but silent. >> reporter: representatives from valiant pharmaceuticals, fda, and the pharmacy benefits manager industry group, were all invited to testify today at a congressional hearing on drug pricing. but the star witness was the infamous martin shkreli. his former company, turing pharmaceuticals, gained notoriety for hiking the price of a 62-year-old dru

our businesses.e. let's get a group of people, get them excited, get more people around us, get them excited, and continue to grow. that is what we have done with the event, that is what we have done with the new leadership council, and it's really similar to what our successful businesses have done within their companies as well. pat: i think the new breed of philanthropists is really asking questions about not only wanting to participate and give time or give money, but really looking at the opportunity to see the results of their work. so, if anything, i think they are bringing a sensibility about understanding the impact of where they make their donation of time and money. zach: my personal approach of philanthropy is really to generate as many smiles as you can for the dollars to which you are donating and raising. and i did not want to wait until later in life to be able to make a difference. at the end of the day, we are here for the mission of make-a-wish, what make-a-wish does, the impact it

business.nd he has got a lot of energy. he's got a lot of optimism. about the prospect. he is a fantastic leader. emily: what about travis kalanick? sir michael: travis is somebody i do not pretend to know well. emily: he is so controversial. sir michael: controversial -- have you met anyone who is not controversial that has done interesting things? emily: having known three decades of leaders in silicon valley, do you think you have to be arrogant to be successful? sir michael: four decades. emily: four decades. excuse me. sir michael: lots of leaders have to make decisions about going in directions that may be is not popular in the organization. and sometimes, it spills over into arrogance. i'm different from how i was in my 20's. bill gates, who is in his 50's, is very different from what he was in his 20's. everybody learns a lot in their pursuit. so, the understandable energy and enthusiasm sometimes spills over to arrogance, and some people in their 20's tend to get softened over time. em

business.nd he has got a lot of energy. he's got a lot of optimism. about the prospect. he is a fantastic leader. emily: what about travis kalanick? sir michael: travis is somebody i do not pretend to know well. emily: he is so controversial. sir michael: controversial -- have you met anyone who is not controversial that has done interesting things? emily: having known three decades of leaders in silicon valley, do you think you have to be arrogant to be successful? sir michael: four decades. emily: four decades. excuse me. sir michael: lots of leaders have to make decisions about going in directions that may be is not popular in the organization. and sometimes, it spills over into arrogance. i'm different from how i was in my 20's. bill gates, who is in his 50's, is very different from what he was in his 20's. everybody learns a lot in their pursuit. so, the understandable energy and enthusiasm sometimes spills over to arrogance, and some people in their 20's tend to get softened over time. em

the two main businesses here are their cable network businesses and paramount.he cable network businesses are the most valuable assets in the company, but they have been underperforming. in the right hands, they could do a lot more with the cable networks. i don't think viacom's at that point now when they want to part with their crown jewel. carol: we will see what the end up doing. still ahead, bill gates and sounding off on the iphone privacy controversy. why he is disappointed about the way his views have been portrayed. a bloomberg exclusive interview coming up. the ground. we are back in just a moment. -- stick around. ♪ carol: let's turn to the big story in tech right now. overs battle with the fbi cracking the iphone used by the san bernardino shooter. bill gates pushing back against reports that he is siding with the fbi. it is a challenge to update the policies come including those issues of when does the government have a right to know. having a really good debate about when is that appropriate in the extreme view that the government always gets every

business mbs.com.we can't wait to see them. thank you so much for joining us today. here's something that i learned on today's show, you cannot underestimate how helpful it is to have a group of small business owners around you. i have a formal group that i meet with once a month. but this can be formal like we showed in the piece, or informal. it's just nice to have people around who hold you accountable, and who you can ask questions of. and you have to trust these people. you want to be honest with them. now, we'd love to hear what you thought of the show. if you have an idea, or if you have questions or comments, just send us an e-mail to your b yourbusiness@msnbc.com. or our website, open forum.com/your business. we posted all of the segments from today there plus a lot more. don't forget to connect with us on all of our digital and social media platforms, as well. next week there are plenty of ways to market your brand. here's a new one, the owners of a clothing company thought that launching a c

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business merchants or pvr's small business. so this is about , what, 150+ >> that's correct >> willie of the 240, there's 90 we don't know about yet. i think it would be interesting to know very specifically and 90 sites that are potentially affecting small businesses of the kind we often represent here. the other thing i think is that i presume this requires the owner of the property wants to sell to developer who's going to do this? >> that's correct >> then there's a survey i love those $.90. i me so how many are going to sell the property? some aren't. some are landlords like your tenants and are not in this other site because they want the hardware store to be there in perpetuity. they're not going to where they don't have an appetite for developments. so we know there are properties that sit in trusts the people who don't want to develop the property could they like it just the way it is. so we can get those. then we get down to the very specific number of sites go and survey them and determine what businesses are at risk

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so i went out and found a manufacturing business and brought it back to him and said, i like this business. i think we can get behind it, steve and i, and launch the only latex glove in the united states. so we went to walmart and talked to the chairman of walmart, doug mcmillan. he bought into it. he saw the great opportunity to put people back to work. >> what do you anticipate for 2016 revenue with ameritech? >> first year if we can get 50 million we'll be very satisfied >> so steve is really big on having his family involved in the business. and i know that you share similar values. tell me more about that. >> my three kids work with me in the business ever since they came out of florida a & m college they came right back into the business. my daughter got a master's in h.r. my son got a mar teres in marketing. my youngest son has a degree of accounting. my wife of 45 years is working with me daily. so i'm very family oriented along with other 4 or 500 other employees we have. so having family to me means everything. >> in addition to running these amazing companies you also sit on a n

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