amanda: so welcome to queork. lemonis: this is cool. is everything in here cork? amanda: yes.re's bags, jewelry. lemonis: hats, place mats. what is cork? amanda: it's the outer bark of the cork oak tree. it grows mainly in portugal and spain. lemonis: are there cork trees in...? amanda: california, yes. i actually tried to bring one back here. actually, julie told me not to. lemonis: are you julie? julie: yep. julie. lemonis: i'm marcus. julie: hey, marcus. very nice to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you. julie: welcome to new orleans. lemonis: thank you. how long have you guys been in business together? amanda: since 2012. lemonis: okay. what did you do before? julie: i'm a lawyer. i still am. that's my day job. lemonis: okay. uh-oh. julie: yeah. sorry. sorry. amanda: i was a builder. i built townhomes and condominium developments. lemonis: how many stores do you guys have? amanda: four. lemonis: really? amanda: yeah. so two here. julie: two here. amanda: we have one in santa fe, new mexico. lemonis: oh, you do? amanda: and then we opened one in santa rosa beach, florida. le

or queork. [ both chuckle ] excuse me. hey! amanda: this might be really bad for business.emonis: you guys want to look at quee-ork? it's really cool. julie: [ laughs ] lemonis: aah! nobody wants to look at quee-ork. everybody's drinking. it's a pretty store. it's well-merchandised, but literally every single thing in there is made of cork, and i was hoping that i would see some diversification of materials, maybe a little canvas or a little leather mixed with cork, and while the products are beautiful, i wanted to see a little more pizzazz. how much have you guys invested since you started? julie: close to 200 grand. lemonis: $200,000? amanda: yeah. julie: yeah. so... lemonis: and have you put any money in? amanda: no. lemonis: okay. amanda: i just work the store. lemonis: and where do you office out of? amanda: out of where we manufacture. lemonis: and you have a manufacturing facility? amanda: mm-hmm. lemonis: and you have all this for 200 grand? amanda: oh, yeah. lemonis: that's not bad. julie: well, we do -- amanda: there's more debt is the thing. julie: there's debt a