businesses?aul: most 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

businesses. the mayors office of housing has also stated it has developed a relocation assistance program for these small businesses. i would urge the commission to hear firsthand with the impacts to small businesses would be. i've committed a list of youtube links to community presentations by the planning commission, the planning department and mayors office of housing. your secretary has that. these would have the final hearing on january 28. each program should then be heard at the board of supervisors. thank you. >> thank you very much for that. anyone else from the public have anything they would like to talk about before we get into the planned session? seeing none, bubble, disclose. oh, come on up. public comment is not close. >> public comment is close. onto item number three. >> so pres. dwight, our presenter is currently still in land use. so what i'd like to propose is that we hear item number five, which is the presentation and discussion update on the trans-bay transit center progra

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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

the funds so the merit of business an the business should be the merit of the business on the registry and for those that you know for the need of saving the preservation funds that is the next step but i think that is important to know there will be businesses who are at a place their businesses that own their space so the property owner they'll not be visible to assess the landlord grant so kind of keep these in mind not every business will be going to be - to have the need to assess the preservation fund. >> can i ask one more question. >> thank you for that clarification so operate priority is given a inform a business not owning the lands and others landlord that wants to make improvements that will be the business a priority made like that. >> so we're still drafting the rule making over the - around the administrative the preservation fund so i don't have is a definite answer using our criteria as having a ranking preference as to who will be eligible for the preservation funds at it particular at this point in time. >> your during the period what's your timeline. >> to have 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 who has done really interesting things? emily: having known three decades of leaders in silicon valley, do you think that 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 taking their organization in the direction that maybe 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 pursuits. so the understandable energy and enthusiasm that sometimes spills over to arrogance, and some people in their 20'

businesses. the mayors office of housing has also stated it has developed a relocation assistance program for these small businesses. i would urge the commission to hear firsthand with the impacts to small businesses would be. i've committed a list of youtube links to community presentations by the planning commission, the planning department and mayors office of housing. your secretary has that. these would have the final hearing on january 28. each program should then be heard at the board of supervisors. thank you. >> thank you very much for that. anyone else from the public have anything they would like to talk about before we get into the planned session? seeing none, bubble, disclose. oh, come on up. public comment is not close. >> public comment is close. onto item number three. >> so pres. dwight, our presenter is currently still in land use. so what i'd like to propose is that we hear item number five, which is the presentation and discussion update on the trans-bay transit center progra

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to create a business. how do i start? >> well, the first thing i like to ask is what is your hobby or talent. are you good at dancing? are you good with computers? well, also take a look at your environment. is there something in your environment that, if you came up with a solution, it will fulfill a need? >> you recommend creating a five-point business plan. let's walk through that, step by step, starting with the idea. >> all right. the idea. the first thing you need to do is figure out the who, what, when, where, and why of your business and how you're gonna do it. so, write down who you are, what you're doing, and how you're gonna do it. and what i would like to recommend is create a one-sentence mission statement of your company and what you're gonna do and how it's gonna help so many people out there. >> the second point in your business plan is something we already do for school projects, and that's research. >> yes, research. researching your business is a lot of fun. it's like being a detective.

business is responding. while the politicians funded by business interests have so far not changed or not changed very much what they say. sometimes public policy takes on the flavour of theology, you, senator, governor have stated your position and modifying it, even in the light of new information as compromise, as surrender and if part of the party's brand is a disstate for presentation, that may take precedence to what you see happening or what you don't see happening. sips modern politics allows a political candidate to choose from a menu of potential truths to embrace. one result is that if the u.s. finally does unequivocally join the battle against human-driven climate change, everything we do will be more expensive, harder and take longer because we waited and though you probably won't hear that in tonight's g.o.p. debate, that's just not good business. i'm ray suarez and that's the inside story. >> this is aljazeera america, live front new york city, i'm tony harris. and jakarta attack, isis respons

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businesses. >> thank you, commissioners. i like to add in closing we hope we can come back and seek your advice to the life of the program and appreciate your feedback and conversation today. >> thank you. appreciate you coming back. that concludes the presentation. we now open to public comment. the members of the public would like to comment on this item? welcome. >> stephen cornell. i think we should look at a different big picture. ridership on muni and all the different transit agencies in the bay area has gone up. but actually has gone down. per capita ridership has gone down for the last 20 years. in san francisco is down 12%. it is consistent over all these years. so, even with all these projects think it has to be looked at differently. how you get more people into mass transit? i don't think were doing a good job of it. even though, again is more people riding we have more people coming in so the percentage of the people on mass transit keeps going down, down, down. something wrong. tha

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you have a merchandising business, a cloud servicing business and a payment business.andising side of the business came in slightly ahead of expectation, payments did considerably better and the cloud service side of the business, which is quite small was up more than 100%. slight --, it was a fairly positive across the board in a very difficult company to pull together in value given the moving parts. -- you want to0 weigh in? beginir strategy seems to us your money, but we don't know what to do with it. to come out of the gate with this huge ipo and turnaround and say oh, the market is up, we want to buy back shares shows confusion of what the company wants despite of the success that they have had. hollywood seemto furtive rather than thoughtful. i think it will leave the investing community a little bit concerned and confused about what this company wants to be when it grows up. >> samsung shares have slipped after missing earnings for the fourth quarter because of growing demand for high smartphones. the income came at $2.7 billion. heidi here to go throw the numb

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thanks for your business. this is "the profit." just about 15 miles south of pittsburgh in a small town called mcmurray, pennsylvania, there's a fast casual restaurant known as my big fat greek gyro. michael: what can i get for you? woman: gyro and fries. lemonis: husband and wife mike ference and kathleen kamoyerou... kathleen: they prefer our sauce. lemonis: ...started the business 10 years ago. kathleen's parents emigrated from greece. man: we used to make the gyro by hand. lemonis: and she wanted to celebrate the culture and enjoy the food she grew up with. man: it's one of the best. period. lemonis: and mike wanted to turn the gyro into the next big thing in fast casual dining. they've already sold four franchises around the greater pittsburgh area. andreas: if you could just sign that for me. lemonis: and now kathleen's sons, michael and andreas, are in the process of buying the original flagship store. andreas: it's what happens when you got two young, strong bulls who are ready to take the horns. lemonis: but the franchises

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if they don't turn this business around soon, there won't be any business.im: damn it, i'm tired of 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

as it becomes more common and not so taboo, business is business.to do what we always do, which is advocate for the workers, meet with the workers and do our jobs. so in colorado i'm not sure the percentage of -- i do know the uncw is out there and is actively --. >> very small part of the market. >> yes, and even here we have 4,000 unionized cannabis workers here in california. so we have a big job ahead of us but, again, we want the workers to have that option to have union representation if they so choose and to have better working standards and a quality of life. you know, we want to be business professionals no matter what we're doing, whether it's safeway or a cannabis sgepbsry. >> very good, thank you. i don't believe anyone else has come in the room on this item but if you are one of the applicants, i called all the names of the applicants, even the ones who were not confirmed to be here. if you're here as an applicant for the task force you are welcome to come to the podium now. otherwise i will open up public comment now for this item for

this business is a total mess. i judge businesses based on three things: it's pretty damn good. most often, businesses fail because of people. >> i trusted people to manage. >> that's not fair-- >> what are you talking about? >> don't you even go there. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> you're strangling things. >> back up. >> i'm there to lead, but if they don't follow, this business doesn't make it. you're a thief and a liar and a cheater. >> you didn't do what you promised. >> get out of my face. all i hear is a bunch of noise. >> [crying] i don't want to lose my company. >> i'll make the tough decisions they won't. you're being demoted. anything to turn these unsuccessful businesses around. >> what the [bleep] is your problem? >> that people don't [bleep] want to do it anymore. >> are you challenging me? >> you're making me look like a stupid liar, and i'm not. >> how am i supposed to trust you? and if they can't cut it... i gave you very simple instructions, and you failed. the deal's off. >> this is my [bleep] town. >> you wanna lose the deal with me? they need to go, today. i

businesses are already.'m sure there's exceptions, but the reason for businesses is to solve some of the problems out here. the problems of food security, access to water. they are enormous opportunities to invest. funding has to come from business. business does not get involved, i do not think we will achieve these objectives. responsible business people increasingly realize this is the right thing to do, and it's good for business. francine: why is it good for business? paul: if you were not tackle the , yous of climate change might not even have supply as it moves around the world, that your business model is put at risk. you see enormous parts of the world where people are not participating. francine: they do see it, but it's often longer-term, right? when you have shareholders, you have pressure. capitalism needs to be inclusive. paul: off under shareholder pressure is confused as the short-term and i think we should really put those two apart. there was the short-term pressure, which certainly is not

i started three different businesses and i left my small business to do something here. if it's not enduring, then what was the point. that's why i'm here in a cleej yal fashion. to make sure that the next person will be in not so many months. >> let me tell you, i came in with a whole different attitude that i'm here now. i think you've got some opportunities. so if you don't put in writing, i can tell you as a commander, if it's not written, it doesn't matter how good the organization is. the second thing, you talked a lot about sops. sops are so important. they've got to be current. they've got to be active and applicable. i hear you saying you're putting 41 sops in the follow up attraction. how many of the old sops and the due pliktive sops have you taken out of action because when people are confused, it's just as important to do away with the old as it is to enact the new. i'd like to hear if you address the depliktive or otherwise. >> again, one of the last businesses i started was a community bank. i have to tell you. >>> you know, the 80/20 rule. thank you. >> t

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welcome to "your business", the show dedicated to helping your small business grow. hard times can be an interesting breeding ground for innovative entrepreneurs who can find solutions to some pressing issues. that is exactly what we're seeing right now in california, where they're in the middle of one of the worst droughts in the state's history. we met a group of small business owners who have taken on the challenge of helping californians reduce how much water they're using at home and they're growing their companies exponentially along the way. >> we're in an historic drought and that demands unprecedented action. >> very likely the single worst drought of the last 150 years. >> if people don't step up and do their part, california is in a lot of trouble. >> with crops failing, wildfires raging, and reservoirs nearly empty, the governor of california has made this crisis a top priority. >> i'm issuing an executive order, mandating substantial water reduction across our state. >> last january, governor jerry brown issued an executive order mandating a 25% reductio

as you grow, there is something that grows in your business that makes your business even more viable faster than the growth of the company. that is not really what is happening at netflix. it's not like it's getting cheaper on a per subscriber basis. in fact we are seeing the opposite. the profits from the business are not doing as well as the subscriber growth. it's kind of a negative network externality, which is worrisome. why should we expect the business to become a bigger generator of cash in the future? it's not clear to me that it will. emily: at the same time, netflix is seeing more competition from companies like amazon and google. maintaincan netflix the nice head start that it has? on how long it keeps spending the amount of money it is spending. there was a tour for television critics over the weekend where they talked about upcoming shows. executive said he loses out on some shows because netflix is willing to spend more than they are. you also hear from creative people in los angeles that netflix spends more than amazon and google. if netflix is able to keep spending a

for people like roofers. >> it's going to be busy, busy, busy. >> reporter: californians are tryingo prepare themselves for a sudden change in the weather. this was the storm channel outside our office on monday. here it is 24 hours later. and water levels aren't the only thing spiking. so are applications for flood insurance. more than 28,000 flood insurance policies were bought in california this fall, an unprecedented 12% increase. 20,000 of those policies were bought just in november, and we don't even have december numbers yet. >> we've really been trying to get the word out that there is a risk upcoming because of el nino. it's winter, we are going to have flooding. we're already starting to see rain today. so, we do expect that this uptick is going to continue. >> one floor, single-family. >> reporter: one of those new customers applying for flood insurance is me. it doesn't kick in for another 30 days. while regular homeowners insurance covers damage ucaused by water falling, it doesn't cover damage caused by water rising or the mud with it. that's what flood insurance is fo

it's either a hobby, a game, or it's a business. noemi: it's business.tle bit about business. you have your job to do. your job is to come up with an idea, and then it is your job to advise, so when the product comes in, we will tell you whether it is financially and logistically feasible to do. stephanie: can you stop? nicolas, please. -noemi: i'm sorry. -nicolas: no. no, no, no. you're not liable. there's absolutely no ownership to your actions. stephanie: please. noemi: i cannot take it anymore. lemonis: i need to kind of understand... what i just walked into. you guys truly have real love for each other, except when you get in here it gets a little toxic. noemi: he's raising his voice, and he's upset. and i don't know what to do when he's like that. nicolas: so, this is my fault. i'm not a good son. i don't take care of you. stephanie: she never said that. i haven't taken bullet after bullet for you. this is ridiculous. -stephanie: nobody said that. -nicolas: i am your son. i have sacrificed life and limb for you, and i'm not doing any of this -- noe

i came in, i left my small business i agree. i left my small business to do something here. if it's not enduring, and was the point? i'm not just here to tell you about what we have done. that's what i'm here in a collegial fashion because i understand the importance of institutional memory and documentation to make certain of the next person who i will be handing this to a not so many months will be able to continue on this journey. so i thank you for engagement and for your thoughtful consideration. >> let me tell you i can with a whole different attitude that i have now. i think your dynamic leader and i think of some opportunities. i'm trying to do some things that if you don't put in writing i can tell you as a commander if it's not written, it does not have good the organization is, we can to lose that. you've talked a lot about what you done with sops. sop social import. from a military background we can't operate without sops. but they've got to be current and the god active and applicable. i hear you saying you are putting 41 new sops into practice but my follow-up

and i think this business could be a $50 million business. keith: i agree.emonis: i am jacked up about it. dean: i'd like to get to where we're $10 million, $15 million, i do. but right now, am i equipped? no. am i working on it? yes. could i use help building or getting good people in here? -yes. -lemonis: great. but you're not communicating to me that you have a problem. dean: well, maybe not with you personally, but i have communicated with everyone else. at times, it felt a little like i was getting thrown under the bus. i felt that way. and i don't think i'm boring, either. lemonis: let's get the bus and pick up some new people so we can get the job started, okay? look, i don't have time to babysit right now. this is business, and if this isn't gonna work, i need to know now so i can make the change. i need a couple concepts drawn up. -i can't wait for him anymore. -keith: okay. lemonis: that's the worry that i have. so, you're the leader. you decide. keith: i think if i talk to him, i can work that out and figure out how to get him quicker. lemonis: yo