businesses need. you are talking about, what you mentioned commissioner tour-sarkissian is how a business is going to prove the efforts. but also the city needs to sort of establish some criteria to say this is the steps we need to see you have taken, to see if you aren't qualified for the waiver. >> i think it's fundamentally unlawful. we should start with the city attorney's office. >> the last thing i wanted to, just make sure the commission is aware of. the first set of processes that we are working with in getting ready for the january 5th is to work with article 33 businesses, those that have article 33 permits so they can file for their temporary license and then be working them into article 16. and then the next criteria is working with those that do not have article 33 permits. what we are calling pre-existing conforming and are in a properly zoned place and getting them through the process and inspection so we could issue a temporary permit for them to be able to get their state license. or

as the head of the small business administration i'd had a privilege of meeting small business owners all over the country including many women and entrepreneurs that find only owning their own business is a terrific way for them to secure their own financial future for themselves, to provide for their families and exercise their commitment to the communities. it's rewarding but there's also a lot of responsibilities. as an entrepreneur myself i can tell you it is tough managing the cash flow and worrying about things like payroll and sacrificing the paycheck. it's especially good news for the women entrepreneurs who will have more money to reinvest in their businesses. the latest research shows women not only own 11.6 million businesses in the united states and think about it, 11.6529.6 million small businesses in total. in the wages and salaries to employees contributed to this impressive number $1.7 trillion of sales to the natural economy graduations, ladies. [applause] we are definitely going to help that and it's spearheaded and more successful. the administration is working ver

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

without me, this business doesn't make it.y goal is to turn eco-me into a $10 million company, and in that process, i have to teach these two that business isn't personal. >> you can't fire any of my employees. >> it's a business, robin. if they don't listen... i'm saying "no." this company will close its doors. my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. i'm willing to write a "half a million dollar" check. i make tough decisions. i'm not willing to do the deal if you're in charge of sales. back them up with my own cash.

it's a nice little side business -- in my opinion, not a core business.rience do you guys have in this space? -ray: none. -lemonis: oh. ray: i was a disc jockey. justin: i'm in management information. -lemonis: disc jockey. -justin: it guy. lemonis: what are the roles that you guys have? ray: design, product development. justin: and i do some sales work. lemonis: can you show me the factory? -ray: sure. -lemonis: well, how did you make that transition from radio to here? ray: i always built websites for myself and designed t-shirts for myself 'cause i was a disc jockey. lemonis: okay. ray: and i'm still on the radio now. it was always my creative outlet. lemonis: you're still a disc jockey today? ray: yeah. lemonis: and how often do you do that? ray: i go twice a week, but i'm on every day. -lemonis: so you're good. -ray: i like to think so. so it just kind of transitioned from i get to be creative on the radio and write stupid songs and fake commercials, and, here, i get to draw. lemonis: oh, very cool. justin: here's our factory, marcus. this is our are

and business as usual.cial to meet me because that's not part of my job, frankly speaking. liz: which banks? which american banks are you meeting with? >> you know, we work, we work with a lot of banks, jpmorgan, citigroup, bank of america, bank of new york. so we all have a relationship with them, we all have business with these banks. liz: so president trump is going to have dinner with a group of international business leaders. you're not on -- >> russians aren't included. no. understand it would be dangerous for mr. trump to meet russian bankers. i'm always ask whether i ever deal with mr. kushner, with mr. trump, will i ever gave money to them. never. i never saw anybody from the trump family. i never gave money to anybody from the trump family. so that's why i'm probably not included, because i'm not a partner. but i understand mr. trump who's focusing on european ceos and business particularly trying to invite them to informs in america -- invest in america and have a dialogue with european business.

so quite sizeable business. not as big as they are, but it.e working on so we're growing and increasing production. we have three areas onshore. to eight fields offshore. 300,000-plus parts a day. 400,000. so it's our second biggest location outside of the continent. so we are growing in production. congratulateke to you, like many others here, on the tax reform. i think that is really good news, i guess for all of us here, but also for the oil and gas and our industry. you know, oil and gas is also heavily regulated business. thinking on regulation -- >> we're becoming energy very rapidly.t and as you know, we're opening of different places in the u.s., including the plants this year that you're building. lot of places are opening that wouldn't have even conceived of them. are lot of things happening. thank you. great job you've done. thank you very much. >> mr. president, thank you very honor of being here. i'm c.e.o. we're one of the largest health care companies in the world. on innovative medicines, generic

and now he runs the business. so he's a third generation and it is just one example of a business that we've helped to incubate and grow at the market. we have several businesses that have multigenerational connections. and we hope to see that into the future. so thank you for your support today of our designation. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>, there any other additional speakers who would like to comment on these items? . >> good afternoon. my name is michael gaston. i open noe valley bakery on 24th street along with my wife and business partner, mary. we've been at that location since 1994. i greatly appreciate your consideration for the designation that we're seeking. especially given the current climate of business climate and what's going on the city and how difficult it's becoming for small family-owned businesses to compete with larger corporations to stay put for generations and to continue the same type of business in the same locations through the decades. we've carried on the tradition of supporti

welcome to "your business," the show dedicated to helping your growing business. over the past five years, the business of body cams has grown significantly. as we've seen in the news, body cams have played an important role for police forces around the country. today we meet the man behind wolf com body cams who's worked diligently with law enforcement to come up with products that help them do their job. >> open the door! >> he's running. >> when los angeles based wolfcom entered the police body camera space in 2011, the little-known company quickly became an industry leader. >> at the time, there were only two other competitors. we were the big three in the united states. >> peter is the force behind the booming business that built its reputation on technological innovations. >> our phones were ringing off the hook. we did very little marketing. the other two competitors, they had no gps, no night vision. we were the first to introduce a high-quality video. >> but four years after peter launched wolfcom's first camera, his world came to a crashing halt. >> one

so why small business? i mean, we all know small businesses create jobs, they fuel the local economy, spark innovation. that's all true. but small businesses are more than that. they are actually what makes our communities unique. it helps us define our neighborhoods. so, when you support a small business, you are supporting your friends and neighbors. they tend to hire from a local community. they tend to support local initiatives. philanthropic events. so when these small businesses thrive, we all benefit. so, at s.b.a., of course, we're here to be your small business resource. so any small business loaners out there today, know that you have the skills and talent and ambition, but if you ever need a little bit of help, s.b.a. is here to help you as well, where you need counseling, training, financial assistance, or you're looking for new opportunities such as exporting or government contracting. please remember to call upon us. but the message for the takeaway today is saturday. please go out, take your

hello and welcome to business live.e start with brexit, and the future of britain's huge financial industry once it leaves the eu next year. today the uk chancellor, philip hammond, and brexit secretary david davis are in germany trying to win support for a favourable post—brexit trade deal, especially when it comes to financial services. the financial sector is the uk's biggest exporter, accounting for 10% of the entire economy and 2.2 million jobs. but the uk argues the city of london is also important for europe. mr hammond and mr davis will remind germany its firms need access to london's financial markets. the bosses of barclays, insurance giant aviva and goldman sachs international are thought to be among up to 15 top finance chiefs meeting prime minister theresa may later. she will be trying to reassure them the uk will remain a vibrant financial sector after brexit. there will be tough talks ahead. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has been clear britain cannot cherry—pick which benefits of eu membershi

i have always loved business.ave always been good at building things, but have always been successful in making money. i would buy things that would fail, and then i would turn around them and made them successful. and i have been good at it. and that takes a certain ability. you know, historically, i guess there has never been a businessman, or business person elected president. it is outweighs -- it has always been a general or politician. throughout history, it has always been a general, you have to be a general, but mostly it was politicians. you never had a businessman. i was saying to klaus, had the opposing party to me won, some of whom you backed, instead of being up almost 50%, the stock market is up since my election almost 50%. rather than that, i believe the stock market from that level, the initial level, would have been down close to 50%. that where -- that is where we were heading. i really believe that because they were going to put on massive new regulations. you could not breathe. it was choking

what has business been like? >> we had to -- we had to deliver a lot of product to a lot of the other dispensaries in the area before january 1 because there was a rule about delivering things under the old regulatory regime before january 1. and then if you deliver anything after that, you have to follow the new compliance rules, which are much more complicated. so there was a ramp up of production in november and december to get ready for that. so we were distributing a lot of product. now we're just trying to make sure everything is going to be compliant for the next year. >> do you feel like things are unaring smoothly or still a lot of confusion, a lot of stops and starts? >> there's a lot of need for people to have compliance space. there's a lack of space for a lot of smaller businesses. there were companies that had a lot of product on the shelves last month but because of the new rules, they weren't able to exist now. a lot of people were shutting down temporarily. that's kind of upsetting the supply cha

we help all types of businesses with money, tools and know-how to get business done.merican express open. >>> so as a young budding company, we're really looking for the techniques that can you recommend that will really bridge the gap between millennials and the babyboomers. >> great question. thank you. i think that a lot of people are really focused on how do you bridge this gap between millennials and the babyboomers. the question is, are they really so different? i think the voice, the tone, the channels where you're used to acquire the customers can be slightly different. for millennials, we use more of a humorous tone, lighthearted tone. but for babyboomers, you might want to go more serious route. but in general, with niche digital marketing, you can really hone down to the right customer and be able to market them with the right voice, right tone, and the right channel. >> it is now time for our brain trust. we get to pick the brains of some of our smartest people in business. today we're talking about personal branding. not your personal brand but the person

welcome to "your business" the show dedicated to helping your growing business. kevin, joe, and nick jonas. their names, their faces and their music are known around the world. you what might not know about these star system that they can trace some of their roots back to north carolina where their father and former manager was born, raised, and has now returned along with their mother. and there's a very good chance you might see one of those famous brothers enjoying a bite at their parents latest venture, a local restaurant named after their great grandmother. >> this is the first time my dad's ever done anything in the restaurant business. it made sense, but it definitely felt a little crazy. he pulled it off. >> kevin jonas will never be an ordinary customer at nellie's southern kitchen. it's not because he's a celebrity. >> anytime you come here, you'll get a taste of how my family grew up. >> it's because the owners are his parents. >> i love and respect the fact that they went back to their hometown. this makes sense for them. >> after a successful run man

trump: and we'll rebuild that business. that whole thing is going to get rebuilt now, the solar panels. you'll see the difference. very good. so from the u.s. standpoint, you're very happy about it. >> yes. to be honest, there is competition. pres. trump: u.s. competition? [laughter] >> that's what we wanted. >> competition. >> you've done a great job. thank you. >> thank you, mr. president. >> appreciate it. >> thank you for the invitation. we are a strongly localized in the u.s., 80% is already localized. very proud. we have all of the elevators in the freedom tower. for our people, our big pride. have 3000 apprenticeships with young people each and every year. so compared to: the size of what you do elsewhere -- >> similar in size. because years ago, we have acquired dover, and this made us quite stronger. pres. trump: great product. i've used your product, as you know. great product. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you for the invitation. it's an honor. i'm c.e.o., oil and gas. coming from norway

cory: which business is growing faster, the enterprise business or the server business in the cloud farmsamazon web services, you name it? they aregood news is, all growing strong in the fourth quarter. the continuation of cloud growth in the mid-30's and the continuation of market space in and infrastructure area has been relatively slow growth in the market, but it has been slow growth because we continue to gain shares. and the cloud infrastructure continues to upgrade. we have been the beneficiary of that upgrade. in addition -- cory: go ahead. we soldalk about where the product -- how we sold the product is important, as well. product volume was up 8%. was up 8%. we continue to see consumers by high-performance products, 's u we talkp about. expanding our market in the data service world , selling more than just cpu's in the data center environment, but selling other adjacent products. adjacent product growth was up 35%. your ifp -- iix will give you a break. i am interested also, i was talking to ian king, he did a radio segment with me yesterday, he was talking about the cost of th

we help all types of businesses with money, tools and know-how to get business done.rican express open. >>> how did you manage consistent marketing messaging in a global economy? >> creating a global marketing message that's consistent is really all about finding partners that share your long-term view of your brand. there are a lot of global partners out there that really just want short-term growth. they may not want the same message you have and may think short-term. make sure you are vetting your partners, making sure they have a long term view of your brand and having realistic growth expectations for yourself, making sure everything you put out there is consistent across the world. >> we now have the top two tips you need to know to help grow your business. let's introduce our panel and get their advice. a social content analytics company ceo and senior small business columnist at "usa today". and the founder and ceo of selfemployed.com. great to see. >> you great to be back. >> tonya, you are coming off a key note speech to a whole bunch of businesses. tell us

get involved on the bbc‘s business live web page at bbc.com/business.acebook at bbc money. business live on tv and online, what you need to know, when you need to know. james hasjoined us again. we are looking at some of the other stories out there in business. there isa stories out there in business. there is a really interesting article in the guardian about 0xfam. is a really interesting article in the guardian about oxfam. oxfam are saying people bring us lots of stuff and we might to optimise the money that we make. we're going to send some stuff off to eastern europe or africa, but otherwise we're going to make as much we can and redistrict some of the property to branches that need to sell stuff instore. doing it online as well. it is not that you are going to have to go through the doors, they are going to put it online? what is important about online is the capacity to charge a sensible price for great products. you can go on the online site and find a scar of for £199. you wouldn't get £199 in a store. two members on the board not looking for

as a former small business owner and co-chair of the small business caucus, i know firsthand the economic impact a small business can have on reeg that will and local economies they serve. in the wake of a natural disaster, small businesses that reopen and rebuild can have a major impact on helping the local economy recover. mr. speaker, a -- as a small business advocate who is already involved in communicating with small businesses, requiring the s.e.c. to study issues with access to capital after a natural disaster and report annually on its finding of common sense. mr. speaker, i'd like to commend ms. velazquez for take thinking initiative on this important issue and i'd like to encourage my colleagues to support her legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i want to start off by thanking both chairman hensarling and ranking member waters for working with me on this legislation and moving it onto the floor. this has truly been a bi

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they are companies to do business since they a re less companies to do business since they are lesshe north. a survey from the us chain of commerce in china found nearly a quarter of its members are considering moving or have already done so. of those about half are looking at other countries in asia where labour costs are lower. but do labour costs always mean more profits? tim mcdonnell has more from phnom penh. it's more from phnom penh. it‘s exam day at this school and by cambodia‘s largest textile industry group. many manufacturers come here in search of cheap labour, especially as wages rise in china. but there‘s plenty of competition from other low—cost countries, like vietnam and bangladesh. so these classes are aimed at making sure productivity keeps pace with wages, which have been rising here. there‘s way to offset more than 100% increase over three years through productivity gains. if wages rise to a level whereby we are competitive then there is no development. there can only be growth and gain when there‘s economic development. if you are uncompetitive it means there‘s

or many of the business forums, like the business roundtable.here are enough points of intersection within the administration that they know what we think. where we are headed with nafta? there are conflicting reports. the canadians seem to be preparing for u.s. withdraw. a lot of people in washington said we will not withdraw. do you have any sense from your point of view of where we are headed? james: you have to let the negotiators negotiate. if you are not in the room, you don't know the answer until it comes out. the important thing is to say what they believe to be true, the areas where things can be made better, and work it out. trying to work out what color the smoke is coming from the room doesn't leave you anywhere until they come out and tell you what the answer is. david: your native country has voted in a referendum to leave the eu, and i want to ask you what you think about that, about how is that developing? is there a soft landing? how do we get to it? james: it goes back to my point about negotiations. you are never really sure

we run a good business. we take care of the business. tell other people when they say to you, "it's not possible," you say to them, "i'm an example. it's possible." and you have to really be a leader and show people that. that's why i invested in you because i felt like you earned the shot, and you are one unbelievable mother. lisa: thank you. lemonis: i guess most importantly, i wanted both of them to know that they are worthy, and they deserve to be here. this is for you. you've earned it. that's your key. and i have a very strong feeling that in years to come, this thing is gonna be huge. it's time to run a business. cory: wahoo! lemonis: okay? lisa: thank you. thanks. ♪ we got an office ♪ we got an office, we got an office ♪ cory: oh. mom, look. headphones. is a paid advertisement for online trading academy. you've heard it over and over again. if you want financial freedom, you have to invest in the markets. it's true that the wealth created in the financial markets has transformed more people into millionaires and billionaires than

business.reezers cost about $7,500. i'm not minimizing the amount, but in comparison to what he spent on the truck, it's not much at all. so, let me spend some time just with them, okay? i'll see you in a little bit. tony: okay. lemonis: yeah. get out of here. tony: you got it. all right. lemonis: don't be supervising our conversation. yolanda: [ laughs ] lemonis: what's it like working for tony? annette: it has its up and downs. out of a week, we'll see him probably, i'd say about three days for that week. and then he's here a couple hours about. yolanda: sometimes we don't see tony for a whole week. lemonis: there's times you don't see him for a whole week? so tony's really not around that much. yolanda: no. lemonis: oy. where's all the inventory? annette: the big white freezer. lemonis: can you show me real quick? annette: okay. yolanda: like, see these freezers? this is where we hold our products. lemonis: why does this look like this? open like this? i mean, it seems totally disorganized.

this is a business on first of cobol welcome they had of iran's revolutionary guard has announced what he called the end of sedition. the weeklong anti-government protest that's all twenty one people killed and hundreds arrested came in large pots because many iranians feel it can make a left behind as international sanctions were lifted many of them had hoped their life would improve in twenty fifteen foreign companies invested some two billion dollars in iran now once sanctions were lifted foreign direct investment increased almost three point four billion dollars french and i joined total invested heavily in the country as did french carmakers and german companies are also vying for business in the country that all adds up to a sixty five percent increase in foreign investment but with many feeling the upswing bypassing them others feel that their top is that they were able to establish with the west may now come under pressure. so dot is general manager of term and charge of a primarily female team the tehran based company imports medical devices to supply hospitals and clinics tha

san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on,

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

wong targeted busy individuals. but in terms of dollars, its biggest customers are other businesses. that caught us by surprise, how big b2b is for us. >> reporter: perhaps another surprise, no one lost a job when the new jersey warehouse turned on its automated system this summer. eigh months in the making, costing millions, it's got a four-story automated sorting system and nearly three miles of track. boxed trained the same employees who pushed carts and filled orders by hand to run its new system. >> it was about actually preparing them for the future, where all jobs in fulfillment centers, and maybe even a lot of retail jobs, will look like what you're looking at behind us. it took a lot of folks getting out of their comfort zone, to say, hey, i don't even have a college education and you're asking me to troubleshoot robotics? this for . work/life balance. >> we would love >> reporter: boxed is helping to pay for employee weddings and their childrens' college education. >> the last thing i want on my tombstone,

the bad was bad a business models and the business model that i think has been a profound mistake in the internet and eventually will be recognized as a mistake is the free model where we get services facebook google instagram for free and by using them they acquire our data and then sell that data to advertising that's the core of the surveil of this new what people are calling the surveillance economy and ultimately we're going to wake up to it and we're going to choose to pay for us services once again and protect our privacy. there is the topic of terrorism where she's very actual right now when you see a terrorist tweeting and calling upon jihad whew we i don't think anyone here i don't think anyone. twitter or anyone else would say. that that should be i want to say aloud the question is first the whether or not you allow is not much you can do to stop it and it's pretty much allowed there twitting everybody really allowed i'm in a study not allowed to. license has what is less social media is in a world where they can have a watch and a social media is but they stumble out to

without me, this business doesn't make it. my goal is to turn eco-me into a $10 million company, and in that process, i have to teach these two that business isn't personal. >> you can't fire any of my employees. >> it's a business, robin. if they don't listen... i'm saying "no." this company will close its doors. my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. i'm willing to write a "half a million dollar" check. i make tough decisions. i'm not willing to do the deal if you're in charge of sales. back them up with my own cash. it's not always pretty. i'll take the shower. jen, you take the toilet. >> i don't do the toilet in my own house. really? >> but this is business. i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this the profit. [upbeat music] ♪ eco-me is an all-natural cleaning product started by robin kay levine in 2006. with the partnership of her childhood friend jen mihajlov, a 12% owner, they built eco-me up from a small, do-it-yourself cleaning kit to a 17-piece cleaning line, including dog-grooming pro

america it makes sure businesses have the support and tools to start, grow and proceed in business. prior to joining the trump administration she had the perfect job to prepare her to wrestle with the media and fight on behalf of of american small businesses. she was the founder and ceo of world wrestling entertainment. a few of you got that joke and some of you will get it later. [laughter] administrator mcmahon knows about how to help grow and empower small business since she helped grow first from a 13 person regional operation to a publicly traded global enterprise with more than 800 employees and offices worldwide. she and her husband, vince, have two adult children and six grandchildren which i'm sure she spoils a lot. with that, i will turn it over to the administrator. >> thank you very much. it really is a great honor to be here to share the dais with the secretary and ivanka trump, who i have close relationship with and we enjoyed getting out into doing our glamorous jobs. she gets her hardhats more than we do. [laughter] it really is an honor. it's a great opportunity for

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it's not a bad business. lemonis: it's not a bad business? it's a great business.ed with a harvard mba, adrian is part of the new money behind california's exploding marijuana industry, which is still considered criminal under federal law. are you the first drug dealer to ever graduate from harvard? adrian: no. there's plenty of them in biotech. go talk to the guys in amgen and pfizer. they're dealing stuff -- percocet, all that highly addictive xanax. that stuff will mess up your life. this won't. lemonis: in desert hot springs, they seem to agree and have issued permits for more than 3 million square feet of construction to more than 30 growers. good for business, but i wondered if the town's reputation would be hurt. are you originally from this town? scott: born and raised. lemonis: scott matas is the mayor of desert hot springs, a self-described conservative. scott: i was a "no" on marijuana use in our community in 2007. lemonis: what happened? scott: the economy went bad. we needed to find another revenue. lemonis: when they put it to a vote, more than 70% of

giordano: there's only one rule in business -- stay in business.nd i'll do everything in my power to make this work. lemonis: but as time passed, rocco's business couldn't generate enough revenue to cover the overhead. giordano: our business failure is cash flow. aeneas: right. giordano: i'm doing the best i can with little to no money. lemonis: now, with only a single location remaining and over $50,000 in debt, rocco is hanging on by a thread and is desperate for help. giordano: this business, if it went away, it would destroy me. lemonis: part of the reason that i wanted to visit faded royalty is i've recently made a number of investments into the active streetwear space, and this product really fits nicely inside of that. hi. -giordano: how's it going? -lemonis: i'm marcus. giordano: nice to meet you. i'm rocco. lemonis: nice to meet you, rocco. how are you, sir? aeneas: hi, aeneas. nice to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you. well, this is a cool spot. giordano: the reason why i picked this spot, and i love this spot, it's the lower east side.

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i think michael's key to the business, and i do feel like he runs the business as if it's his own.to consider is that he will be able to earn equity. he said to me he wanted 7% to 10%. richard: [ laughing ] where does he come with these numbers? okay. lemonis: it's in his head. richard: you don't inherit equity. you don't get things if you didn't work for them. and he can't. it would set a horrible precedent. lemonis: yeah. he sometimes comes off as entitled to me. but i'm a big believer that michael will perform at a different level that you and i will ultimately benefit from if he has just a small taste of the equity. richard: um... you know, i don't know. i don't know -- lemonis: if michael told you that if you didn't give him equity, he was gonna leave, what would you say to him? richard: you see, i don't work well under pressure. lemonis: well, what would you say to him? richard: i guess i'd ask him when he's leaving. but some of us make somethinge make sommuch more. dinner. mom would be proud. with blue apron, any night is a chance to see what cooking can do. monis: if michae

hello and welcome to business live.rope's biggest economy germany often sets the tone for what's happening across the rest of the continent. and a big pay increase could be on the cards if germany's biggest trade union, ig metall, gets its way in the latest round of talks with the industrial manufacturers that are the bedrock of the economy. ig metall represents about 2.3 million workers and wants an above inflation 6% pay rise. the other key demand is the flexibility of switching to a 28—hour working week. the union is threatening more strikes. but one of the big concerns for companies is that unemployment is at a record low 3.6%, so they're worried there won't be enough staff to fulfil all orders if those workers have the option of less hours. unemployment has also been falling across the rest of the eurozone as the global economy continues to pick up, so workers are in a strong position to demand higher wages. if they get them, it could prove helpfulfor meeting the european central bank's target inflation rate ofjust