as j.j. said, most of us have experienced in low lit venues, difficulty reading the menu or the check. this is a rechargeable l.e.d. product, the only application able to illuminate the pages. it's secure and unlocks with our little key and fits into our charger. it charges about every two to four months. the market with over 1 million u.s. full-service restaurants and bars alone is obviously wide open. then we are endorsed by the largest wine and spirits distributor in the united states. >> how much money are you looking for? >> i'm looking for an experience to take our pat enlted international patents globally and help with licensing and distribution? >> you are looking for a partner? >> a partner and the endless potential for the product. it has no language. >> let's see what these guys think. you got to hear angela. you have been sitting in that space. how do you think she did in the pitch? >> i thought it was great. you are very elegant. get more grounded and speak from your passion poin

i'm j.j. rackberg. welcome to your business. we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. november 26th, tucked between black friday and cyber monday. it's a day dedicated to shopping and supporting local small businesses. it's being spearheaded by american express, which underwrites this program. it was officially kicked off by a shop small pop-up mall in new york city where 21 local businesses gathered to launch the holiday shopping season. >> it is the most exciting day of the year for my business, actually. i have a small website where i sell handbags and personal accessories. i have been spreading the word about small business saturday since last year. >> it's like having someone in your corner. small business owners are overwhelmed with everything we have to do. >> people in the community are looking for ways to support small business saturday. a lot of local stores are having sales and special offers and encouraging people to come shop that day. >> more than 50 elected officials have given their approval. kasim

i'm j.j. ramberg. welcome to "your business" where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. many of you asked us ha it takes to get your products on the shelves of a major retailer. we are looking at that process from the eyes of a company in california. from the beginning, they pursued the largest retailers to get them to say yes. >> they started out with 16 items in our store. they now have over 50. >> it's an incredible brand. we are excited to have them. they are saying yes to yes to inc. >> we brought it inside the stores and kept it online as well. >> the response was phenomenal. over time, the line has grown dramatically. >> wall green's vice president and target vice president say their respective customers are big fans of yes to carrots, yes to cucumbers, yes to tomatoes and yes to blueberries. >> it hit the benchmarks. it was the customer following he developed. >> they are innovative. they have been able to answer the call. they don't sit still for one moment. >> co-founder of

i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business." where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. starbucks has launched a new initiative called create jobs for usa. the program is focused specifically on small business owners. the company's donated $5 million in seed money and it's soliciting donations from customers and employees. this will help fund small companies through a partnership with the opportunity finance network, a group of community development financial institutions that focus on underserved markets. i sat down with starbucks' ceo howard schultz to learn more about the campaign. thank you so much for joining us today. i'm so excited about this opportunity, and i can't wait for you to tell us a little bit more about this. you can see, i got my bracelet. >> love it. >> so tell me how you're going to be helping small businesses. and as a result, create jobs. >> well, i think before i answer that specifically, can i frame the problem for you? >> absolutely. >> it's been reported that we have 9.1% unemploymen

. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm j.j. ramberg. and welcome to "your business," where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. when evelyn anderson of a just for fun play grounds wrote to us a few months back she had no idea her e-mail would spark our next business makeover. her question to us was simple, what do you do when you sell a once in a lifetime product that doesn't generate repeat customers? when we dug a little deeper we found a really interesting business in need of some serious help. we decided to assemble a rescue team to give them a much-needed push in the right direction. ♪ when evelyn anderson and her husband gary hyatt bought just for fun play grounds in asheville, north carolina, five years ago, business was booming. >> the first three years that we were in business, we worked summer and winter. just straight through the year. we had four guys in the shop. we had two sales people, and then we had a winter where we went four months without a phone call. >> the company was known for their high-end cu

." >>> hi there everyone, i'm j.j. ramberg. welcome to "your business" where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. every halloween, we scare up a good business story from haunted houses in atlanta to an entrepreneur who makes coffins out of couches. in atlanta, they were forced to innovate after getting smoke in their eyes. when the fog started to lift, they found a new customer base. ♪ >> halloween is definitely an all hands on deck, we are going full force, we have extra staff in. during this time of year, halloween is a major part of our business. >> this time of year, it's tons of calls. it's calls, calls, calls and calls. i like fog. it's fun to blow smoke for a living. >> they do blow smoke for a living. they manufacture frog gis fog used for smoke machines that fill the haunted houses that creep you out at halloween. >> when we started the business, it was more of a necessity for a family entertainment center. >> a necessity because they worked at a laser center that used fog. it triggered chris' asthma

i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business." where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. many of you have asked us what it takes to get your product onto the shelves of a major retailer. and so today, we're taking a closer look at that process through the eyes of a company in california. from almost the very beginning, this business pursued some of the nation's largest retailers in an effort to get them to stay yes. ♪ >> they started out with 16 items in our store. and they now have over 50. >> just an incredible brand. and we're so excited to have them as a partner. >> walgreens and target are both saying yes to yes to inc. >> it proved to be very successful for us. that's why we brought it inside the stores and kept it online, as well. >> the response immediately was phenomenal. but over time, the line has grown dramatically. >> walgreens' vice president shannon curtin and target vice president dusty tucker jenkins say their respective customers are big fans of yes to carrots, yes to cucumbers, yes to tomatoe

. >> j.j. >> j.j. >> okay. we have a little -- as we take you to break, we have a little living christmas tree serenade for holly and her baby. take it away. and if you have never gone to the living christmas tree, you need to go. ♪ here is a special message ♪ we know that the time is near ♪ time to gather new baby things covering like angel ♪ wishing you a very special blessing ♪ all the love and joy a baby brings ♪ this very day, we are here today, we're happy for you and the proud daddy, too ♪ >> that puts us in the mood, too. >> you are dancing a little bit. all with the lyrics and everything. >> we'll check back with the festivities in a little bit. always great to have people come out. i know. >> coming up, today, veterans day, there is a way for you to help out some wounded warriors. >> coming up next, how you can sweat for vets this weekend and raise some much-needed funds to help out our heroes. we are back in a moment. don't go anywhere. [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. ther

j.j. mcdr mot, throws an interception of his own. chris ferguson on the receiving end. 28-yard return. sets up a g.g. green touchdown. coach ken, he has emotion, he likes it. the pitch goes to john howell. right now navy leads 24-10 in the fourth quarter. >>> at fedex field tonight, maryland plays notre dame. you can see it right here on nbc 4 at 7:30. >>> hometown hockey. last night the caps defeated the devils in new jersey. second period is where we start. alex ovechkin and the capitals down 1-0. nick backstrom, out to dennis. ovechkin there. too easy for the grade "a." game tied at 1. nifty goal right there. third period, still knotted 1. jason gets the puck in his own blue line. skates around and passed three devils. he's got some good speed. and beats brodeur. washington wins it 3-1. caps and devils play tonight at 7:00. you can see that game over on comcast sports net. >>> georgetown wins its season opener defeating savannah state. harry simms had a career high 1 points. >>> so we've got maryland tonight, we've got the capital

j.j. barrera could be gone. and look at the celtics. they have about seven players that have to sign. the two teams that will be aided by this. miami heat, the team will be the same. same with the chicago bulls. they might add something. maybe a shooting guard, to complement derrick rose. but for the most part, those two stellar teams don't have much to change. i think the two teams that have the biggest advantage are the chicago bulls and the miami heat. >> more from you later on. >>> the stars are safe. but what about the young guns? a former college star on why the rookies are taking a beating, next. >>> everybody had some rough moments trying to get through this lockout. i think we're through it. i think we're back. so, you know, i hope everybody had a great thanksgiving weekend. we'll see you guys on christmas. >> once a tentative nb a agreement announced, the nba players weighed in. lebron james, i feel like my kids on christmas day. so excited for the fans who stayed patient with us. carmelo anthony, want to thank the fans for st

>> it's the smash hit movie, "super 8," created by superstar filmmakers steven spielberg and j.j. abrams. >> the title, "super 8," comes from the kind of camera people used to make their own movies in the 1970s. back then, they used film, so you couldn't see your footage right away. >> with super 8, you don't quite know what you're gonna get. >> but you do know what you're going to get an abrams/spielberg movie -- lots of action and excitement. >> no one's gonna know we were there. >> oh, yes, they will. the friends accidentally left something behind. it shows that they were there and might have seen whatever it was that escaped when the train derailed. >> joe and some of his friends, they were grabbed by military personnel at the middle school. >> "super 8" is now out in a blu-ray/dvd combo pack. it includes cool behind-the-scenes extras. for example, the teens doing their own stunts, like jumping this fence. >> i thought for sure that our stunt doubles would be doing it, but we did it and it was so much fun. >> and you can watch the actual audition that won joel the lead role. h

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j.j. has two children. regis and joy are grandparents now. that's when it always gets to me. i was thinking about, you know, when i announced my pregnancies it was on regis's show with him. and when i lost two babies, that's where we shared the news with our audience and then the day my kids were born. so much of my history is wrapped up in regis's life. now i'm falling apart when i think about it. now i'm just sort of a mess. >> i have something waiting for you. can you hear it. can you hear it? >> oh, sure. that's the clinking of glasses waiting for you to get here. >> i know that sound. >> tell me where you are. i'm going to bring them out to you. where are you right now? >> 48th street coming up to 6th avenue. we're about a block and a half away. >> i'm coming. >> bring me a sip of something. >> don't try to stop talking. i've got to go outside. hold on. hold on. she's out there somewhere. i don't have a coat. this is what i do for my co-host. which way? this way? we have a lot to talk about. i know. i'm coming. i'm coming. i'm coming. oh, my gosh. is there a party out he

j.j. trails the leaders by 44 points. burton runs out of gas and puts tony stewart in first.arl edwards was second and still leads tony stewart by 3 little points with two more races to go. >>> stanford's undefeated football team climbs to third. that is sports as we see it for this early edition of sportswrap. >> thank you, fred. >>> tonight on the 10:00 news, we'll remain on the scene in woodside after hydro testing shut down the highway. >>> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news and we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> our coverage continues on ktvu.com and on the 10:00 news tonight. have a good night.

j.j. choi, the bunker on the 7th. two bounce nothing. he still loses to nick watney. and tiger woods had a rough week from the bunker on the par 515. look at this shot. >> this should be good. >> stops just short of the hole and clinches it for the americans to win their fourth straight cup 19-15. raiders are in minnesota. the niners hosting arizona. we have the highlights at five. i'm mike shumann, have a great day. >> next at 5:30 the bring your own bags warning for shoppers in one bay area city. and an experimental underwater voyage under the pacific. the bay-area built robots that are set to explore earth's final [ man ] did we get anything good? sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. fiber makes me sad. oh common. i dare you to taste one hint of ber in fiber one. oh, i'd be able to tell. why don't i just eat this bag? and how can you talk to me about fiber you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. ber one. >> welcome back. san francisco police remain in the financial district this morning to make sure that tents from

it's j.j. abrams, the guy behind "lost." >> yes. >> jimmy: it's a mind bender. but, gosh.e is right now. >> there was no money taken. double tap, close range. this was an execution. >> got any idea on the vic? >> not yet, but you haven't seen the best part. rewind it again. we got ourselves a witness. >> any sign of him? >> put out a bolo. had a team canvas a six block radius. this guy vanished. >> i'd make myself scarce, too. this ain't no neighborhood you want to be called a snitch. >> no, it's not. >> detective. got a bunch of reporters out there begging me for scraps. what do i tell them? >> send them to the task force pr guy. let him deal with them. >> jimmy: yeah, i don't want to deal with them. >> i don't want to deal with them. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, you want to play a fun game when we come back? >> oh, my god. yes. what? >> jimmy: all right. please. it's gonna be fun. it's called "shoe golf." i'll tell you all about it when we come back. taraji p. henson and i are playing a game called "shoe golf" when we come back. stick around, everybody! [ cheer

. >> from his j.j.nge to a message of patience. >> go, shameless plug. go. >> number four, stanford. how do you like them? >> good for you. they need oklahoma to beat oklahoma state to get into the title game. >> younger brother, principal of cramer elementary school in southeast washington. first person in washington to get a grant from race from the top to do their program for turn around schools and find the best practices to implement in d.c. schools. >> i have to do a shameless plug to marla who is making political cookies, and she was really shameless about it. the political cookie company.com. there you go, marla. you send me free cookies with my picture on it and i'm going to plug you shamelessly. tomorrow on the show, mississippi governor hailey barbour joins us. >>> coming up next, "chris jansing and company." and at 1:00, andrea mitchell reports. november 1. bye-bye. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had

when the packers came to chicago to play, we'll take the packer, j.j.ys out to dinner. that's how you keep them engaged. >> the packers played yesterday but the focus was not on the packers being 11-0, but, yes, it was on ndamukong suh. we want to take a look at this and get your perspective. this is evan dietrich smith that he is engaged with and shoved his head in the turf three times and here comes the foot stomp. he will be ejected from the game. we'll take a listen to his comments in the locker room, i guess defending his actions. take a listen. >> i understand in this world because of the type of player and type of person that i am, all eyes are on me. why would i do anything to jeopardize myself. that's why i -- if i want to hurt him, i'm going to hit his quarterback like i did throughout this game. >> i don't do bad things. that appeared to be a bad thing, j i? >> i agree. he was telling mike ferrera. he said, suh is not a dirty player. he is a filthy player. >> as his agent, what would you have told ndamukong suh before that press conference. >