katie rodan and cathy fields. and the last of our hsn elevator pitch candidates tries to convince our judges to let her go on the network to sell her shoe and boot cosvers. let's grow fast and work smart. that's all coming up next on "your business." >>> hi there, everyone. i'm j.j. ramburg. welcome to "your business," the show dedicated to helping your growing business. this may sound like a tongue twister, but you are about to meal tall, gal, raj and gill, four friends who started selling m macaroons and because they were selling so well, they quit their jobs and started whoops. it started in 2012 with four friends from four totally different backgrounds, all with one giant sweet together. >> the business really started by accident. we never really planned for it to be what it is today. >> it was an opportunity to sell french macaroons at the holiday mark at brian park. >> we went for it, we opened the location and made $250,000 in nine weeks. >> with that quick success, it began to sink in for them that they mi

it says kathie rodan and kathy fields are in 50/50 partners.oth parties share equally in the profits and expenses. here's the real quicker, all expenses over $50 must be approved by both parties. i kept thinking, i can't spend $50, i need diapers this month. so really, that's where it all began. >> and that has lasted 30 years. the spirit of the business. >> we had a shared vision. we love dermatologist and still practice, by the way. with that, we want to take the best in our office and make it available to everyone. >> after the launch, estee lauder came knocking and they sold. a decision they took immedia immediately. >> you bought estee lauder and then sold it again. >> we were never their highest priority and never going to get anywhere. the counselor to start again with all the risk, completely on our shoulders, everything we had in trying to figure out how to sell this product. timing was critical, too. we just knew there had to be another method. selling through infomercials was very disruptive in terms of distribution. so we had to fig

katie rodan and cathy fields. the last of our hsn elevator pitch candidates tries to convince our judges to let her go on the network to sell her shoe and boot cosvers. let's grow fast and work smart. that's all coming up next on "your business."