percent of all businesses from 1992 to 2011 and in 1992 the number was 1298 total businesses were closed or had to relocate and in 2011 this number rose to to 12, 767 and the same trend we found was for established businesses meaning businesses that had been open for five plus years are also feeling the same impact and this number is in 1992 went from 518 to 3657 in 2011 and yes, this is less than the general trend of the entire city it's still great. additionally, the rate of closures and location changes for established businesses increased to to 20.6 percent and this is much greater than the the median wait and the rate of commercial rent prices is increasing at an increasing rate the more years we go into the future the greater the increase is each year and it's it's attributed to rent prices and the average price per square foot was 119 $119 and rose to 675 $675 and and this is according to the assessor's office data and if these trends continue it's estimated that 4370 established businesses will close or change locations in 2015 alone. so for the most part, the price per square fo

clean record no problems and something else buys the business mined they purchase an existing business not an cu. >> it explicit trigger a land use. >> what if technical they're taking over the lease but no sale of the business they're coming in and setting up their shop an existing reputable establishment will they need a conditional use authorization. >> we're concerned with the use not rezoning it with the arrangement so to speak so what you're saying it won't need a exempt. >> with formula retail if you have formula retail so if i have you know a starbuck's or a franchise formula retail and in a particular location you own it i buy it do i need a cu but if you vacant i come in as a newspaper formula retail in the seem space i'll have to get a new ccii. >> for the formula retail that's a pretty good indication not aware of too many formula retail establishment. >> so not uncommon in san francisco for a restaurant to go into a particular location notes a cu depending on the neighborhood it if you obituary a recuperated and the landlord enters into a

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sal thought i would fund the business to keep it going while he kept the option to buy the building in his back pocket. that ain't happening. in order for me to move forward, i need to know that sal is equally committed fixing this business. so, my offer is $660,000 to satisfy this burdensome debt on the business, and i'll have 50% of the business. i'll have full financial control. sal: so, how long are you planning to hold financial control? lemonis: forever. sal: oh, boy. lemonis: when the option gets exercised, i'm the first person to get my money out. and so, what's that called is "last in, first out." sal: i just don't think that's fair. if the building is worth $6 million... lemonis: i get the money first. nick: you get that money back, the $660,000. sal: and then, from what i understand, half of the profits of that building become yours. lemonis: half of the profits of everything, including the successful business that we're gonna have. but if it's something that doesn't work for you, i understand. we don't have to do it. sal: let's just do whatever we got to do, and let's just

businesses that face disaster. supervisor farrell, with your leadership, the office of small business and [inaudible] to date the office of small business sponsored 7 loans totaling 33 thousand dollars to local small business. thank you for that. there are many more accomplishments but today you'll recognize 11 of san franciscos most special businesses as selected by each supervisors. this provides a rare opportunity to highlight these business squz get these business owners iaway from day to day activity and come to city hall and many never make the trip over here so it is fantastic to be here. thank you very much for providing the this forum to recognize the individuals in the community and look forward to work with you to foster and promote small business >> thank you very much. at this time we'll call supervisor christensen >> yd like to call up [inaudible] is henry with you? you can bring henry too. we are going absolute a small business family, may as well have the future generation. i want to thank melissa and jay to get down here. it is no small thing. they run 2 small businesses in district 3 and raise a famil

dedicated to the low margin business, the wine walk-in retail business. know that if i can add tables and chairs, my margins will go up immediately. but as an owner, you have to be there to connect the dots. the problem that exists today here, there's no leader, and the owners are absent. and because of that, the business loses money, and because of that, the business is upside down. so what do you do? >> this is why we called you. >> when's the last time you guys had a staff meeting? >> we don't have them. >> i been here three years. there's been one. >> no staff meetings. how do you know what's going on? >> you don't. when the [bleep] hits the fan, that's when we learn about it. >> this--it's like--this is like the definition of insanity. how many total employees here? >> 17 employees. >> if the business does go out, that's 17 people that are on the street, and you guys lose-- >> a lot of money. >> i think bill, he doesn't even sleep at night. >> who's bill? >> bill gary's my partner. he's the one who handles all the financials and does all the book work

all of that's gonna double the business here. spent over five days at swansons spread out over four weeks, and i'm finally back to see what sort of progress they've made. the first thing i see when i get there, is sue rolling up in her bmw, and what's worse, it's 12:00. that's not my definition of commitment, and that's not gonna fly. hey, sue. i guess the first thing for me, really, is when you say, "i'm gonna help you, i'm gonna be your backbone," you have to actually be that backbone. it doesn't look good that you show up late, it doesn't look good that you're driving the bmw. can you see my point at all? sue: oh, marcus, i don't feel like doing this. okay, marcus? lemonis: what do you mean, "okay"? you're asking these guys at the front to show up and take money out of their pocket and buy the shrimp and buy the fish, and you got a $500, $600 car payment. and so when things get tough, you make sacrifices. you don't put yourself in front of the employees. sue: yeah, no, i've already explained it to you. i don't feel like going

lemonis: he's not in the business anymore? mike: about five years ago, things started to not be good. i mean, my brother's a genius. he's the one that started making the drums. i don't know how to make drums. i know how to market. but it was very bad -- it was toxic for him and i to be working together. and three years ago, i said, "i'm gonna buy you out." and we didn't see each other for a while. -lemonis: tough. -mike: yeah. lemonis: when you lose the founder of the business, it definitely hurts the business. there's other people you could hire, but you can't hire a new brother. [ drums playing ] mike: man, you got it! lemonis: what was interesting to me is the range of ages that were in that booth, excited to see and play sjc. it was impressive. if they could offer up more affordable kits, this is maybe one of the few businesses that i think has more potential than even the owner thinks. -lemonis: that was pretty good. -mike: [ laughs ] lemonis: after seeing things at n.a.m.m., i'm heading to southbridge to really see what's

the management team will own 25% of the business. they're the backbone of the business. d that's what brought me to the key west key lime pie company -- and the fact that i like sweets. jim brush and allison sloat were partners in life and in the pie company. their pie won a ton of awards, but the business lost money. and they were several hundred thousand dollars in debt. there's a lot of places to get key lime pie in key west. what are the ingredients? jim: it comes in one-gallon pails. it's already reconstituted. lemonis: their pie was good, but there was nothing that special about it. jim: and we put a whipped topping on it. lemonis: and what is that made of? jim: that is a powdered product. lemonis: and it definitely was not homemade. you guys don't make your own crust? woman: no, we don't. lemonis: and they had also opened up a second store that was bleeding money. how much business will this store do? jim: this store is probably losing about $20,000, $25,000. lemonis: but the biggest problem might have been jim himself. he was definitely resistant to change. jim: y

>> 'cause the recipes belong to the business, right? 's a shareholder, so the only thing we can do is leave and start all over again. >> there's been a lot of work that went into getting things up to this level, and the research and other things that we've done to make these recipes, to have to-- >> i think that's our last option. >> i mean, that would be the last thing i'd want to do. >> there may be something. article three is the capitalization of the company. what it allows for is, it allows for additional capital to come in and for a shareholder to be diluted if they're not able to put in money at the same rate as the other shareholders. if he's not able to put money in at the same rate as you are, then his share gets diluted. does that make sense to you guys? >> mm-hmm. >> so he's not gonna have us backed into a corner. >> no, he will not. we'll be able to keep the name. we'll be able to keep the recipes. he'll have a small percentage of equity... but it's better than us having to change everything. >> that's the lesser of the evil

lemonis: but you were gonna go list the business. siness is probably 'cause she wouldn't agree to sign the paper. john: no, no. that [scoffs] lemonis: becky, is that true? john: i was not going to do that. that was never my intention. lemonis: well, why did you do it?! -that's what's not clear to me. -john: because of her. i would love to do a deal between you and i. lemonis: no, but we shook hands at the table, all three of us. becky: do we want to read texts? "i'm more than done. you have no savior. "we will sell this for our original investment "and start over without each other. "marcus is irrelevant at this time. "the business will be listed for sale tomorrow, miss 18% owner. "you will be lucky to get your initial investment back, and after that, good luck." -lemonis: i got news for you. -john: okay. lemonis: um...i am relevant. i made a deal, and i bought 51% of this business. -and i can throw you out. -john: i understand that. lemonis: but i don't operate that way. and i was the one guy that was helping you get the release of y

welcome to your business. the show dedicated to helping your small business grow. we've seen with recent events the important role small businesses play in a community and how cities and towns can suffer economically when small businesses suffer. major events will be held around the country from may 4-8 as a part of national small business week. this year the small business administration will hold gathering in cities including miami, san antonio, new york and washington, d.c., to recognize the contributions of small businesses. small business administration head maria joins us to talk about the celebration plans and so much more. administrator, it's great to see you. >> like wise. good to see you. i'm delighted to see you lifting small businesses across the country. >> thank you. that's what we try to do here. before we talk about the celebration. i'm excited to talk about it. i want to ask you about what is going on in baltimore. when i see thing like this my mind goes first to the small business owners. these people who are losing business because of looting, fir

that the business! >> no, i'm done arguing with you. >> he spent so much money building the most opulent dealership i have ever seen that now he can't afford to buy cars or pay bills. if i can't stop the wasteful spending... what'd you spend on these walls? >> $100,000. >> wow. and sell some cars... >> i won't sell it. that car's worth 30 all day. >> athans motors will be out of business. my name is marcus lemonis. i fix failing businesses. this month you lost $150,000. i make tough decisions... you're not gonna come behind every single person and change the deal. >> i didn't agree to this [bleep]. >> and i back them up with my own cash. if you're not gonna put your pride away, well, then i'm not gonna do the deal. it's not always pretty. >> are you okay? >> end it. >> but this is business. you gotta trust the process. i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. >> that's all you. >> yeah, buddy. this the profit. [hip-hop music] ♪ 10 miles outside of my hometown of chicago, located in morton grove,

that brings us to the end of honoring small business here in the city and county of san francisco. as you can see we have amazing small businesses. a lot of folks who not only run their business sw hire locally and give back to the community and they are the reasons why san francisco is such a great place to live. i want to thank you for taking time and comdown here and hear about the different businesses in all the district in san francisco. i'll tip towing to district 10 to get my nails and toes done pretty soon so again thank you for being here and thank you regina. i see moneta white is a business owner in district 1300 on fill more. i get hungry in business week when they talk about restaurants and next time restaurants are required to bring food. other than that thank you and we'll continue with the agenda and go back to our appeal. thank you and congratulations . madam clerk can we

move, improve folks, one call makes it all. >> she ran the business side. george ran the construction crew, the maintenance, buying the products. >> by 2004, maryann told her partner she wanted to retire. >> very nice person. very kind. she would do anything for anybody. but she wanted to, you know, start enjoying life a little bit, get the fruits of her labor. >> a few days before the christmas holiday, after everyone else haleft, maryann stayed late to go over the books. as she was about to lock up the office to leave, she was viciously attacked. the next morning, her partner, george hansen, and another employee, found maryann's body when they arrived for work. >> i saw the blood around maryann. i never seen a dead body before, nothing that horrible. >> paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. >> she had substantial head injuries, and the pathologist determined that she had suffered at least three blows to the back of her head. >> crime scene technicians found some unusual clues. there was fresh blood on top of coagulated blood, which meant there were

small, the small businesses creating two out of every three new jobs. we have to recognize the important role they're playing in our job creation strategy creating 61 months of consecutive job growth something we've never seen in our country before. again, driven by the small business. so that's it. first a celebration and, second we have to promise the small businesses that whether it's in a disaster situation or just every day, that we will make every effort to always shop local, shop small in our communities to make sure that we're lifting these families that risk everything to provide us something that is unique from them uniquely you know local to our community and it makes our communities more interesting for tourists. >> do you have a favorite small business that you guys are going to be honoring in one of these cities? >> oh, my goodness i have favorites in everyone. i can tell you that i enjoy doing three things. i enjoy going to see one of the growth accelerators. these are places where millennials and

we started the business to take care of ourselves. t grew we wanted to give it back to the community and those coming behind us giving them an opportunity to work. >> i want to assume that you don't have the box on your employment applications when people come to a cut above the rest. >> no, we do not. >> what do you want to know? >> i don't want to do anything other than are they a hard worker do they want to maintain employment and make a better place for themselves in society, because if they are ready to maining the change we are ready to give -- ready to make the change we are ready to give them employment. >> are there just things about the work life that you are no longer as familiar with - showing up on time. getting yourself from place to place, because for years you've been told where to be, and when to be there. >> yes, that's very debilitating for an individual. when i got out it was like i was afraid to go too far from my dwelling because i was taut to stay close to the building, not to what happeneder off. it made it very

but he didn't know the auto business at all... he reason you're taking a $5,000 loss is 'cause you bought the car wrong. ...and he often failed to listen to people who did. -do you trust tony? -pete: no. lemonis: as a result, athans motors was losing $1.8 million a year. what matters is that you make money, these people's jobs get saved, and the business survives and it thrives. -that's the goal here. -pete: you're right. lemonis: what do you stand to lose if this business closes? pete: i would lose my house, my dream. it would be catastrophic. lemonis: so, i made a deal with pete -- $3.5 million for 50% of the company. -lemonis: automatch usa. -woman: i love it. lemonis: i've re-branded the business, and i've stocked it with affordable cars. luckily, i knew where to find them. today, i'm headed to jacksonville, florida, to check out one of our new locations. this place feels really good. -hey! good seeing you. -pete: how's everything? lemonis: welcome to jacksonville. -what do you think? -pete: looks great. lemonis: while pete is

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small businesses use data to become more efficient and more profitable. and how the national small business persons of the year helped revitalize their missouri town. news and information to help your small business make lots of money. coming up next on "your business." ♪ ♪ small businessings are revitalizing the economy and american express open is here to help. that's why we're proud to present "your business" on msnbc. ♪ ♪ hi everyone i'm j.j. ramburg. welcome to "your small business." how often do you think about data in relation to your business. every one is collecting data i i suspect many of you throw out the data. hiding in the numbers are great strategies to help your company thrive. to give you an illustration. we went to visit the owner of a lunch shop in california who showed her how data helped increase her cash flow and decrease her supply costs. next customer. take a close look at the turkey and cheese on a roll. if we're one of these customer that sandwich looks like lunch. but if you're lindsay the owner here that sandwich looks like data. raw data.

tax collect collect or's office and building out additional content in the business portal because the tax office has seen the value of the portal and wants it to be the first point of entry for every new business and they will be able to see all of the information related to registering a new business and connecting them to online business registration and the mayor's goal of permitting in pj's is getting very close. we want to further integrate permit forms with electronic and digital signature solutions. providing both electronic and digital signature solutions as as you can imagine that's a big hurdle to get over currently requires a wet signature and how do we translate that online and electronic payments most permits have a fee associated so it's not just about putting forms online there's a couple of additional steps and we have to make sure they are secure and easy to use for our business owners and develop city databases and we have all of these different systems every department has their own database different way of doing things and how do we work with ev

establishment has been code compliant the code is requesting to remove the alcohol prohibition the business will not be allowed to operate as food but snacks must be available that will be a bar use fltsz planning code the operating are from 2:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. the pardon has provided support letters in our packets from the ocean avenue association and one signed support letter from the o m i project they've provided letters from the small businesses the department has received one phone call in opposition to the bar use and one e-mail and phone call to the bar use since the project was filed one opposition of lower and one restriction of alcohol sales this group was one of the dr opposition filers the department asked for a discretionary review be approved from the action in 2012 which curling disallows the alcohol at the establishment additional the department asks for more departmental review will retain in effect that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions thanks. >> project sponsor please. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm marja i'm here to introduce the

owner the illegal anyone else businesses can withdrawal that type of rule but the small business will not not try to open a massage business they'll simply go elsewhere and in my opinion the conditional use permit must be written it is unfair and discretionary and no other business is forced to go through this onerous expensive and weed out the bad actors we want legitimate businesses to stay - >> next speaker >> good afternoon. i love speaking after gary witness i'm the government chair for the massage organization as a massage therapist and as advocates we end up in this position how could we be against the structural of human trafficking we're in favor of the ordinances that regulate massage recordkeeping and others issues that property owner to anyone else establishment and keeping the quarter and performing sex acts has nothing to do with to with massage therapist don't run the establishment criminals please step forward and run those are massage businesses i'm sorry those establishments as a result rule the massage profession didn't

that $500,000 will give me 40% of the business. lynn and norton will still own 60% of the business. invest in a business, i look for three things -- people, process, and product. in this particular business, i absolutely love the people. i love the product. i don't think i've had better barbecue ever. but what i don't love is the process. most people would think that the obvious solutions to shuler's making more money would be to open up another day. but i'm not willing to do that until i know that the three days that we're operating are perfect. i want to improve high food costs, not processing the customers quick enough, not having the seating be right. i want to add a manager to lessen the burden on lynn and norton. when we go through this process, i'm 100% in charge. norton: i'd like to thank all of y'all for what you do. it is because of y'all that we get where we are. lemonis: let's bring it all in the middle, south carolina style. all: one, two, three, shuler's! lemonis: let's go to work! [ applause ] the first order of business is understanding what shuler's food costs actua

see how new york can give your business the opportunity to grow at ny.gov/business the best email marketing tools-l like newsletters and event invites. so whether you run a small business or a nonprofit, you can connect ...well...everyone. try email marketing-free-at constant contact dot com. lemonis: i've learned your facial expressions. so, let's talk about it. lynn: yeah. okay. lemonis: i can tell from the tone in your voice how you're really feeling, so just tell me. lynn: we knew that there was a possibility that it was gonna have to change to mass produce it. we deal with that every day. we see a recipe, we try it, and there's got to be some change to go from feeding 6 people to feeding 1,000 people. that's gonna happen. so, i'm taking the step back, and i'm looking at it. and i want to see how it turns out. and then we'll go with it. -lemonis: is this done? -kenny: these are done. lemonis: what do you think? lynn: i think i like mine a little bit sweeter. lemonis: so, we can add a little more sugar to it? kenny: correct. exactly. lemonis: the bones of your biscuit are fantastic. so,

the week ahead". this week is national small business week in the u.s. small business administration and cosponsors will host training webbin areas focussing on a number of topics. there's ha report released by the urban institute stating that small businesses would be accountable if the supreme court rules against the affordable care act, known as obama care. >> do you need a card? >> reporter: seven years after the recession, small business owner jody struggles to make ends met. >> my inventories are on tart. >> reporter: she works solo at a tennessee gift shop since she can't afford to hire anyone. 64% of small business owners say the businesses have not recovered from the downturn. 21% say they have. a reason the recovery is not faster for small businesses is banks are reluctant to provide loans. despite the hardships a majority expressed optimism. it's not without headwinds. as workers demanded higher pay with pressure smaller businesses are feeling the effects. they employ half the nation's workforce. seattle is among cities boosting the minimum wag