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♪ hi there, everyone. im j.j. ram berks and welcome to "your business" where we give you tips and advice and how to help your business grow. today our show is dedicated to small business lessons we can learn from people in the music industry, including 60s ikons the grateful dead. the band may have called it quits when jerry garcia died, but they are alive and well to brian hall gan and david mereman scott. these authors found out these rock n roll legends have a lot to teach us ab...

Think. you have to do it because you have your back to the wall. now what? sink or swim. well, i dont swim very well, but i treaded a lot of water. ♪ >> it has been operating in this tiny basement since it was started by lorraines husband, max gordon. 75 years ago. >> he opened this club in 1935. it was not a jazz club then. it was the same room, but it did not jazz, it was poetry readings. >> i attribute the village vanguards success to max gordon who ran this club for many, many decades and ...

♪ the village vanguard -- is a legendary jazz nightclub located in new yorks greenwich village. >> good evening and welcome to the west village in new york, im josh jackson from wbgo. were one minute away from show time at the village vanguard and were featuring saxophonist steve wilson and his band wilsonians green. ♪ the village vanguard is the most historic jazz club in america, perhaps in the world at this point. >> i come in at 8:30 for seating and theyll be at the door. >> thats the ow...

Rolling pins and pepper mills, gaining the attention of some of the top stars in the food world. >> i applied the same rules with the drumsticks and made pepper mills and they have been very successful. >> firth has been running the company for 45 years, and you think he would be tempted to rest, but thats just not in the cards. >> i dont let go of nothing. so if you have a dream or a desire or a goal, go for it. aim for the moon. if you only get halfway there, youre a hells of a way up. thats t...

Barbra streisand is? no. and she got up and sang, and she was very good. >> last year, she repaid the debt by performing again at the vanguard, something she talked about in a recently released dvd. >> after everything i have done and everywhere i have been, i am back to where i started. life is a circle, right? >> you are surrounded by the faces of jazz greats. the history is thick. you can almost breathe it in. >> in 1989, max gordon died, and lorraine gordon says she was completely unprepared...

Others to do your possibilities so it appears as an opportunity for others. thats how youre going to attract people to play your game, whether youre growing avocados or singing songs. ♪ >> the song remains the same when this special musical edition of "your business" continues. the timpani player beats the competition by creating his own line of drumsticks. and the wife of the owner of a legendary new york jazz club figures out a way to keep the music playing after her husbands death. im sam...

hi there, everyone. im j.j. ramberg. welcome to "your business" where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. today our show is dedicated to small business lessons we can learn from people in the music industry, including 60s icons the grateful dead. the band may have called it quits when jerry garcia died, but they are alive and well to brian halligan and david meerman scott. they learned that the rock and roll legends have a lot to teach us about marketing. ♪ i will...

Husband left behind, but two decades later, the club is still hopping. ♪ the village vanguard -- >> we are one minute away here from showtime, and we are featuring steve wilson and his band. the village vanguard is the most historic jazz club. >> thats the owner, lorraine gordon. >> the owner doesnt sound so exciting, but thats what i am. >> at heart, lorraine gordon is a classic small business owner, figuring it out as she goes. >> i dont do bookkeeping, i hair somebody to do that. i answer t...

Appears to be an opportunity for others. thats how you attract them to your game, whether you are growing avocados or singing songs. ♪ >> the song remains the same when this special musical edition of "your business" continues. the timpny player beats the competition by creating his own line of drumsticks. and the wife of the owner legendary jazz club in new york city figures out a way to keep the music playing after her husbands death. im sam chernin, owner of sammys fish box. i opened the ...

I do the bookings. i do that well, i would like to think. you have to do it because you have your back to the wall. now what? sink or swim. well, i dont swim very well, but i treaded a lot of water. >> it has been operating in this tiny basement since it was started by lorraines husband, max gordon. >> he opened this club in 1935. it was not a jazz club then. it was the same room, but it did not jazz, it was poetry readings. >> i give the success to max gordon who ran this club for many, many de...