When they quit, theyre basically saying, youre fired. Kota longboards will come up short. My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This is the profit. Lets go to work. Mike i want to go over the shape. We may have to do new tab work. Lemonis in 2012, navy veteran mike malone started handmaking quality longboards in his garage in denver, colorado. Mike do you have tape running underneath there to there . Lemonis naming his company kota, an acronym for knights of the air, Mike Incorporated his devotion for the armed forces in his products signature look. Mike personalized it with the squadron. Lemonis riders love the longboards beautiful finish, and before long, kota was gaining national attention. Bu
Chicago, illinois, is home to bentleys corner barkery, a natural petsupply store started by lisa and Giovanni Senafe in 2008. Lisa how many do they need . Just one . Giovanni never a dull day at the barkery, at least for now. Lemonis after losing a pet to illness and convinced it was related to diet, lisa was inspired to open a store and carry food made with healthy ingredients. The concept caught on, and sales surged, and within a few short years, lisa and giovanni expanded aggressively too aggressively. With seven stores open, over half of them are losing money. I love the concept of Healthy Products for pets, and the petsupply industry generates over 16 billion a year. With the right process in place, i feel confident we can fix this broken chain. Im headed to bentleys corner barkery in the Arlington Heights neighborhood, a suburb of chicago. This is the flagship store, and im eager to see the model they have in place. Vic how you doing . Lemonis how are you . Im marcus. Nice to mee
Mike i cant take this. [ sniffles ] lemonis southbridge, massachusetts, seems like a quiet town until you get inside of sjc custom drums. Mike sjc. This is mike. Lemonis mike and his brother, scott, started making drums in 2000. But after a serious falling out, a deafening silence has divided them for years. Mike not being able to have a brother i mean, you only get one life. Lemonis since then, mike and his righthand man, chris, have tried to keep the company going. Chris were about 30,000 behind right now on bills. Lemonis sjc drums are among the very best, and performers like imagine dragons, green day, and lady gaga swear by their sound, but sjcs lack of inventory and working capital. Mike where are we even gonna get the money from . Lemonis . Has them in a terrible financial snare. Man im calling about the order i placed about six months ago and still havent seen. Lemonis its time for sjc to march to a new beat. Mike its like i can only take so much, you know. Lemonis or this cust
2. 5 Million People visit key west a year, and you only sell 40,000 pies. I make tough decisions. Were closing the store. Were done. Im not talking about it anymore. And i back them up with my own cash. Check that out. Its not always pretty. Tired of this bull[bleep]. But this is business. Were gonna have a battle on this one. I do it to save jobs. I got to get some stuff done and youre gonna be our leader here. And i do it to make money. This the profit. [theme music] u. S. Key lime pie company is a pie maker located in beautiful and sunny key west, florida. Jim brush. Jeff and his girlfriend, alison sloat, bought the company, recipes and all, over ten years ago for just 1,200, and have grown the business from selling pies on the side of the road to having their key lime pie named the nations best pie by the american pie counsel. Even though they generate 1. 4 million in sales, they have yet to turn a profit. We really are a victim of our own success right now. Damn it, im tired of th
Im not talking about it anymore. I back them up, spending my own money. Its not always pretty. Man perfect flavor. Lemonis . But this is business. You got to trust the process. I do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. Thanks for your business. This is the profit. Coopersburg, pennsylvania is about an hour north of philadelphia, in the heart of Amish Country. And its home to coopersburg sports, a noveltyandsports business. Scott pino started the business in 1991. Scott i cant find the yankee order out here. Lemonis . Shortly after he secured the coveted license from Major League Baseball. He eventually was able to place his mini bat, his top seller, in every Major League Baseball park. Business was great, and they were pulling in over 4 million a year and making a hefty buck. But in 2008, a major sportinggood company entered the novelty game, and almost immediately, coopersburgs business was cut in half. Today the Company Operates in a facility thats outdated, using a process th