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Week. kathleen nevin started her company as way to help her get through treatment for breast cancer. the business was doing well until last year when construction made it hard for customers to reach it. so the "your business" makeover team came in and helped her get back on her feet. for more watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. american express for travel and entertainment worldwide. just show them this - the american express card. don't leave home without it! and someday, i may even use it on the moon. it's a marvelous thing! oh! haha! so you can replace plane tickets, tra...

Msnbc. ♪ hi there everyone. i'm jj ramberg and welcome to "your business." the show that champions entrepreneurship giving you tips and advice to help your small business grow. it was one year ago that superstorm sandy decimated the new york and new jersey coasts, costing billions of dollars in damage to countless homes and thousands of small businesses. one of those small businesses was surfside bagels in rock away beach new york owned by new york city fireman scott edwards and tim keenan. the store suffered severe water damage, flooding pretty much destroyed their entire store and all of...

Emotionally where are you? nervous -- from nervous to optimistic? >> very optimistic. >> i would say very optimist ig. the nerves, that part of it is over. it's been a roller coaster the last couple of months. but i think for me the nerves have subsided a bit. it's more optimism than anything. and, you know, we're thankful for you and for your crew for helping us out. >> wow. good things happen to good people. you deserve it. everything you've done for your employees, for the neighborhood, you know, as i told you when cut the ribbon, i couldn't stop crying. i was surprised you guys had dry eye...

That no receipt is unaccounted for. four, keep a business journal. use your outlook or google calendar to keep a detailed schedule of your business activity each day. this way if a deduction is ever questioned, you can quickly look up the day to vouch for your claim. number five, stay away from cash. it's easy to spend and nearly impossible to reconcile with receipts. stick to debit and credit cards in order to better track your expenses. time now answer some of your business questions. our makeover team, mike and denise, are here with us. the first one is about how to market your brand. >> ...

Money to support their families. they almost lost it all in hurricane sandy. see how a little help from our makeover team and very generous others turned their luck around. ♪ >> a couple of years ago, scott edwards and tim keenan, two new york city firemen with a hankering to be entrepreneurs, risked everything they had to open a bagel shop in rockaway beach, new york. >> we felt it would be a good spot to have a breakfast-type place. and tim being from this neighborhood, he really felt that it would fill a void here. >> rockaway is a very unique community. we love the beach. we have an old ...