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With a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. over the past year our small business makeover team swooped in and helped some very unusual company, all in need of helping a company grow or struggle with a problem. we checked back with all of them to find out. ♪ are you ready for a new sensation ♪ >> back in march we visited with jeff and steven. they were considering shutting down their wedding dress business called fancy new york. sales were disappointing. our makeover team had a lot of

The "your business" makeover team is on the road again. just passing through the historic mystic connecticuts. >> we must be getting close. we're passing foxwood resorts, a huge tourist destination. it looks like we've arrived. let's get to work. let's help this business. you must be erica. >> i am. >> i am the author of "the pumpkin plants." >> i heard you called msnbc and you need help. >> i do. >> 36-year-old erica hall runs >> >> 36-year-old erica hall runs the seven-room bed and breakfast for eight years until she bought it in 2011. >> guests often sit around here at night and have a camp...

Site pinterest. >> pinterest is extremely addictive. women love it. men are starting to love it. >> she offered to have someone on her team get them set up so brides could start pinning their unique dresses on their boards. the next person on our makeover team is a designer with her own successful line. it wasn't long ago that ayisha sayad was in the same spot as the brothers to prove that things can be made economically in new york. >> so here two dresses. this one is one of yours, a fancy dress knead turkey. >> and this one is made right here in new york about ten blocks from here. i see the...

House. even though they're only going to use it for five minutes. that gets in the way of saying let's put a kitchen in because you've got to go pay for it. the mind-set is not how do i guarantee it's going to work. it's how do i do it cheap enough that i don't care if it's going to work. that is how you get new ideas. >> it's so great, too. and you're the most creative when you have to be, right, when you don't have these contacts when you don't have this money. so the bootstrapper's bible, everyone can download it for free. >> thank you, j.j. >> come up next are can this business be saved? w...

Down economy, she opened jane on main, a cozy cafe that sold simple food in the same space where she did her flowers. our makeover team helped had he rebrand the business, emphasizing her fresh flowers and food, by building a website and menu. although she still does flowers, that part of the business didn't rebound like she hoped, so she pivoted and started focusing more on the food. she rebranded herself and her cafe, jane. she also created jane bakes, a line of low-calorie cookies that she makes in small batches and sells on line and in gourmet grocery stores. jane's cookies also caught the...