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Liautaud: Jimmy John's stores cost $350K to open, averaged $200K profit
“It was 350,000 open a store. The stores did about 900,000 in sales and the average store made about 200,000 dollars of profit.”
Jimmy John Liautaud Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 5:57 Turning $25K Into $3 Billion: The Hard Truths Of Jimmy John's Success · Joe Lonsdale
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Liautaud: Labor Litigation Halted Jimmy John's Business Momentum for Seven Years
“As soon as we got to the real courts, we won it on a summary judgment, but that stopped momentum for like seven years.”
Jimmy John Liautaud Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 10:06 Turning $25K Into $3 Billion: The Hard Truths Of Jimmy John's Success · Joe Lonsdale
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Liautaud Launched Jimmy John's in a Converted Garage With $25,000
“It was a two-door garage that had been converted into a pizza joint that had failed, and I rented it, and it was at Eastern Illinois University, and I had a couple cousins and a brother that was going, that were two cousins there, brother was going there, and …”
Jimmy John Liautaud Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 1:49 Turning $25K Into $3 Billion: The Hard Truths Of Jimmy John's Success · Joe Lonsdale
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