Blue Collar Backers

Season 1
With traditional banks and lenders rejecting over 80% of small business loans, there's been a resurgence of a new breed of investors. Each week, a panel of top-notch professionals from various fields and trades will share their personal experience, get their hands dirty, and provide the necessary funds to help a few budding entrepreneurs make their big dreams a reality.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Meat Your Maker
    August 25, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    Backer Ron Douglas utilizes his small business expertise to help a bike shop that's at risk for closure. With his money and business on the line, backer Cameron Davies must double down and finish a project, in the hopes of finding a new buyer.
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  2. S1 E2 - Mile High Club
    September 1, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    In Gulfport, Cam & Cain help a local restaurant transform an unused storage room into the first organic market on a revitalized stretch of downtown. In Wyoming, Ron partners a ranch owner with a flight instructor to build a bush pilot landing strip.
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  3. S1 E3 - Freakin' Banks
    September 8, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    Cameron partners with a client to construct on a swanky mobile nightclub. In Phoenix, the owner of a coffee shop wants to add an underground tiki bar to his restaurant, but needs Brian and Wes' cash and construction skills to seal the deal.
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  4. S1 E4 - Taco Hell
    September 14, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    With $750,000 invested, backers Wes and Brian are blindsided when their clients back out. A veteran enlists Ron's help to build a high end barber shop.
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  5. S1 E5 - Banked Against The Wall
    September 30, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    Ron is called to boost sales for a custom turbo kit company. A local apparel company receives cash and sweat equity from backers Wes and Brian. The duo must complete the build on a tight deadline, or risk hurting the reputation of both companies.
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  6. S1 E6 - Grinding Gears & Making Malt
    September 30, 2016
    42min
    TV-14
    Ron has had enough! He is forced to call off a deal when a client for a custom car shop fails to live up to his end of the bargain. In Gulf Shores, backers Cam and Cain help a dentist fulfill his retirement dreams of opening a local brewery.
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Audio languages
EnglishEnglish Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
Subtitles
English [CC]
Producers
Alexondra LeeShawn WittJohn McCallyCork Friedman
Cast
RiderRon DouglasCameron DaviesJonathan LawWesley James
Studio
Discovery Channel
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