The Partner

What's Your Story?

Marcus challenges candidates to create a marketing campaign to show who they are as a brand and to make a complex investment assessment.

Tripwires & Trapdoors

Marcus gives the candidates their most difficult task yet: teamwork! Their leadership, salesmanship, and communication skills are put to the test during two group challenges. But as pressure rises, the candidates begin to turn on each other.

A Day in the Life of Marcus Lemonis

Marcus puts the candidates to work in his current Chicago stores, where they face real-life business challenges.

People, Process, Product, Partner

Marcus chooses the final two candidates and gives them their most important challenge yet: walking a day in his shoes. The finalists are tasked with assessing a struggling local business and putting together an investment plan. Based on this information, Marcus will finally determine who The Partner will be.