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Carmen Lindner Gotta have smore Smuffins update

Smuffins Update Interview with Carmen Lindner

I spoke with Carmen Lindner recently to get a Smuffins update. Carmen unsuccessfully pitched the Sharks in episode 418 for her business Gotta Have S’More where she sells her signature Smuffins – a S’More in the shape of a muffin. The Birth of Smuffins I asked Carmen what originally motivated her to start her business. [...]

Bea Arthur Pretty Padded Room Update Interview

Bea Arthur says she gets asked about the other Bea Arthur about once an hour! Her parents are from Ghana and had no idea who that Bea Arthur was when they named their child, but Bea has been fielding questions about her name for her entire life. Maybe it was all those questions that gave [...]

Follow Up Donny McCall Invis-A-Rack

I spoke with Donny McCall the other night. He’s the guy who invented Invis-A-Rack, the fold away pick up truck rack he invented after his wife gave him some guff about going out on the town in a truck with permanent work racks affixed to the top. I can identify with that sentiment; when I [...]

3 Tips for Settling Debates on What to Watch With Your Spouse

This is a Guest Post written by Jessica Heisler, a relationship expert. She likes helping couples resolve their differences by writing for relationship blogs. She also likes watching Shark Tank. Because not everyone enjoys watching the same shows, watching television together as a couple can be a difficult task. If both people are especially set [...]

Sub Zero Update

While in Sarasota, Florida recently, we took a little time off the beach at Siesta Key to grab some food and we ended up getting a bit of a Sub Zero update. Sub Zero Ice Cream, the business that appeared in Shark Tank episode 414, had a franchise there, so we checked it out. The [...]

Shark Tank Boot Camp

Shark Tank Boot Camp is the brainchild of Shelly Ehler and other entrepreneurs who appeared on the popular ABC hit series Shark Tank. The idea is simple: it’s an intensive, one day event that will teach would-be Shark Tank entrepreneurs how to pitch to any size Shark, what do you do IF and AFTER you get [...]

Shark Tank Season 4 Season Finale

The Shark Tank Season 4 season finale brings us a double dose of new episodes on Friday, May 17. At 8 PM, episode 423 airs. It was originally scheduled for Friday, April 19, but national news coverage of the Boston bombings preempted the broadcast. ABC decided to add this episode to the season finale line-up [...]

Ice Chips Update Interview with Charlotte Clary

Episode 424, the Shark Tank season 4 finale, was supposed to feature an Ice Chips update segment, but the producers opted for a montage update instead. The Ice Chips update will likely air in the season 5 premier. Ice Chips entrepreneurs Beverly Vines-Haines and Charlotte Clary got a deal on the air in episode 408 with [...]