I spoke with Katrina Shaw who recently attended the Atlanta open casting call for Shark Tank season 6. Katrina is a second degree black belt with a fitness business called BoxMania. She lives in Mobile, AL and traveled to Atlanta for an open casting call on January 11. Katrina reads The Shark Tank Blog and […]
The Shark Tank Hang
January 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Shark Tank Hang is coming! The Shark Tank Hang is coming! Now that CNBC is airing re-runs on Tuesday nights, there should be a lot more interest in Shark Tank updates. What better way to get an update than a live video feed right before the show airs?!? The Shark Tank Hang is a Google […]
Alternative Financing – Swim Zip
January 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Taking a business from initial idea to successful company takes a lot of hard work and alternative financing options. In the early days, you don’t have a proven concept so you bootstrap enough money to get your idea up and running. You spend endless hours of sweat equity to get a working prototype together. Sales […]
Steve Denton on Affiliate Marketing
January 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I recently attended Affiliate Summit West in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada and I had the opportunity to interview Steve Denton. Who is Steve Denton? He was the keynote speaker at the conference and he’s the VP of Marketing for EBay Enterprise Media, an affiliate network that represents some of the top names in retail. Steve’s […]
Olympics Hiatus for Shark Tank
January 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
With the 2014 Winter Olympics airing on rival network NBC from February 7 through 23, ABC decided to put Shark Tank re-runs on during that period. The Sochi Olympic opening ceremonies begin when Shark Tank would normally air on the 7th and that could be the show’s first ratings loss during the Friday night time […]
Middle School Shark Tank Unit
January 28, 2014 by 1 Comment
Shark Tank has a big effect on how Americans view small business and there are stories of regional “Shark Tanks,” college business pitch contests, and teachers conducting a Shark Tank unit in their classes in the news frequently. There are about 5,000 subscribers to the Shark Tank Blog and recently one of them, Judi Holst, […]
Royalty in Perpetuity stands for R.I.P.
January 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This guest post was written by Julie Busha, Food Marketing Pro extraordinaire at Nicole Foods, the makers of America’s hottest new condiment: Slawsa. If you are an entrepreneur with a food product you want to market, take my advice: look at what Julie has done with Slawsa in only one year with a limited marketing […]
Cardio Boxing – Nexersys
January 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Terry Jones enlists the help of Olympic boxer Marlen Esparza to demonstrate his cardio boxing apparatus called Nexersys in episode 502 on January 31. The Nexersys uses technology to give fast, four-minute circuit training circuits. Jones had much success selling his “exergaming equipment” to commercial gyms – Gold’s Gym is a big customer – and […]
Cereal Milk – Cow Wow
January 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Cereal lovers will love Cow Wow’s pitch in episode 502 as they introduce “cereal milk” to guest Shark Steve Tisch and the rest of the investor panel. What is cereal milk you ask? It’s single serving, organic milk boxes, flavored like the milk left at the bottom of a cereal bowl. With flavors like Fruity […]
Edible Cookie Dough
January 24, 2014 by 1 Comment
If you ever licked the cookie bowl after mom made cookies or you enjoy cookie dough ice cream, you’ll love the Cookie Dough Cafe‘s edible cookie dough desserts. Sisters Joan Pacetti and Julia Schmid hope the Sharks like their egg-free edible cookie dough when they pitch the business in episode 502. They make their edible […]
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