Rob Merlino: Blogger, Writer, Entrepreneur & Foodie

Marz Sprays vitamin oral sprays spritz into the Shark Tank Friday night. Entrepreneur Keith Marz started the business a little over two years ago to meet the market needs of people who don’t like swallowing pills, yet still want nutritional supplements on a regular basis. “We felt it was important to offer consumers an easy, portable […]

The Spatty dips in the Shark Tank this Friday night on ABC. Created by Easley, South Carolina resident Cheryl Rigdon, the Spatty is a spatula-like tool specifically designed for removing the last bit of make-up, lotion, even condiments, from bottles and jars. If you’ve ever tossed away a bottle or jar that still had plenty of product […]

Lifter Hamper takes its dirty laundry into the Shark Tank this week. Invented by Marvin Philip, a former All Pac-10 Cal Golden Bears center and 2006 Pittsburgh Steelers 6th round draft pick, the Lifter Hamper is a bungee cord loaded hamper that lifts clothes to the top of the hamper to reduce back strain while removing dirty […]

The BagBowl is a product that turns any plastic bag into a bowl. Every once in a while, there are businesses that jump into the Shark Tank that are hard to track down, and this is one of them. I haven’t had such an elusive business or entrepreneur since Mark Sullivan was on the show […]

A Personal Concierge is something some of the Sharks may have in their lives, but entrepreneurs Laurie and Henry Penix hope their company, Zomm, will bring that level of service to the masses. Tech-related businesses have fared well in the Shark Tank; perhaps a blue-tooth enabled device that acts as a wireless leash for a […]

  There will be chicken dip in the Shark Tank, when Bubba’s Chicken Dip founders David and Dominique Mealey pitch their chicken loaded dips to the panel of five Sharks. The Mealeys call Bubba’s Buffalo Chicken Dip “a Buffalo wing on a chip;” sounds delicious! The Mealey’s sell their Bubba’s Chicken Dip through their Back […]

Maria Curcio, the CEO of Buggy Beds, appeared on the season premiere of Shark Tank along with her business partner Veronica Periongo. The women entrepreneurs made Shark Tank history when all five sharks partnered to invest in their business, an early detection system for bed bugs. I caught up with Maria last week and we spoke […]

I don’t know if Sharks diaper their babies or not, but there are parents on the Shark Tank panel and they must have changed a diaper or two in their time. This week, FuzziBunz, a world-wide cloth diapers business jumps into the Shark Tank. Entrepreneur Tereson Dupuy, a former victims advocate for the Rape Crisis Center […]

The third show of season four brings Liz Lovely Gluten Free Cookies business into the Shark Tank.  Liz Lovely, the 100% vegan and gluten free cookies business from Waitsfield, Vermont was founded by husband and wife entrepreneurs Liz and Dan Holtz. They were high school sweethearts in their hometown of  Indiana, Pennsylvania who shared a love of all […]

PostureNOW jumps in the Shark Tank Friday night with a little help from Jonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya from Dancing With the Stars. PostureNOW is a posture correction device invented by Matt Franklin and Mike Lane. The business partners hope the Sharks will invest in their company and straighten out the company’s sales. Posture NOW was created […]

RockBands entrepreneur Lee Dahlberg and Robin Leach (Lifesyles of the Rich and Famous) pitch RockBands, fashion wrist accessory with a gritty, rock and roll image. Dahlberg, a former model turned designer, started the business last year when he sold his house to finance the business. RockBands are essentially a leather bracelet with exotic stones. Dahlberg […]