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Rob Merlino: Blogger, Writer, Entrepreneur & Foodie

Rob Merlino is a blogger and writer who enjoys the Shark Tank TV show and Hot Dogs. A father of five who freelances in a variety of publications, Rob has a stable of websites including The Shark Tank Blog, Hot Dog Stories and more.

Hand Written Check Delivered During Pitch

Show No Towels made Shark Tank history when Lori Greiner wrote entrepreneur Shelly Ehler a check on the spot when the show originally aired. Friday night, May 4, “Show No Shelly” returns to the Shark Tank as a featured entrepreneur in a follow up segment. Shelly was the first Shark Tank entrepreneur I interviewed for […]

Villy Customs Custom Designed Bicycles

Villy Customs allows consumers to custom design a bicycle online. Biking enthusiast and serial entrepreneur Fleetwood Hicks brings his custom bike business into the Shark Tank Friday, May 4. Villy Customs morphed out of Fleetwood Hicks’ brick and mortar bike shop in Dallas. He originally sold stock bikes, but over the years, he began adding […]

Boot Illusions by Queen Grace Shoes

Boot Illusions is the brainchild of Queenie Davis and Andrew Goodrum. The pair brings their innovative shoe accessories that can turn any shoe into a boot into the Shark Tank this Friday night, May 4.  Will the Sharks bite on the Rochester, NY based business and their interchangeable footwear? As with any apparel related business, the obvious […]

SkyRide Bicycle Powered Monorail

SkyRide may be the single coolest business to enter the Shark Tank this season, or any season for that matter. Inventor Scott Olsen is no stranger to entrepreneurship, he invented Rollerblades! In fact, Roller Blade wheels are integrated into the SkyRide’s design. Olsen claims SkyRide is “developing the next breakthrough for the future of sustainable […]

Nardo’s Natural- An Interview with Kyle Nardo, Part I

Nardo’s Natural is a line of organic skin care products funded on the Shark Tank by Barbara Corcoran in season three. The four Mastronardo brothers started making their all natural products in their kitchen and have turned it into a booming business. I visited their offices to speak with Kyle (he’s the one on the right), […]

Meeting the Nardos

Nardo’s Natural, the organic skin care line produced by the four Mastronardo brothers in Clearwater, Florida was funded by Barbara Corcoran on the Shark Tank earlier this season. I spent half a day with Kyle, Danny and KJ Mastronardo. We went for hot dogs and I talked at length with Kyle on a variety of subjects. In […]

Weekly Contest Winners

The Shark Tank has introduced millions of people to a host of new and innovative products in the nearly three seasons it has been on the air. Most entrepreneurs who appear on the Shark Tank, whether they get funded or not, see a HUGE boost for their businesses. Here at the Shark Tank Blog, we […]

Shark Tank April 27

Shark Tank returns on Friday April 27 with four new entrepreneurs and yet another success story in the follow-up segment. This show will be the last scheduled appearance in season 3 of Shark Tank for Lori Greiner and she has sweetened the pot for her fans with a contest of her own. Debbie Brooks Handbag Collection […]

Lori Greiner Interview

“Lori Greiner is the hardest working person I have ever met.” Shelly Ehler, whose Show No Towels were funded by Lori on the Shark Tank earlier this season, told me that when I interviewed her last month. That being said, Lori Greiner herself took time out  of her very busy schedule to speak with me […]

Mark Sullivan Generator Follow Up

Mark Sullivan Generator. In the weeks before his segment aired on Shark Tank, I couldn’t find out a darn thing about him or his invention. He was a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Once Mark Sullivan appeared on Shark Tank, he became easier to find. In what had to be one of the oddest segments […]

Debbie Brooks Handbag Collection

Debbie Brooks Handbags are yet another fashion related business entering the Shark Tank on Friday night. The eponymously named business has been selling custom made handbags for ten years. Debbie Brooks was schooled in art at the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York and worked as a designer for Disney, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Universal Studios […]

Nailpak Nail Polish

Nailpak nail polish is a product sold by Duality Cosmetics. Entrepreneur and mother of six girls, Barbara Lampugnale brings her patented NailPak nail polish , an all-in-one manicure system, complete with polish, pads, remover and file to the Shark Tank in hopes of expanding what appears to be a vibrant online business. My girls love this […]

Lollacup Sippy Cup for Toddlers

Lollacup enters the Shark Tank this Friday. It is a spill proof, BPA free, toddler’s sippy cup, proudly made in the USA by entrepreneur Hanna Lim. Lim invented Lollacup to allow toddlers to transition from bottles to cups; she didn’t like the alternatives on the market, so she invented her own. Lollacup is for “the discerning […]

Trimi Tank Custom Tank Tops

Trimi Tank is another clothing/accessories product to enter the Shark Tank seeking funding. The sharks may be in for a real fight: Trimi Tank is run by 2 Pittsburg hockey moms, Nikki Bilski and Lindsay Johnson. If these two gals are like the hockey moms I know, the sharks don’t stand a chance! Both mothers of […]

Jared Joyce on Tedx

Jared Joyce was the first entrepreneur in season three to exploit his exposure on Shark Tank to its fullest potential. He walked away from a deal where Lori Greiner offered him $250,000 for %100 of his Five Minute Furniture. Many people thought he should have taken the money. Jared, however, sees the big picture. He […]

A Visit to Nardo’s Natural

Nardo’s Natural, funded by Barbara Corcoran on The Shark Tank earlier this season, is located in Clearwater, Florida. It just so happens I am vacationing in Florida with my family this week. On Monday, the wife and kids went to Adventure Island. I opted to tour a hot dog cart factory and go meet up […]

Shark Tank- Saturday April 21

The Shark Tank has yet another re-run in store for Saturday, April 21. This is a re-play of the first episode for season three.  The Sharks appearing tonight are Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary. Travis Perry is very well liked by his fellow Shark Tank entrepreneurs; nearly every entrepreneur I […]

Shark Tank – Friday April 20

The Shark Tank on Friday, April 20 is a re-run from season two. Next Friday, April 27 will bring a new show, but tonight and tomorrow are repeats.  The Sharks in “Episode 204” are Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary. Origaudio is first into the Shark Tank, pitching The Rocket, which turns […]

CBS Foods: Chef Big Shake Interview

Chef Big Shake (real name Shawn Davis) wants to make his Shrimp Burgers a household staple all across the USA. Shawn, and his company CBS Foods, were featured on last Friday’s Shark Tank re-run. Shawn was looking for one of the Sharks to help him roll out nationally. One by one, all the Sharks went […]

Friday April 13 Shark Tank Episode 308

Shark Tank fans can’t help but be excited about this Friday’s show- it’s the first new episode in three weeks. Hopefully, Friday the 13th won’t be bad karma for the entrepreneurs scheduled to appear. The Sharks in “Episode 308” this week are Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary. While this […]

The Smart Baker has Something Cooking

The Smart Baker cut a deal with Barbara Corcoran earlier this season on The Shark Tank. Even though the deal never went through, the husband and wife team of Daniel and Stephanie Rensing have enjoyed lots of success after they appeared on the show. Their re-usable cupcake towers have been a big hit with specialty […]

Sullivan Generator

Sullivan Generators has fascinated and confounded me for the past week and a half. Ever since the press release for this week’s Shark Tank was released, I have been trying to find something about this company/inventor/product online. I am not having any luck. The press release for this entrepreneur states: “a versatile inventor from San […]

Entrepreneurs Make Money Online

Shark Tank fan or not, when most people hear or read the term “make money online,” they get visions of some quick buck artist selling some hinky “system” designed to guarantee riches beyond your wildest dreams for just two or three hours of work per day. You’ve seen the long sales letters online, or perhaps […]

The Shark Tank- Friday April 6

  Shark Tank on Friday April 6 features a re-run of a show originally aired on March 20, 2011. The Sharks in “Episode 205” are Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary; Cuban was actually a “guest shark” for this episode. This re-run features the original air date for Copadivino, who will […]

Blondie’s Cookies Preview

Blondie’s Cookies is an entrant into the Shark Tank on April 13, the next time a new show airs. Entrepreneur Brenda Coffman will be seeking an investment from the Sharks to fund expansion of her growing cookie empire. Coffman started Blondie’s Cookies while attending Indiana State University as a business student back in 1984. She […]