I, like just about every American kid born since 1964, rode the original racing trike: the Big Wheel. There was nothing like spending an afternoon racing around with your friends and doing power slides. The sad thing is, we all outgrew them because the maximum weight limit is around 90 pounds. Secretly, many former Big […]
Korean Beauty Products – Glow Recipe
December 4, 2015 by 1 Comment
Sarah Lee and Christine Chang bring their curated Korean Beauty Products business – Glow Recipe – into the Shark Tank tonight in episode 714. The pair of make-up mavens scour the Asian continent to find, test, and ultimately sell the best, most unique natural cosmetics to women in the Western world. Korean beauty products are all […]
Sarah Oliver and the Purlettes +1
December 4, 2015 by 4 Comments
Sarah Oliver and the Purlettes (+1) sounds like the name of a doo-wop band from the 1960’s, but they’re actually the driving force behind Sarah Oliver Handbags. The Sharks get to meet the Purlettes and Sarah when she pitches her business tonight in Shark Tank episode 714. The Purlettes (+1) are Sarah’s workforce; their average […]
Zipperless Luggage – Trunkster
December 3, 2015 by 1 Comment
Jesse Potash and Gaston Blanchet had a vision of sturdy, technologically superior, zipperless luggage when they set out to raise funds for Trunkster. Little did they know, they’d go on to be the highest crowdfunded travel business on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. They did so well on Kickstarter, people still wanted to pre-purchase once the campaign […]
Sharks Went Easy On Brazi Bites Cheese Bread
December 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Guest post on the Brazi Bites cheese bread deal with Lori Grenier – by Dan Casey Bread that is cheesy AND gluten-free? What’s not to love? Introducing Brazilian cheese bread as a healthy snack option. Cameron MacMullin and Junea Rocha built Brazi Bites in 3 short years to $600,000 tripling sales each year. With only 50% equity […]
Susty Party Holiday Collection
November 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Emily from Susty Party recently contacted me to see if I’d like some samples of their Susty Party Holiday collection for review. Not being the type to look a gift horse in the mouth, I said, “sure!” From the moment Jessica Holsy and the pixy-ish Emily Doubilet danced their way on to the Shark Tank set […]
Where’s the other sock? – Sock Tabs
November 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Sock Tabs is on a mission to solve a big problem: in Shark Tank season six, Mark Cuban said one of the great mysteries of life is “where’s the other sock?” Glen and Tracie Burress believe they have the answer, or at least the solution, to the “lost sock” problem. Their Sock Tabs allow socks to […]
NABS – Bubble Soccer
November 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
John Anthony Radosta thinks he has the next big thing on his hands (or feet) when he pitches NABS (short for the National Association of Bubble Soccer) in Shark Tank episode 711. Bubble Soccer is taking the world by storm. It first appeared on a Norwegian comedy show which featured professional soccer players plowing into each […]
Brazilian Cheese Bread – Brazi Bites
November 16, 2015 by 1 Comment
Brazilian Cheese Bread has its roots in the 1600’s when servants in the state of Minas Gerais started making tapioca starch from yucca roots. They rolled the starch into balls and baked them. A few hundred years later, folks started adding milk and cheese to the starch and Brazilian cheese bread was born. It’s a […]
Fashion for Good – umano
November 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jonathan and Alex Torrey hope the Sharks bite into umano, their company that uses fashion for good. The two designer/brothers are trying to create a fashion brand with (the always lower case) umano. Umano means “humanity” in Italian, and these guys have a lot of it. They sell tee shirts that kids design, then they […]
