Mohamed Mohamed likes his bike and uses it a lot, but he doesn’t want it stolen, so he created Linka: the smart bike lock. Everything seems to have an app today, why not a bike lock? Linka made a lot of waves with a successful Kickstarter that raised over $120,000 and was a “staff pick.” […]
Shark Tank Business For Sale!
February 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I recently received an email from a Shark Tank Business that wants to list their business for sale. The company wishes the name of the business to remain confidential, but they want to put the word out. The business included the following announcement to their email: Business for Sale Hello everyone. I’m just throwing this […]
Espresso Tea Shots – Teaspressa
February 23, 2016 by 1 Comment
Allison DeVane likes her espresso, but not the headaches she suffers when she consumes too much coffee, so she invented Teaspressa – a method of brewing tea shots that mimic coffee drinks. Basically, tea shots are concentrated tea blends that, when brewed properly, create a thicker, richer tea. The resulting tea shots can then get […]
The Custard Stand – Interview with Dee and Angie Cowger
February 19, 2016 by 1 Comment
I had the opportunity to speak with Dee and Angie Cowger, owners of The Custard Stand and makers of Custard Stand Hot Dog Chili. The couple opened The Custard Stand in their small town of Webster Springs, West Virginia in 1991. I immediately became clear that the “hot” item in their shop was their home-made chili, […]
Insta Fire – Fire and Charcoal Starter
February 19, 2016 by 2 Comments
Insta Fire is a product that lets you start a fire or charcoal grill in virtually any conditions. Whether you’re out hiking in the snowy mountains or just lighting the backyard grill, InstaFire can get you fired up almost instantly. Konnel Banner and Frank Weston created the product because they are both avid outdoors men who know […]
PRX Weight Lifting Racks
February 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
PRX Performance weight lifting racks owners Erik Hopperstad and Brian Brasch are two businessmen with a business they started together, Hopperstaad is a Division Manager at Weekes Forest Products and Brasch is the CEO of Branick Tools. Both companies are in Fargo, North Dakota – which happens to be where the guys make their PRX lifting racks. […]
Rompers by Rags to Raches
February 19, 2016 by 3 Comments
When Rachel Nilsson started selling her kids’ used clothes on Instagram to help pay the bills, she noticed people were most interested in the rompers she made herself. That’s when the light bulb went on and she realized she could make a business out of her hand-made rompers. She designed them to fit her frantic, […]
Custard Stand Hot Dog Chili
February 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dee and Angie Cowger are husband and wife “hotdogtrepreneurs” and the owners of The Custard Stand, a 5 unit franchised business in West Virginia. They started selling hot dogs at the original Custard Stand in 1991 and began making their hot dog chili in a converted car wash behind their Webster Springs, West Virginia location in […]
Tutu Blue Long Beach Suits
February 16, 2016 by 16 Comments
Mr. Wonderful is used to being the “villain” in the Shark Tank, but when Sarah Buxton pitches TuTu Blue, her line of “Long” beachwear, he may be over-matched. Buxton is most famous for portraying bitch extraordinaire Morgan DeWitt for several years in The Bold and the Beautiful. In that role, Buxton was a super villain who routinely schemed […]
SworkIt Workout App
February 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
When Ben Young and Greg Coleman met their business partner, Ryan Hanna, he’d already designed the framework a workout app as a project to teach himself coding. Young and Coleman had a workout app of their own, called Nexercise. They teamed up with Hanna to start Sworkit when it was clear there was synergy and opportunity. We’ll […]
