Jeff Overall wants PolarPro to do for action photography accessories what GoPro did for action photography. Overall started Polar Pro when he started selling polarizing filters for GoPro cameras to make the resolution better while using his GoPro filming his many outdoor activities. That simple filter morphed into a big business. PolarPro now sells accessories […]
Grip Clean – All Natural Industrial Strength Hand Soap
November 9, 2015 by 1 Comment
Grip Clean inventor Bryce Hudson is best known for his X Games appearances (he won a gold medal in the Foz do Iguaçu X Games in 2013) and as the guy who eats KFC while doing a somersault in a popular KFC commercial. He’s also a guy who works on his own bikes, which means his hands […]
A Fresh Sheet Disposable Sheets – AFreSHeet
November 9, 2015 by 1 Comment
Dorm room beds need a fresh sheet more often than most college kids will do laundry, that’s why Maxwell Cohen invented AFreSHeet – his line of waterproof, disposable sheets. Dorm beds aren’t just for sleeping, they’re also used as couches, tables, study space, and more. Since most dorm rooms are small, the bed gets a […]
WP Engine – The Web Host for Shark Tank Entrepreneurs
November 3, 2015 by 1 Comment
The folks at WP Engine know how real the Shark Tank effect is. When businesses appear on Shark Tank, they can literally explode overnight. For companies that appear on the show, their traffic has huge spikes during the show’s airing, and in many cases in the weeks that follow. Having a site crash due to massive Shark Tank-induced traffic […]
Edible Soap – Saavy Naturals
November 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
When you think of soaps, shampoos, and body lotions, you don’t think of snacking, but Saavy Naturals may have you doing just that after they pitch their line of edible soap products in Shark Tank episode 708. Saavy Naturals is the brainchild of former chefs, restaurateurs, and avid organic gardeners Hugo and Debra Saavedra. They’ve always […]
Workout Board – Simply Fit
November 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
When you see Linda Clark and Gloria Hoffman twisting away on their Simply Fit workout board, you can’t help but smile. They definitely love their product and enjoy demonstrating it, and they do it with such enthusiasm. Their product reminds me of a 1970’s product called the Disc-o-Trimmer, a disk you’d presumably do “The Twist” on […]
Automated Doorman – Clean Cube
November 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Arthur Shmulevsky and Ryan Agran are two former Morgan Stanley trading desk jockeys who want to bring the automated doorman to one thousand buildings in New York. They’ll pitch their business, called Clean Cube, in Shark Tank episode 708. The business was started by Shmulevsky when he got tired of schlepping his laundry to the […]
100 Calorie Ice Cream – Wink Frozen Desserts
November 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
If you Google “100 calorie ice cream,” Wink frozen desserts will be near the top of the results page. The thing is, Wink isn’t ice cream and they are careful not to use the term when referring to themselves, that’s why they’re called Wink Frozen Desserts. Their 100 calorie ice cream pints are actually frozen […]
Rent Like a Champ Interview – Drew Mitchell & Mike Doyle
October 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
If you want to rent like a champ, you have to think like a champ and it’s that kind of thinking that ultimately led to the formation of Rent Like a Champion, a company presenting to the Sharks in episode 704. It was thinking of championships that started Drew Mitchell down the path to forming […]
Rapid Inflation Technology – Wind Catcher
October 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Ryan Frayne had relatively modest goals when he ran a Kickstarter campaign to get his Wind Catcher “Air Pads” produced. He was looking for $50,000 and raised nearly three times that amount. The Air Pad, an air mattress, uses what Frayne calls “rapid inflation technology,” which is fancy talk for the large, bag-like inflation “valve” […]
