Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta pitch LuminAID, an inflatable solar light they developed to be able to provide a simple lighting solution to people in crisis due to natural disasters. They witnessed the devastation of the Haitian earthquakes in 2010 and when they were caught in an earthquake in Japan a year later, they realized […]
Scholarship App – Scholly
February 19, 2015 by 4 Comments
Christopher Gray got his scholarships the old fashioned way – without a scholarship app. He did manage to amass over $1.6 million in scholarship monies to attend Drexel University and he needed every penny of it; he wasn’t born into money. What he learned while getting all that cash for college was that there are […]
Back Packs by Taaluma Totes
February 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jack Dufour and Alley Heffren are two young, adventurous college-aged kids who practically have their back packs surgically attached to their bodies! They like to travel, and need a good back pack while visiting the many places they go to. College kids in general are big into back packs, whether it’s for lugging books around […]
Smart Vent – Keen Home
February 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Ryan Fant got inspired to invent the Keen Home “smart vent” because he didn’t like warm air blowing in his face when he was trying to fall asleep in his college apartment. He thought if he had some sort of smart phone control, he could close the vent right above his bed; he couldn’t reach it […]
UpCity: SEO for Startups, Entrepreneurs & Sharks
February 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
If you’re a start-up, entrepreneur or a small business, SEO is on your radar, but you probably don’t have time to track, manage and maintain it – that’s where UpCity comes in. There are a ton of tools out there, but many of them could end up getting you penalized with Google, are outdated, or […]
Photo Printing Kit – Lumi
February 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jesse Genet created the first Lumi photo printing kit in her friend’s laundry room to continue to create tee shirts, something she’d been doing since age 16. She unveils the newest version of Lumi in Shark Tank episode 622. She calls the method for the photo printing kit “the Lumi process.” What Lumi does is […]
Magic Cook Review
February 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Sharon Yu sent me some products to do a Magic Cook review. She did a deal with Daymond, who invested $100K for 33% of Magic Cook in episode 612 in season six. Magic Cook consists of a plastic vessel with a stainless steel insert. You put the food you want to cook in the insert, […]
Sseko – Sandals and More
February 6, 2015 by 1 Comment
Liz and Ben Bohannon come to the Shark Tank seeking an investment for Sseko sandals in episode 622. Their business is a combination of a capitalist venture and a philanthropic lifestyle business. Liz hatched Sseko (pronounced SAY-CO) while doing PR work for a non profit in Uganda. Liz was struck by the poverty in the […]
Gold Panning Kit – Gold Rush Nugget Bucket
February 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Mark Peterson knows about the riches gold can bring, he hopes the Sharks bring their riches to the table when he pitches the Gold Rush Nugget Bucket, a gold panning kit, in Shark Tank episode 622. Peterson has been panning for gold in Oregon for years, but his daughter found a better way. He decided to make […]
Freaker Feet – Whoop!
February 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Zach Crain pitched Freaker in season four and now HE’S BACK with Freaker Feet! Whoop! Freaker Feet are socks, done up in the wacky, sometimes irreverent, and colorful fashion of the original Freaker. You may recall Zach didn’t get a deal for his knit koozies, but he is a Kickstarter superstar. His 2011 campaign for […]
