The AVE Venice is a funky, fun “custom everything” shop located in Venice, California. As the second LA area entrant in the Shark Tank this week, they hope to land a deal to take their worldwide custom printing empire to the next level. The AVE Venice prints custom tee shirts, which is nothing new under the […]
Register To Win ShowNo Towel! It’s FREE…
March 18, 2012 by 1 Comment
We are delighted to announce this week’s Free Shark Tank Blog giveaway: A Show No Towel! Shelly Ehler, who made waves a few weeks ago by getting a deal from Lori Geiner on the spot and had her Shark Tank Episode re-run last night, has been gracious enough to provide this prize to readers of the Shark […]
GoGo Gear
March 18, 2012 by 4 Comments
GoGo Gear, a Los Angeles based maker of protective, armored, abrasion resistant riding gear and accessories for men and women, scoots into the Shark Tank this Friday. According to the GoGo Gear website, GoGo Gear creator, Arlene Battishill, was recently selected as one of the 100 Top Influencers in the LA Fashion Industry by the Fashion […]
Miso Music Update
March 17, 2012 by 4 Comments
Miso Music made a big splash in the Shark Tank last night when Mark Cuban offered $300k for 8% and company founder and CEO Aviv Grill accepted. In an innovative pitch, Ingrid Michaelson came on to play a song after Mr. Grill demonstrated the app by “learning” one of her songs. The Miso Music Shark Tank Episode […]
Profender Inventor Tony Devine Interview
March 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Profender is the basketball training tool introduced on The Shark Tank Episode 305 last week. I spoke with Profender inventor Tony Devine recently to get his take on his appearance. Tony is a Special Education teacher and basketball coach. He has coached basketball at pretty much every level from youth ball all the way up to […]
Puppy Cake Founder Kelly Chaney
March 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
Puppy Cake founder Kelly Chaney went in willing to expose her biggest weakness to The Sharks and she did. She said and proved that she’s not a great salesperson, the death of most would-be entrepreneurs. In fact, this one issue will keep Kelly from being really successful as an Entrepreneur. Fortunately, Kelly Chaney has found […]
Specsecure by ReadeREST Follow Up
March 16, 2012 by 9 Comments
Rick Hopper, founder of Specsecure by ReadeREST is the brainchild inventor that connected with Lori Greiner. He’s been tinkering with one thing or another since he was a kid. His latest invention is one of the big success stories on The Shark Tank this season. I rarely scream at the TV, but when my favorite shark, Lori […]
Little Miss Models New Fashion Item
March 15, 2012 by 3 Comments
ShowNo founder, Shelly Ehler very graciously sent a ShowNo Towel to my home for my 7 year old. Little Miss is on a swim team for most of the year, so this ShowNo will see a lot of duty. The ShowNo Towel and Shelly Ehler return to the Shark Tank this Saturday night on ABC for […]
Smart Baker Follow Up Interview
March 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
The Smart Baker is the place to buy measurement conversion products, pre-cut parchment paper, and re-usable cupcake towers. I spoke with Daniel Rensing today, half of the husband and wife team behind The Smart Baker. They were recently funded by Barbara Corcoran on The Shark Tank. Or so I thought. It seems that the deal […]
Show No Shelly Ehler Re-run
March 14, 2012 by 4 Comments
Shelly Ehler, the California mom, ex-teacher, and entrepreneur who had one of the most successful Shark Tank pitches to date will have another whack at Prime Time when her episode re-runs on a special Saturday night addition of Shark Tank. Shelly Ehler is the creator of the ShowNo Towel, the poncho-like towel that allows kids […]
