Blondie’s Cookies is an entrant into the Shark Tank on April 13, the next time a new show airs. Entrepreneur Brenda Coffman will be seeking an investment from the Sharks to fund expansion of her growing cookie empire. Coffman started Blondie’s Cookies while attending Indiana State University as a business student back in 1984. She […]
Arlene Battishill Interview
April 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Arlene Battishill, one half of the GoGoGear gals, was kind enough to chat with me for an hour or so today. I wanted to hear about her experiences on the show, and she took time out of her very busy schedule to share insights on an entrepreneur’s life after Shark Tank. Arlene was gracious enough to […]
Viewsport Preview
April 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
Viewsport is the latest apparel related business to jump into the Shark Tank. We have seen “technology enabled clothing” on the Shark Tank and now Viewsport brings us “Sweat Activated Technology.” Created in 2009 by Ben Wood, chemist and Head Coach, Viewsport sells a line of tee shirts, tank tops, shorts and sweats that display an image on […]
Copadivino Preview
April 4, 2012 by 4 Comments
Copadivino makes Shark Tank history as the first company to pitch for a second time on the Shark Tank. While many entrepreneurs have been on the show twice with their original segment and a follow up, this is the first time an entrepreneur who has walked away from a deal with the Sharks returns for […]
Toygaroo Bankruptcy
April 3, 2012 by 9 Comments
Toygaroo got a lot of buzz after being funded in season two of the Shark Tank. Last week, the episode featuring Toygaroo was repeated on Saturday night, so there was increased interest in the company here on the SharkTankBlog. While researching for a follow-up post, I came across some puzzling things. I noticed Toygaroo’s Facebook, […]
Hanging Out With Daymond John
April 2, 2012 by 3 Comments
Daymond John, the FUBU founder, fashion mogul and Shark Tank Shark has been very visible the past few weeks. Hardly a day goes by without a news story about Daymond speaking to some sort of group. He has spoken at many colleges and he even virtually addressed a nationwide group of high school students last […]
CitiKitty Rebecca Rescate on #SharkTank
March 31, 2012 by 2 Comments
CitiKitty, Rebecca Rescate brings toilet trained kitty’s on Shark Tank to make her funding pitch to the Angel Investors in the season finale. Rebecca Rescate asks the Sharks to give her $100,000 in exchange for 15% of the CittiKitty toilet training company. That’s not likely to happen because she only did $350,000 in sales last year. If they […]
The Shark Tank- Friday March 30
March 30, 2012 by 3 Comments
Shark Tank Friday night is here! Even though tonight’s show is a re-run, I am still pumped. usually, we draw our weekly free give away Friday night, but we are going to wait until Saturday this week since there is a re-run tomorrow. The past week has allowed me to speak with lots of people, […]
Granola Gourmet
March 28, 2012 by 3 Comments
Granola Gourmet originally swam in the Shark Tank in season 1 and was not funded. The company is the featured follow up segment on this week’s repeat Shark Tank episode from season two. Entrepreneur Jeff Cohen developed his line of Granola Gourmet Ultimate Energy bars in his own kitchen to create a natural energy bar […]
Vurtego Pogo Sticks
March 28, 2012 by 1 Comment
The Shark Tank is always “jumping,” and it will be even more so with one of this week’s entrepreneurs: Vurtego Pogo Sticks. This business takes a childhood standard toy and amp it up to the extreme. Creator Brian Spencer’s supercharged pogo sticks bounced into the Shark Tank looking for $500,000 for a 20% stake in […]
