Kristina Barnes and Elizabeth Voelker practically invented Ready Festive by accident. Both women were “taking a step back” from the corporate world to raise their kids. The two mothers of three both subscribed to a variety of subscription box services like Blue Apron and Kiwi Crate.  One day after shopping for Christmas decorations with her […]

Garage Celebration creator Bill Webster Jr. is one of those people who likes decorating for the holidays. He enjoyed it when his kids were little and he wanted to carry on once they were grown and gone. One day after pondering about this and looking at his garage door, he has an epiphany of sorts. […]

Jeff Wigh first got the idea for Chess Up while playing his daughter. He was torn between “crushing” her and teaching her the game. That’s when he thought about creating a smart chess board that would do a variety of things, most importantly teach the game. He got Justin Farrell and Adam Roush, co- workers […]

Mark Lin started making slime as a teenager and started Slimey Honey when videos of his slime went viral on Tik Tok. His is no ordinary slime, it’s filled with glitter and small plastic bauble toys. He even adds aromatherapy scents to his slime. There are themed slimes for each season, slime that looks like […]

Shred Skinz creator Kalaii Griffin II keeps himself in very good shape. He played football for the University of Texas at El Paso and, when he wasn’t drafted into the NFL, he decided to start a business. He always used sauna suits to help him work out harder, but he didn’t like what was available […]

John Creed invented The Humm Viewer because he’s fascinated by humming birds and has been since childhood. On his Facebook page, he says “Hummingbirds are simply magnificent creatures. Their abilities are unmatched in nature.” They can fly forward, backward and even upside-down. Most hummingbirds beat their wings several dozen times a second and some of […]

Bianca Wittenberg invented Fire Fighter 1 because, as a realtor, she saw many homes destroyed by wild fires. It often takes emergency responders a considerable amount of time to reach a home, which results in more damage or even complete loss. If home owners had a quick way to start putting water on a fire, […]

Aaron Menitoff and Rachel Solomon started The Boarderie due to Covid-19. Aaron was running an extremely successful catering and events company with his wife, Julie. They had a stable of celebrity clients, but when the world shut down due to the pandemic, they went to zero. They had to do something, so they brought on […]

Mike Gutow and his brother Dave invented their Legacy Shave Brush twenty years before bringing it to market. Their invention is a shave brush that attaches to any shaving cream can with a universal adapter. They invented it, ordered 3000 units, assembled around 200 of them, then kind of put the project aside. 17 years […]

Garret and Dakota Porter invented Action Glow when they were teenagers. Now, ten years later, they’re bringing their global brand to the  Shark Tank. The guys make LED lights for sporting equipment: snowboards, skis, surfboards, skateboards and more. They used to like snowboarding at night and they hated the whiteness of the slopes: white snow […]