Joe and Maranda Dowell first created Joe’s Gourmet Fish Fry Mix way back in the 1990’s when Joe opened four restaurants focusing on his fried delicacies. Two of those restaurants, both in New Orleans, were destroyed by hurricane Katrina in 2005. That’s when Joe started focusing on more event style catering to drive his business. […]

Stasher Bags inventor Kat Nouri is no stranger to building a big business. She’s the founder of a $10 million business called Modern Twist which makes silicone-based baby products. Nouri likes packing healthy lunches and snacks for her kids, but she hates the idea of using disposable, plastic bags. With that in mind, she took her […]

Re Charj founder Daniel Turissini knows the power of power naps. When he was working 80 hours a week as a consultant in the busy Washington DC area, he found he needed time to decompress during his day. He wasn’t alone. Friends and colleagues shared stories of sneaking off to the bathroom or their cars for […]

Kyle Donovan created i Fork to solve a simple problem: keeping the business end of a fork off a germ-filled restaurant table. When you place any utensil on a table, the part that goes in your mouth touches the table. This is disturbing when you think about how well or poorly) a restaurant wipes down […]

Detra Pel wasn’t David Zamarin’s first business. The young entrepreneur started – and sold – his first business at age 15. That company, LickYourSole, was a shoe and sneaker detailing service that largely targeted college and pro athletes. Zamarin sold it to an employee for $25,000. As you might imagine, Zamarin has a passion for […]

Fry Wall inventor Yair Reiner likes to cook. From the sound of things, he gets pretty fancy in the kitchen, too. One day, while frying a duck breast, he splattered oil all over the stove top. If you ever cleaned up after frying, you know it’s a real mess. Once he finished cleaning up, he […]

I Nirv inventors Ranjith Babu and Akshita Iyer have a solution for folks who mistakenly leave their stove on. It turns out, there’s an app for that. The pair created stove knobs that, when paired with a sensor, automatically turn the stove off if it detects smoke or gas. You can also turn the stove off […]

Pier Paolo Visconti, creator of the Elliptical Stepper Stroller, is no stranger to dealing with wealthy “shark-types.” The Italian born entrepreneur sells investment properties and high-end residential real estate in the booming Miami, Florida market. In 2016 he listed Miami’s most expensive residential property: a $39 million waterfront estate on nearly two acres. It’s safe […]

Peter Baldwin got the idea for BirdDogs while experiencing a wedgie on a sales trip to London. He was in a suit, crammed into an airplane seat and his undies were bunching up. It was then he decided he wanted to leave his job as an IBM sales executive and start his own business. He […]

Brian and Michael Speciale hope to start their business in the Tank when they pitch The Comfy, their sweatshirt/blanket, in the Shark Tank Holiday Special – episode 910. Their product, a humongous hooded, fleece-lined sweatshirt that doubles as a blanket, isn’t even in production yet. They’ll be pitching a prototype when they enter the Shark […]