Mike Cherkezian and Justin Barad created ChubbyButtons to solve a problem: operating your smart phone with gloves on. Imagine you’re skiing down a slope, listening to music on your phone and you want to change playlists. You’d have to stop, take off your gloves, take your phone out of your pocket and punch a few […]

Imagine you are on a road trip and you activate your AutioApp. The next thing you know, Kevin Costner is telling you a story about the area you are in. If it isn’t Costner, it could be John Lithgow, Phil Jackson, an historian or a local indigineous leader. The AutioApp is part podcast, part history […]

Woof App creator Arsalan Khodabandelou has three dogs that he loves. Who doesn’t love their four legged friends? One day, he was almost in an accident and he got panicked. He worried what would happen to his dogs if he were unable to make it home for some reason. Theoretically, they could be there for […]

Michael Akindele and Ehime Eigbem give the Sharks a taste of Sweet Kiwi, their healthy, whipped frozen yogurt brand. Ehime started experimenting with healthier foods in 2009, but she didn’t want to give up ice cream, so she began experimenting with frozen yogurt. Sweet Kiwi Whipped Greek Yogurt is what she came up with. She […]

Addie Gundry and Brittany Hizer created Pluie Changing Tables out of sheer disgust. When the two entrepreneurial women started having kids, they realized how gross changing tables in public restrooms were. They’d go out with sanitizer and cleaning products in their diaper bags to sanitize changing tables when the need to use them arose. They […]

Flated truck bed covers are made from the same material as inflatable SUP’s. That means they’re strong and durable, which is what entrepreneurs Ken Heove, Monique Keefer and Ryan Guay wanted from their relatively new product. The three, plus another partner who doesn’t appear in in Shark Tank episode 1419, started the company in early […]

Loria Stern started baking her flower cookies after taking a class in medicinal and edible plants back in 2011. After college at the University of Virginia, her love for food drew her to a career in the culinary arts. She didn’t get a degree in the culinary arts, she self taught herself. While living on […]

Youth Foria Makeup creator Fiona Co Chan created her line of makeup to solve a problem she had: sha fell asleep in her makeup a lot. That’s not good for your skin. Most makeup has a lot of artifical ingredients that clog up your pores and make your skin cruddy if you fall asleep in […]

SurfBand Pro is for people who spend a lot of time outdoors and require sunscreen. If you fish, hike, surf or whatever, you need protection from harmful UV rays. Sometimes, lugging a bottle of sunscreen along is a tad cumbersome, so a guy named Greg Demirjian invented a wristband that dispenses sunscreen. It’s actually similar […]

Big Mouth Toothbrush inventor Dr. Bobbi Petersen is an orthodontist who always recommends electric toothbrushes to her patients. Even so, she still noticed some periodontal disease among her patients, particularly her adult patients. That’s when she started thinking about creating an electric toothbrush with an over sized brush head so the bristles would touch all […]

Re Told Recycling is a side hustle for entrepreneurs Alan Yeoh and Amelia Trumble. They both have high-powered corporate jobs, but they wanted to help the planet. Many businesses these days are looking for ways to reduce things going into landfills, and Re Told Recycling is no exception. In fact it’s the whole reason for […]

Calling it Kahawa Coffee is repetitive. Kahawa means coffee in Swahili, the native language of Kenya where entrepreneur Maggy Nyamumbo hails from. She’s a third generation coffee business person in her family. He grandfather started a small coffee farm while working for the colonial government before Kenya’s independence. Maggy didn’t set out to follow in […]

Joelle Flynn came up with the idea for FUNKKOFF at a wine tasting. She goes to a lot of wine tastings and used to carry a toothbrush and toothpaste to get the red wine stains off her teeth between stops. She wanted a lipstick-sized tool that would do the same thing, so she called up […]

Friends and pest control business owners Aaron and Tony Gonzales (no relation) created The Slick Barrier to keep scorpions out of their homes. The Slick Barrier is a patented coating you apply to the base of your house and when it dries, it’s a plastic-like, clear barrier. Scorpions can’t climb it. Neither can rats and […]

Laura Lady invented Fry Away because she loves fried food but hates the mess. Frying, while it may not be the healthiest way to cook, makes for delicious food. Fried chicken and fried fish are very popular. The problem is, what do you do with all the leftover frying oil? You don’t want to pour […]

The Copy Keyboard is a two key “keyboard” with just a “copy” and a “paste” key. It’s aimed at people who do a lot of copying and pasting on their computers. While there are copy/paste shortcuts in Windows and Mac operating systems, this just makes it a tad easier. Simply plug The Copy Keyboard into […]

Any Tongs is one of those inventions you look at and say “why didn’t I think of that?” Well Tog Samphel did think of it. Actually, he got the idea from his mother. When he was a kid, she’d tape forks to a clothespin to make tongs. He simply refined that idea and made a […]

Husband and wife team Alicia Long and Dane Turk invented the Nutr Milk machine to solve a problem. One was Alicia is lactose intolerant. The other is they believe the dairy industry is ruining the planet. Dairy cattle are responsible for over 83 metric tons of CO2 annually. Like a lot of people, Alicia and […]

Sandra Velasquez created her Nopalera Soap and skincare products after two things happened: she took a soap making class and she went home to her mother’s house and was served eggs and nopal cactus for breakfast. The nopal cactus, or prickly pear cactus, is a big part of Mexican culture. It grows wild all over […]

Juan Stewart started making his Frescos Naturale drinks in early 2021. It’s a carbonated version of a drink he grew up on called aguas frescas which is made from fresh fruit, lime juice, water, a sweetener and, sometimes, fresh herbs. His son likes them too and suggested Juan “bottle this stuff.” After testing the market […]

Aaron Gailmor named his company Brass Roots Food as a nod to his New Orleans heritage. His dad was a music teacher for years in New Orleans and believed his role was not to just teach music but to empower the kids he taught. Aaron feels the same way about his business and he gives […]

Russell Gong and Achal Patel started Cabinet to combat the single use plastics problem in the pharmaceutical industry. 90% of plastic prescription bottles end up NOT getting recycled and they break down into microplastics. The average human being consumes 5 grams of microplastics per week. That’s like eating a credit card! Yuck! Their solution is […]

Nichole Powell created Kin Field because she was concerned about DEET. DEET or N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, is a chemical found in most mosquito repellents. She wanted no part of putting that on her body because overusing it can have serious side effects. As an outdoorswoman, she needed a good mosquito repellent, so she set out to make […]

MT Strickland, Braxton Davis and Ecleamus Ricks invented The Metric Mate to provide an easier way for people to have accountability for their workouts. Whether you’re doing cardio or lifting weights, if you’re serious about working out, you keep a log of your activity. The Metric Mate will change that. It’s an app that, when […]