Before the Shark Tank, the Cave Shake Billie Cavallaro, the founder of Cave Shake, and Holly Heath, the CEO, came up with a ready-to-drink, low-carb shake that’s devoid of dairy, gluten, and sugar a few years ago. As if inventing a miraculous drink with zero sugar, zero carbohydrates, and zero dairies wasn’t enough, they also […]
Bibbitec is a company that specializes in the basics. Susie and Steve Taylor are the proprietors. Price: $40,000 for a 14 percent ownership stake. None in the end. None of the sharks took the bait. Before Shark Tank, Bibbitec Susie and Steve Taylor are the parents of two rambunctious children. The kids tumbled about in […]
Grease Bags from The Basics Company Tangela Newsome is the owner of this business. Product: Compostable bags for removing oil from the kitchen Price: $75,000 for a 25% ownership stake. Final Offer: $75,000 for a 50% stake in the company. Barbara Corcoran, the Shark Who Took The Bait (aka Barb Shark) Before going on Shark […]
The business 240sweet grew out of a collaboration that began at a catering company named Lemley’s Catering. Alexa Lemley had a personal connection to the catering business, as you can see by her last name. Her father owned Lemley’s Catering, and she was able to launch 240sweet with the help of his equipment. Samantha Aulick […]
Kota Longboards is a Denver-based company that produces high-quality longboards for the general public. Kota’s primary selling point is that he builds professional-grade longboards for regular folks. To have a high-quality longboard with a beautiful design, you shouldn’t have to be a tough rider who bombs steep hills and banks sick turns. You may be […]
From tees to rompers, there’s something for everyone. Rachel Nilsson, a Utah native, founded her first clothing business when she was only 19 years old. It was so popular that she couldn’t keep up with manufacturing, even after employing a seamstress to assist her. Rachel eventually decided to leave the company. Rachel chose to sell […]
Coffee Meets Bagel At The Basics Company Arum, Dawoon, and Soo Kang are the owners. Women’s dating service on the internet Price: $500,000 for a 5% ownership stake. Final Deal: None — He turned down the biggest offer ever made on Shark Tank ($30 million from Mark Cuban). Before Shark Tank, Coffee And Bagel Meet […]
Taking hot dishes out of the microwave burned Cyndi Lee’s fingertips as a kid. Sure, she could have reached for a towel or oven mitts, but Cyndi was a slacker and just accepted the situation. As an adult, she continued to remove newly microwaved dishes with her bare hands until she came up with the […]
Before Shark Tank, Gobie H20 Rusty Allen is an industrial designer who created the “most sophisticated filtered water bottle,” according to him. His bottle, dubbed, featured a one-of-a-kind design that combined hard and soft shell technologies. The drinker can simply grip the bottle and pull it up through the filter thanks to the soft shell […]
Michael Tseng is a force to be reckoned with: after graduating from Princeton University with degrees in electrical and biochemical engineering, he went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. He came up with the (arguably excellent) concept for Plate Topper and went into business for himself only a residency away […]
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