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Shark Tank Episode 802 featured: The Lapel Project Good Hangups Ice Age Meals Tactibite Airdate: Rob Merlino (www.sharktankblog.com) and I livestream the Shark Tank After Party each Friday night at 915pm AZ time on Youtube.  We offer insights on negotiations, deals, and companies that you won’t find anywhere else on the web. You can listen […]

Marti Wymer & Scott Gustafson were on the Season Premiere of Shark Tank Season 8 to pitch Spoonful Of Comfort. They didn’t get a deal on Shark Tank despite the Sharks LOVING their product, but today we get the rest of the story. Some of the important parts of their message left out from the […]

Trobo made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7. Chris and Jeremy were able to successfully navigate a deal with Robert Herjavec, but what was left out of the episode? What parts of the negotiation didn’t air? How did TROBO get on the show? How did they prepare for the Shark Tank Tsunami? How has TROBO done […]

Most of the Shark’s have a right-hand person who is responsible for getting in the trenches with their entrepreneurs. Kevin O’Leary’s right hand man is Alex Kenjeev. I had Alex Kenjeev on the show right before going to film Shark Tank in Los Angeles for Season 8. We talk about his background and qualifications, his […]

Today’s guest is the founder of What’s Inside?  There is this  video sharing site you might have heard of, it’s called Youtube.  There are millionaires on Youtube without driver’s licenses. What I think many entrepreneurs are missing is the future of marketing.  Twitter and FB are ALL IN on video.  Youtube is the future. What […]

Stephen Chen made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch Petnostics. He successfully negotiated a deal with Kevin O’Leary and Lori Greiner, but what was left out of the episode? What parts of the negotiation didn’t air? How did he get on the show? How did he prepare for the Shark Tank Tsunami? […]

The PROFIT is back for season 4 and Travis Lee from Farrell’s Ice Cream is here to talk about his experience on the show. Travis gave up a great job working for the Hilton in order to come and be part of the Farrell’s Ice Cream team.  Whether it was nostalgia or the belief that […]

Ryan Meegan and Sean Riley made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch DUDE WIPES. It’s been about a year since Mark Cuban surprised everyone by jumping BACK into the negotiations and making DUDE WIPES a last second offer.  Kevin and Robert had the rug pulled out from underneath them in the process.  Mark […]

I have been taking a break in Summer to gear up for Season 8.  Here is a little teaser to keep you busy. Thanks to Bryan W. (listener ) for letting me know this podcast didn’t show up on Itunes.

Heather Saffer made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch Dollop Gourmet. My title sounds like a joke, but those words came from Heather’s mouth, which is what makes her story interesting. Sports teams, auditions, awards, participation ribbons; All of these escaped her.  Then she found her calling in life and things start […]

Steven and Angela Watts made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch Slyde Handboards. They tried out for Shark Tank 3 times before finally making it on the show…and it paid off big time.  They scored a deal with Mark Cuban and Ashton Kutcher. We talk about how they got on the show (Check […]

David Stankunas made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch BeardHead. The company was doing almost a million in sales annually, but noticed Tipsy Elves had exploded from a similar position to doing over 17 million in sales since Shark Tank. We talk about how David got on the show (Check out the […]

Konel Banner and Frank Weston made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch InstaFire. Their company had been in existence for almost 7 years, but in the last year they had ratcheted things up and expecting to do nearly a million dollars in revenue.  The perfect time to bring in a shark…or two! […]

Steven Blustein made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch PrideBites. They bootstrapped their premium pet toy company to 2 million dollars after leaving college in Kansas.  After two unsuccessful auditions for Shark Tank, they finally broke through in season 7. They are on course to do more revenue this year than since inception. […]

Corey Egan made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 5 to pitch iLumi.  Corey was a college student along with his co-founder Swapni Bora. They won a competition for 5k with their idea for Ilumi.  They launched a couple different crowdfunding campaigns, the most recent of which nettted 145,000 (with a 25k goal) They recently […]

Rachel Nilsson made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch Rags To Raches.  Rachel was living in the in-laws basement at the time and trying to figure out how to keep food in her kids mouth.  With a husband in grad school, most of his time was dedicated to studies.  What did she do? […]

NOHBO (Short for NO Hair Bottle):   Benjamin Stern and his “Bubby” made a splash in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch NOHBO.  Benjamin was a teenager who decided in 2014 that he wanted to be on the show…if only he had a product to pitch the Sharks..? After coming up with some ideas, Benjamin spoke […]

Combat Flip Flops:   Shaan Matt “GRIFF” Griffin jumped in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch Combat Flip Flops.  Griff had decided after serving as an Army Ranger that there might might be a better way to help the country rather than dropping in and nabbing bad guys.  He calls it, “business over bullets” This is […]

2400 Expert:   Shaan Patel jumped in the Shark Tank during Season 7 to pitch 2400 Expert.  Shaan was disheartened by his first performance on the SAT exam.  After “figuring out” how to get a perfect score, he became a member of an elite group of “perfect SAT scores.” He now teaches the service and gets clients an […]

Brand Yourself:  Patrick Ambron jumped in the Shark Tank during Season 6 to pitch Brand Yourself.  This company was created when Patrick’s buddy couldn’t get a job because he was being mistaken with someone else online (who had some shady dealings in his past)  The fee to correct these types of search fouls were well past […]