Father and son team Mark and Kenzo Singer pitch Eyewris, their reading glasses you wear on your wrist, in Shark Tank episode 1422 – the season 14 finale. Mark is no stranger to entrepreneurship; he’s a woodworker by trade but he’s also the inventor of Gorilla Glue. He founded that business in 1994 after seeing polyurethane glue being used to assemble furniture. After getting the USA distribution rights, he marketed and sold the glue primarily to woodworkers at first. He later sold the company to the Lutz Tool Company for an undisclosed amount.
It was while he was building that business when he got the idea for Eyewris. He always foound himself needing readers when there were none to be found. His solution was to buys dozens of Dollar Store readers and leave them all over the place. Even with that plan in place, he still found himself needing readers.
He thought having readers you could wear on your wirst – like a watch – would be a good solution. That’s whe brought in his son, Kenzo. Kenzo is a structural engineer by profession but he’s also an accomplished jewelry designer. He saw what his dad was trying to do with Eyewris and he joined him on the journey. The result was foldable readers that fit around your wrist. They’re smudge and scratch resistant and offer 100 percent UV protection. At $110 a pair, they’re more expensive than those Dollar Store readers, but they’re designed to last so you don’t have to keep buying new ones.
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Eyewris Shark Tank Recap
Mark and Kenzo Singer will pitch the panel of five Sharks on the business and its prospects for growth. They’ll need to convince Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary that the company is worthy of a Shark investment. A good business plan, good financials, and sales data will impress the Sharks, but they’ll need to show them THEY are capable of running the company to “Shark standards.” A full pitch re-cap on Eyewris will be available on Shark Tank Blog once this episode airs.
Eyewris Shark Tank Update
The Shark Tank Blog constantly provides updates and follow-ups about entrepreneurs who have appeared on the Shark Tank TV show. Once an episode has aired, we monitor the progress of the businesses featured, whether they receive funding or not and report on their progress. The Shark Tank Blog will follow-up on Eyewris & Mark and Kenzo Singer as more details become available.
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