Fudge tycoon Donna McCue made a big splash with her Fat Ass Fudge in episode 409, the so-called “Shark Tank Holiday Special.” She was portrayed as a wacky, Fudge making lady with big ideas and not much of a plan, but there is much more to Donna than her fudge. She’s had an interesting career […]

The fashion cell phone holder, PartiePoche (pronounced Party Posh), was the episode 409 “Holiday Train Wreck Pitch.” A good train wreck in the Shark Tank is great for ratings and, while it doesn’t always leave entrepreneurs’ public character intact, it’s often good for sales too. What was witnessed by Shark Tank fans when Connor Pastoor and […]

Cheryl Rigdon may not have walked away from the Shark Tank with a deal, but she did make a big splash. The original article, The Spatty by Cheryl Rigdon, on Shark Tank Blog generated the most comments of any post on this site to date. Her gentle manner, all around likeability, coupled with an extremely useful […]

Roger Sullivan has been an entrepreneur for quite some time. The Washington state entrepreneur was recently featured on Shark Tank where he pitched the Sharks on Wired Waffles, his family’s caffeine infused, ready to eat waffle product. Things got very heated in the Shark Tank for Roger Sullivan. He made some tactical mistakes and he […]

Zach Crain, the wild and wacky “beep beep beeping” inventor of Freakers made quite a splash in the Shark Tank when he underwhelmed the sharks with his pitch to fund his business, Freaker USA. He left without an investment, but Zach endeared himself to Shark Tank fans with his quirky persona and very silly pitch. […]

Vitamin oral spray pioneer Brandon Marz got a bit hot under the collar when he appeared in  Shark Tank episode 405 with his father, Keith. The father/son business partners successfully pitched the Sharks with their revolutionary vitamin oral sprays: Marz Sprays. The entrepreneurs walked away with a deal from Lori Greiner for $200K for 25% […]

Tereson Dupuy, the creator and owner of FuzziBunz, made a big splash in the Shark Tank when she appeared. Even though she didn’t get a deal with one of the Sharks, the experience was positive. I had a nice chat with Tereson and she shared some insights about herself, her business, and her Shark Tank […]

Chef Big Shake (real name Shawn Davis) wants to make his Shrimp Burgers a household staple all across the USA. Shawn, and his company CBS Foods, were featured on last Friday’s Shark Tank re-run. Shawn was looking for one of the Sharks to help him roll out nationally. One by one, all the Sharks went […]

Paddle Boards are a huge new entrant into the water sports marketplace and Tower Paddle Boards owner Stephan Aarstol recognized the trend early. I recently spoke with Stephan, who made a deal with Mark Cuban on The Shark Tank. Cuban took 30% of Tower Paddle Boards for a $150,000 investment and asked for right of […]

I spoke with Donny McCall the other night. He’s the guy who invented Invis-A-Rack, the fold away pick up truck rack he invented after his wife gave him some guff about going out on the town in a truck with permanent work racks affixed to the top. I can identify with that sentiment; when I […]