MTailor guy


Why would he be so against any form of licensing when he's getting rekt in setting up his own distribution? It makes no sense. Imo his software was not as good as he was claiming.

Amazing that Kevin didn't see the honey play. He misses a lot of obvious stuff imho.

I think the tailoring guy didn't come for a deal.

Agreed and agreed. I had no idea about the honey/bees issue but now that they had an infomercial on national TV, I'm sure they will have a great first to market advantage as being "the original honey alternative". Seems like a new market sector entirely. Did they mention any competitors in their space?

wow, did that tea lady suck

The idea itsself is good though, though I'm sure she's not the first to have the idea. I'm a coffee drinker that wants to drink tea since it's considered healthier but there's no tea alternative for a strong coffee/espresso which is what I drink exclusively. Or at least I have not found such an alternative.

The problem was that's all she had: an idea.




I was quite surprised back pain and cryotherapy got a deal. Back pain was just a proof of concept with ridiculous valuation and not even proof it works. Probably fell apart in due diligence would be my guess?

Was cryotherapy sympathy money?


Bike lock guy obv a smart dude and I think it will be a success for people that use their bike a ton. Locking your bike can be quite time consuming and irritating. He should make it a part of the branding that there's an alarm on the bike. Would scare off 95% of potential thieves.

The problem is we don't even know what she had. It seemed like she had a system/process/machine/idunno for brewing the tea in a tea/coffee shop but that wasn't ever explained. She never had a chance to get a deal because her presentation was garbage and none of the sharks wanted to work with her, regardless of the product/business.




I don't think it was sympathy money. Barbara proves that she's not very bright every now and then.


The problem is it's a $140 lock that isn't secure enough for an expensive bike.

Tea pitch was the ultimate public speaking nightmare come to life. Painful to watch. Hoping she comes out stronger for it.

wish they didn't air tea lady, was just sad watching someone melt under pressure. bike lock is too expensive, if I'm paying that much, don't want it to be so easy for someone to stick in the back of their car and dip

The cryotherapy people didn't have anything proprietary or unique. There are at least two competitors that I know of here in the Atlanta area. They are nothing more than a retailer.

lol these kids patented the ali g ice cream glove for real and got a deal from barbara

pretty stupid when they give kids a deal when any adult would be laughed at with the same product

I've been rewatching some old episodes and checking the interesting ones on the internet whether it went somewhere:

The Spatty seems to have become a small success despite not getting a deal. Motivated girl with good sales skills with a good idea but pre-revenue product.
http://www.thespatty.com/
Some retail deals, good looking website, up to date social media

Zomm seemed to have been a crappy scam (didn't get a deal because huge sales but numbers didn't add up): http://www.zomm.biz/
Most links on the website are down, terrible reviews on Amazon,...

Marz Sprays got a deal with Lori for $200k but seems like a failure: website looks terrible, pages not working, social media have become marketing platforms,...
http://marzsprays.com/


Back9Dips failed
(cute couple that got a sympathy deal from Lori/Robert and got a lot of support from Damond)
Website is down, twitter page just died: https://twitter.com/bubbachickendip

LifterHamper
Ex-NFL player that got a back injury and developped a product to help people with back pain. Didn't get a deal on Shark Tank
Got a licensing deal with a tiny company: https://www.facebook.com/lifterhamper/
Probably not really a success but not a failure either.

Bagbowl is a failure, got a deal for $50k with Lori and she tried on QVC but looks like it all failed, social media and websites are dead: https://www.facebook.com/BagBowl/

honestly you could have a decently successful blog that tracks the companies who made it without sharks, and the ones who failed with sharks.

Why use bagbowl when you could buy gladware?

There's a site that tries to do this, but it's pretty awful.

Brightwheel was probably the best 10 minutes of shark tank I've ever seen.

And Fruitface the 10 most painful (in a sad but entertaining way) . They need to sell 51% to someone who has business sense.

Brightweel obv very cool but I don't buy schools spending any serious money on this. I'm also fairly certain asking parents for money will create a lot of problems. Imo they need to go the advertising route or maybe partner their service into another platform which schools will be willing to pay for (that provide actual educational value) so that it's a really strong package on the market.

Maybe it's because I'm used to the school system from Europe and it's completely different in the USA. But here school budgets are extremely tight and they have 100s of things they want to spend money on but can't before this comes up. And asking parents to pay up always creates problems with parents already having to pay for enough **** etc.


I was surprised Fashiontap got such little interest from the sharks. She doesn't need to beat Instagram to have a money-printing business, and she doesn't need to get every top curator to get on her service. The technology of the ap also should be able to translate well to different industries.

Brellabox seems like they are trying to solve a problem people really don't have. Three weeks ago I flew to NY and we were caught in the rain while walking to visit clients. We ended up getting pretty wet, but if I saw a brellabox on the way I wouldn't have bothered. Maybe other people will, but I just don't see the point.

I downloaded FashionTap just to check it out. It's not bad, but there's some glaring problems:

1) Image quality can be poor since it's based on the uploader, tough to zoom in and really see the item well - not a lot of different views or info until you get to the actual store that sells it.
2) Broken links to online stores such as zappos, nordstrom, bloomingdales, etc. If a product is no longer sold, the link goes dead.
3) It's obvious what the product is and where it's sold. Once you know the brand, you can search online and find a better deal for a lot of products which prevents the app company from making money. Of course some super niche items are probably only sold at one store, so this isn't that big of a deal.
4) Tons of spam, people just grabbing images off existing online stores, magazines, etc.

Brightwheel looks like it's on a good path and I can see it being very successful.

I don't know who would give up six inches of floor space for Brellabox. You're going to put out $15 worth of umbrellas or something when it rains and give probably ~50% to the proprietor? In NYC? It's basically the worst vending proposition ever. The proprietor is better off dropping fifty bucks on a gumball machine.

Wouldn't the umbrellas need to be dried and inspected between rentals? Nothing like a moldy broken umbrella.

Aside from simply not making enough money, this was the biggest problem I saw. I'm sure it's not a material that will grow mold, but storing wet umbrellas with no inspection still seems problematic. Tons of maintenance to make very little money is obviously a bad business model. The only way I can see it succeeding is if enough people just don't return the umbrellas and pay the $40.

Even if brellabox was somehow popular, people would have to wait in line to use the machine... in the rain

This. The show has started getting dull and repetitive for me but that was entertaining. I love daymond's comment at the end.

Another couple of updates:


Cousins Main Lobster: got a deal with Barbara
http://www.cousinsmainelobster.com/
Seems like a big success, they have 10+ trucks and a webshop, highly active social media

Freaker: Crazy dude who made weird sounds constantly with covers for beverages
http://www.freakerusa.com/pages/story
He didn't get a deal because he was too crazy, but seems like a big success. They are available in a ton of stores and have grown into a company of ~20 employees and have expanded into socks as well . Dude is still crazy AF if you check website/social media.

Pro-NRG: Protein drink partnered with NFL player Brandon Jacobs, got a deal with Damond
http://www.pronrgusa.com
Their store still works and claims that they're sold at Walgreens nationwide but it seems like a failure, social media hasn't been updated in years and website doesn't seem updated at all. From their Twitter it does seem like the deal went through.
Also some mentions of a lawsuit between NFL player and founder: http://www.law360.com/articles/45849...ers-nfl-player

Econuts: kind of crazy couple with ecofriendly nuts for washing, bad presentation and bad valuation and they did not get a deal.
http://econutssoap.com/
They are still grinding it out, very active but nothing screams to me that they have grown significantly. Very little retailers carry them, website is clunky and outdated and nothing that indicates that they are now a highly succesful business. Amazon page is quite busy though so there's at least that. They are the first company I've come across that does not mention their Shark Tank coverage at all. Seems like they are a bit butthurt

I hope the newspaper-dirt farmer guy is cleaning up.