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Shark Tank Business Valuation and Negotiation Lesson Slawsa Doorbot Magic Moments Surprise Ride Barbara Corcoran’s All Star Entrepreneurs

Shark Tank Business Valuation and Negotiation Lesson Slawsa Doorbot Magic Moments Surprise Ride Barbara Corcoran’s All Star Entrepreneurs

Tired of the same old condiments?  Well Julie Stortz Busha of Slawsa just might have a product you want to try.  Slawsa is a combination salsa and slaw mix.  So it has a bit of spicyness to go along with a bit of  crunch.  The product is available in regional grocery stores such as Publix, Food Lion and Kroger throughout the Southeast.  The product is mainly available in many grocery stores in the Midwest, Southeast … Read entire article »

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Business Models & Business Valuation Lessons from Shark Tank

Business Models & Business Valuation Lessons from Shark Tank

The Shark Tank update segment will feature the Voyage-Air Guitar.  Voyage-Air Guitar is a guitar designed to alleviate travel headaches.  That is because the Voyage-Air Guitar is a foldable guitar that makes traveling through airports, bus stations and other transit stops a LOT easier.  Concerned about the quality of the folding guitar from Voyage-Air Guitar?  Well, it is highly rated by musicians.   Steve Cohen is the entrepreneur behind Voyage-Air Guitar.  While Steve Cohen walked away … Read entire article »

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Business Valuations Too High isn’t Always a Bad Thing – Shark Tank

Business Valuations Too High isn’t Always a Bad Thing – Shark Tank

Dallas Robinson and Mike Buonomo of Kisstixx were the Shark Tank update segment.  Mark Cuban invested in the young entrepreneurs.   Kisstixx is a product which is a mix and match lip balm that creates a fun tingly flavor experience for kissing couples.  Dallas Robinson and Mike Buonomo asked for a $1,000,000 valuation for Kisstix by offering 20% equity for $200,000.  Mark Cuban made an offer of $200,000 for 40% Equity ($500,000 Valuation).  He made … Read entire article »

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Importance of Sales, Revenue & EBITDA & Profits on Business Valuations – Shark Tank

Importance of Sales, Revenue & EBITDA & Profits on Business Valuations – Shark Tank

The Third Product in the Shark Tank was Tereson Dupuy of FuzziBunz which you can find on Amazon.com.  FuzziBunz are a 100% resuable diapering product, that  are eco friendly and money saving.  A seeming win win product in that it is eco friendly and money saving.  Of course, there is the yuck factor of handling a reusable diaper and washing them.  Aside from that the main crux of the segment is that Tereson Dupuy had … Read entire article »

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Negotiation Clinic: The Art of Leverage When Selling – More Shark Tank Business Lessons

Negotiation Clinic: The Art of Leverage When Selling – More Shark Tank Business Lessons

Third into the Shark Tank were Abby Jordan & Becky App. They were there to represent eCreamery.com.  eCreamery.com is an online gift shop for gelato and ice cream with many custom flavors. At the time of taping, the duo were operating a retail location as well. eCreamery.com had recent year sales of $750,000 but only bottom line profit of $60,000. This is not unusual, retail brick and mortar businesses have a lot of overhead in Rent, … Read entire article »

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Counter Offers & Business Valuation Calculations on Shark Tank Finale

Counter Offers & Business Valuation Calculations on Shark Tank Finale

First into the Shark Tank was Ryan Custer of Cougar Limited.  Ryan Custer was asking for $150,000 in exchange for 30% equity in of Cougar Limited, which translates to an asking Business Valuation of $500,000.  Ryan Custer was on the set to promote his beverage line catered to middle aged women.  Custer calls his targeted beverage a ‘Lifestyle’ Drink.  The Cougar Limited beverage is similar to 5 hour energy, in that it is a Zero calorie beverage. Given that … Read entire article »

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Value of Negotiation Leverage in Negotiating a Deal on Shark Tank

Value of Negotiation Leverage in Negotiating a Deal on Shark Tank

First into the Shark Tank were Keeley Tillotson & Erica Welsh from Oregon of Wild Squirrel.  Keeley & Erica were asking for $50,000 in exchange for 10% equity in their company.  You can find Wild Squirrel on Amazon.com.  This translates to an Asking Business Valuation of $500,000.  Wild Squirrel is a company that manufactures special Almond and Peanut butters.  At the time of taping, they were offered in five varieties which you can see on their website.  They … Read entire article »

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Shark Tank Business Valuation by the Percentages

Shark Tank Business Valuation by the Percentages

Last in the Shark Tank was Fleetwood Hicks of Villy Customs. Fleetwood Hicks’ Villy Customs offer customized Cruiser Bikes that are incredibly colorful and well designed as attested to by Daymond John on the Show. Fleetwood Hicks was asking $500,000 for a 33% equity stake in Villy Customs ($1.5 Million Dollar Valuatio). The Sharks were thoroughly impressed, and you can see why in the pictures below. The bikes are incredibly colorful and the Sharks were … Read entire article »

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Business Valuations and Knowing Your Numbers on Shark Tank

Business Valuations and Knowing Your Numbers on Shark Tank

First up on the Shark was Nick Romero of The Ave.  Nick Romero was asking $125,000 for 15% equity ($833,333 Valuation) for The Ave, which is a concept that is operated out of a retail location in Venice California.  The Ave offers customers the ability to customize apparel.  In the segment, customized shoes were highlighted, which required a special platen that Nick Romero had a patent pending for at the time of taping.  Being that the … Read entire article »

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Shark Tank Business Lessons

Shark Tank Business Lessons

First up in the Shark Tank was the Profender by Tony Devine, who was asking for $75,000 in exchange for 15% equity (Which is a $500,000 Valuation).  The Profender is a basketball training tool to help shooters simulate game situations where a defender is closing out on them to contest the shot.  The way this is currently done in most training situation is by having assistant coaches use brooms to extend their reach while basketball players … Read entire article »

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Why Business Valuations are not as simple as One Formula Fits all

Why Business Valuations are not as simple as One Formula Fits all

Dallas Robinson and Mike Buonomo of Kisstix were the first pair up on Shark Tank.  They were on the show to pitch their product which is a mix and match lip balm that creates a fun tingly flavor experience for kissing couples. Dallas Robinson and Mike Buonomo were asking for a $1,000,000 valuation for Kisstix by offering 20% equity for $200,000. Given that Gross Revenues were about $80,000 Kevin O’Leary asked how Dallas Robinson and Mike Buonomo  came up with their … Read entire article »

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Leveraging Multiple Offers in Negotiation & Valuation Lessons on ABC’s Shark Tank

Leveraging Multiple Offers in Negotiation & Valuation Lessons on ABC’s Shark Tank

First up in the Shark and a great example of negotiation leverage spawned from Multiple Offers is Travis Perry.  Perry is the owner of ChordBuddy, an innovative training product that is like training wheels for learning the Guitar.  You can buy  ChordBuddy on Amazon.   As Travis Perry points out, playing the guitar has a real high ‘cool’ factor, to which Robert Herjavec identifies with, and is commensurately excited.  The Sharks ask Travis Perry about the sales figures for … Read entire article »

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Maintaining Negotiation Leverage – Primary Business Lesson from Shark Tank

Maintaining Negotiation Leverage – Primary Business Lesson from Shark Tank

Back for a new season of wheeling and dealing, we’ll review the business models, proposed transaction, negotiations and other business lessons on display on ABC’s Shark Tank just as we did for the previous season’s episodes. The first business that was presented on the episode is a product that you can find on Amazon: Clean Bottle (twitter @CleanBottle), founded by Dave Mayer.  The product is a sports bottle that has opening on both the top and bottom, which … Read entire article »

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Business Lessons from Shark Tank Season Finale

Business Lessons from Shark Tank Season Finale

First up in the season finale of Shark Tank is the prominently featured Rebecca Rescate of CitiKitty.  Rebecca Rescate’s CitiKitty is a product that is an alternative to the traditional cat litter solution.  This product helps trains cats to use actual Human toilets. As funny as it looks watching a cat on a toilet, it does solve a problem, especially for urban dwellers whose cats can not easily go outdoors and use a yard for their bathroom needs. Rebecca … Read entire article »

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Negotiation and Valuation Lessons from ABC’s Shark Tank

Negotiation and Valuation Lessons from ABC’s Shark Tank

Episode 207 of ABC’s Shark Tank elicited many responses, and as usual contained a great many business lessons on display, in particular regarding Valuation and Negotiation. First up in the Shark Tank were Jason Lucash & Michael Szymczak of OrigAudio.  They asked for $150,000 for 15% equity. Their company sells portable audio speaker solutions.  On the show they claimed to have a track record of sales.  In their one year of sales they have grossed $750,000, upon … Read entire article »

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Know thy Valuation, more lessons from Shark Tank

Know thy Valuation, more lessons from Shark Tank

Brothers Stuart and David Pikoff were featured in the final segment of the show. Their company is Games2U.  As of the time of taping the segment, Games2U was successfully franchised in 28 states.  Though it still suffered from business valuation issues due to profitability and sustainability. The Pikoff brothers asked for $500,000 in exchange for a 10% equity in Games2U.  This means they were valuing Games2U at $5,000,000. Yes, Five Million Dollars. What justified that … Read entire article »

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Shark Tank Week 5 Business Lessons

Shark Tank Week 5 Business Lessons

The week Five Episode of Shark Tank featured more small business lessons. First up was Hot Mama Gowns, which is a line of stylish maternity gowns that can be used Pre and Post Partum, or in plain English, before, during and after childbirth.   Hospital Gowns are quite frankly unappealing and this product does fill a good need.  Looking presentable, as opposed to be looking ridiculous, is an important part of feeling good, and feeling good is important … Read entire article »

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Lack of Quality Business Plans on Shark Tank Week Four

Lack of Quality Business Plans on Shark Tank Week Four

The week four episode of ABC’s Shark Tank featured Four key examples of how writing a business plan is incredibly important to showing a business owner a path to success.  Do not create a startup business without a business plan, it will lead a higher frequency of mistakes which cost time and money and could ultimately lead to a premature end of a business or product.  There are four painful examples of improper business planning yielding … Read entire article »

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Retail, Branding, Goal Setting on Display Shark Tank Week 3

Retail, Branding, Goal Setting on Display Shark Tank Week 3

After having some negotiation blunders and tactics take the headlines from previous episodes of ABC’s Shark Tank, week three’s episode featured lessons on branding, food, and the overall retail industry.  Never fear though, negotiation lessons are always on display on the Shark Tank. The first pitch came from Darryl and Randy Lenz who were there to pitch there Ride On Carry On product.  Their product is essentially a strap on child seat, which straps onto luggage. … Read entire article »

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Small Business Lessons from ABC’s Shark Tank

Small Business Lessons from ABC’s Shark Tank

From the week two episode of ABC’s Shark Tank There were four main themes: negotiation techniques, valuation realities, knowing your which business your business should be in, and being the right pitchman for your business. First up was Kiersten Hathcock of Mod Mom Furniture.  Hathcock came to pitch her business and raise capital to expand her product line from just Eco Friendly Modern Toy Boxes to a full children’s furniture line.  There were a few lessons … Read entire article »

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