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Business Models & Business Valuation Lessons from Shark Tank
Last into the Shark Tank were Beverly Vines-Haines & Charlotte Clary of Ice Chips Candy. Ice Chips Candy is a sugar free alternative mint candy. Ice Chips Candy use Xylitol, which is an alternative to sugar. The candies were tasty and the Sharks all liked the business, especially after hearing that current year sales were projecting to close to $1 Million Dollars. Beverly Vines-Haines & Charlotte Clary of Ice Chips Candy had proven their business … Read entire article »
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Business Valuations Too High isn’t Always a Bad Thing – Shark Tank
First into the Shark Tank was Cousins Maine Lobster, the brainchild of Sabin Lomac and Jim Tselikis. Sabin Lomac and Jim Tselikis were on the show to pitch the catering food truck business. This particular episode had a recurring theme of business valuations that were too HIGH. You can read additional in depth analysis of previous Business Valuations from Shark Tank here. Sabin Lomac and Jim Tselikis were seeking $55,000 for 5% equity which translates … Read entire article »
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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
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
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
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
First up into ABC’s Shark Tank was Jim Pittman of Airbedz based in La Mirada California. Airbedz is an inflatable mattress designed for use in the bed of pickup trucks, If you are an Amazon shopper, you can find it via an Aaffiliate marketing link. Airbedz has special removable sections to fit around the wheel wells that protrude into the bed of pickup trucks. See for yourself: The inflatable mattress by Amazon comes with a removable inflation and deflation pump that … Read entire article »
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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More Business Lessons from Shark Tank
Onto the quote-unquote week one episode of the Shark Tank, which is the second episode since the show emerged for a second season. This episode, like all of the episodes, contained a lot of small business lessons that are valuable to have on a life’s journey of entrepreneurship. Lesson #1: Negotiation Snafu: Giving Away Leverage First up was Nikki Pope of Toygaroo. Toygaroo is a great concept of a membership in a rental toys plan. Toys were … Read entire article »
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