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This Business Ran Down the Aisle (Episode 2.7)

Julie has a company that makes aisle runners for weddings and special events. Like many entrepreneurs, she needed a product for her own purposes and couldn’t find anything but cheap paper and plastic versions – so she made her own and started a company. There are two million brides in the US alone every year – so the market is potentially large. She has sold $millions through her website, but now wants money to bring a new retail product to market.on.

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Dollars for Scents (Episode 2.7)

Bailey Johnson came on like a hawker at a carnival, smiling broadly with his new twist on a familiar product. A few years ago, he invited the guys over for a bit of a party, but his place stunk. He wanted to make it smell good, but in a manly sort of way. He didn’t want a foo-foo, girly kind of smell, so he came up with the Man Candle. It comes in several manly sort of scents: barbecue, football, popcorn, draft beer and so on.

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The Sound of Money (Episode 2.7)

Jason and Michael are travel junkies who love great music and are revolutionizing the portable speaker industry. They found that their were a lot of audiophiles who were frustrated with the low quality of small speakers and the large size of high-quality speakers. The need the money for inventory, fulfillment, repaying debt, etc. They are still working out of their house and need some expansion dollars.

They have a mobile entertainment company, bringing cool things to kids and corporations. Their market is kids parties, as an alternative to magicians, clowns, and inflatable jumping enclosures, and company gatherings.

They have a great business! They have 140 franchises across the US in 29 states, and they do 2,000 parties and events every month. And they are only three years old. They work a birthday parties for a few hundred dollars for a couple of hours, and at corporate events for several thousand dollars each.

Did they get funded?

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The Games We Play! (Episode 2.6)

David and Stuart Pikoff made what has to go down as one of the greatest entrances in the history of Shark Tank, with a sound-making, fog-generating, nerf-ball-shooting 7 ft. tall robot. Wow!

They have a mobile entertainment company, bringing cool things to kids and corporations. Their market is kids parties, as an alternative to magicians, clowns, and inflatable jumping enclosures, and company gatherings.

They have a great business! They have 140 franchises across the US in 29 states, and they do 2,000 parties and events every month. And they are only three years old. They work a birthday parties for a few hundred dollars for a couple of hours, and at corporate events for several thousand dollars each.

Did they get funded?

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This Idea Didn’t Cut It! (Episode 2.6)

Andy is wanting to leverage to trends toward eco-friendly products with his Ecomower. He thinks that the usual gas engine lawnmower is dangerous, smelly, and bad for the environment. He stated that the EPA was about to regulate emissions on lawn and garden equipment because they pollute so badly, and he has the best solution: The Ecomower, which is an upgrade to grandpa’s mower in that it is frictionless and didn’t need sharpening.

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