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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 Valuation & Negotiation Lessons from Shark Tank
Last into the Shark Tank was Michael Tseng to pitch his innovative Plate Topper. Michael Tseng was asking for $90,000 in exchange for 5% equity in Plate Topper, which translates to a $1.8 Million Business Valuation. Plate Topper is a unique suction based microwave safe cover for plates. The product was quite a hit with the Sharks, as it had proven itself with prior appearances on QVC.com and was available on Walmart’s website. The segment took approximately two hours to … Read entire article »
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Negotiation Lesson from Shark Tank – Counter Offer with Conviction
First into the Shark Tank was Scrub Daddy, the creation of Aaron Krause. The Scrub Daddy isn’t any ordinary sponge, it can morph from a very soft sponge (Activated by Hot Water), to a firm sponge (activated by Cold Water) that can scrape tough food stains. Aaron Krause is a clever inventor, and with the Scrub Daddy had a big hit on his hands. Prior to taping on the set, Aaron Krause had sold the Scrub Daddy on QVC on … Read entire article »
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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
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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Shark Tank Business Lessons: Negotiation Lessons of Leverage
The Shark Tank update segment was about Rick Hopper’s Readerest, which is also known as SpecSecure. Obviously, the deal with Lori Greiner has worked out, but read this previous article that details what a masterful negotiation job Greiner did, and how Hopper could have kept significantly MORE equity and kept more of the ongoing profit. In short, there was no way Greiner was going to NOT make the deal. The product is PERFECT for a … 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 Negotiation & Valuation Lessons
First up on ABC’s Shark Tank on was Barbara Lampugnale of Duality Cosmetics to promote her all in one Nail Polish pack called NailPak. NailPak Nail Polish comes with a handy attached nail file and pre-soaked nail polish remover pads for easy on the go repainting of nails. This is a product that definitely seems like it would get strong interest from Lori Greiner, and it did. An upcoming update segment on Barbara Lampugnale’s NailPak will air … Read entire article »
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Why James of Vino Di Copa was Right (Not Wrong) to Turn down the offers from the Shark Tank
There was a lot of negative commentary against James Martin of Copa Di Vino on twitter and even on the Copa Di Vino facebook page. The main sentiment among the negative commentary was that James Martin of Copa Di Vino “blew” his second chance in his repeat appearance on the set of Shark Tank. But, do the numbers agree that he blew his chance? First we’ll break down the numbers, and then describe how it played out. So let’s break this down in order of presentation on the … Read entire article »
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Business Valuation includes Debt On Shark Tank
Making a return appearance on the Set of Shark Tank was James Martin of Copa Di Vino. He appeared on the Show in the previous season and turned down an offer from Kevin O’Leary which was for $600,000 in exchange for 51% equity. The reason James Martin turned the offer down the first time was that he was interested in growing Copa Di Vino Brand, whereas Kevin O’Leary was only interested in licensing the Single … 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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Negotiation Clinic by Lori Greiner on ABC’s Shark Tank
The final segment of Shark Tank had one of the the most interesting negotiation session in Shark Tank History. It had Lori Greiner at her Negotiating Best. Rick Hopper of ReadeREST, which you can find on Amazon. ReadeREST is strong stainless steel clip that sticks to a shirt because a backing strip featuring neodynium magnets. Hopper was asking for $1,000,000 Valuation ($150,000 for 15% equity) The ReadeREST product demonstrated really well, as Hopper intentionally fell … Read entire article »
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Shark Tank Tricky Business Valuations & Profit Margins
First up on ABC’s Shark Tank is Last Lid (@LastLid). The proprietors of Last Lid are Melissa and Kevin Kiernan of Waldwick New Jersey. Their product is a fabric lid that covers outdoor garbage cans, and prevents them from being tampered with by animals. The Kiernans have a problem where their garbage cans are frequently tipped over by raccoons and other foraging animals. After finding no suitable replacement at local hardware stores, the Kiernan’s developed their product. … 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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