Kirk Taylor

Committed to Following Christ

You are here: Home / Archives for Shark Tank / Sharks / Barbara Corcoran

Barbara Corcoran

Chapul Cricket Protein Shark Tank Pitch Mark Cuban Deal

Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank Season 5

Chapul Shark Tank Pitch

Chapul is changing the way people think about food, and they do it with an energy bar that uses crickets for protein. Each bar has crickets in them.

Pat is introducing the Chapul bars to all the Sharks, and he tells them that the crickets are turned into a flour keeping you from seeing any body parts of the cricket.

The energy bar is modeled after the Sushi industry. One man introduced the California roll which is a soft entry.

Sales to date is $50,000 and is increasing 33% month over month revenue. Chapul is the only one that is selling a cricket bar selling for $2.99 and costs $1 to manufacture. They get the crickets from a cricket ranch which manufactures them for the bait industry.

They freeze the cricket so their metabolism slows their system down, and then they grind them into a flour.

Chapul Episode Data

What do the Shark Tank Investors say about Chapul?

  • Mark Cuban – asks if there is competition by creating cricket flour. His potential competition wants to sell to them. he wants to purchase the flour, rather than create it. Mark suggests selling the flour to the other guys branded as Chapul flour. He tells Pat that it is not worth 5% in exchange of time. Mark wants a better offer. Pat comes back at Mark with $50,000 for 15% They have a deal.
  • Daymond John – can't rap his head around it, and he tries to get away from bugs. He is out.
  • Kevin O'Leary – Crickets are considered very important throughout the country, and in China it is extremely unlucky to kill them, let alone eat them. Kevin is out.
  • Barbara Corcoran – ate the bar and it taste great, but she thinks it is going to be a long journey that will cost more money to get there. She is out.
  • Robert Herjavec – says that he is freaked out by snakes and bugs. There is no way is eating this stuff. He is out. The more he talks, the more Robert is interested in his business. He thinks the business is the flour, not the energy bar. Robert offers the $50,000 for 20%.

Chapul after Shark Tank

Chapul has a major protein bar producer manufacturing their bars after making the deal with Mark Cuban. They also have a Cricket baking flour in the lineup of products.

Moma’s MilkBox Breastfeeding clothes subscription Shark Tank

Barbara Corcoran, Kevin O'Leary, Lori Greiner, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank Season 8

Mama's MilkBox Shark Tank Pitch

Elena Petzold is pitching Mama's MilkBox, a company that creates breastfeeding nursing tops that delivers right to the door via subscription service. The client has three days to try on the clothes, and mailbox the items that they don't want. They will get a new shipment in six weeks.

Mama's Milkbox gives a 10% discount of the subscriber takes all the tops in the box. Customers will be charged for the tops they keep. She has a 50% margin on other brands tops. Sales last year are $83,000 as a side business. This year she has $84,000 and has $120,000 in inventory.

She started the business with $11,000 and did a line of credit for $40,000 and is debt, plus she has $27,000 on credit cards. She cannot tell what her inventory cost her which is going to kills this deal.

Elena has two other people working in their business.

Mama's MilkBox Episode Data

What do the Shark Tank Investors say about Mama's MilkBox?

  • Mark Cuban – tells Elena that she is falling further behind because she doesn't know where the finances situation is at the moment. He is out.
  • Barbara Corcoran – tells her that her enthusiasm is going to work against her, and she needs to take a breath and slow down. Barbara says it is very hard to see if she has a good business. There is too much confusion, she is out.
  • Kevin O'Leary – is trying to ask Elena about the inventory challenge, but she keeps interrupting. Kevin tells her she is going to go out of business as she grows. She needs to quicken the cycle. She is losing money because she doesn't have her finance under control. He is out.
  • Lori Greiner – says passion is great, but it is only a fraction of the business and the subscription model is not going to work for her. She is out.
  • Robert Herjavec – asks why the mom's and the breastfeeding is such a passion for her? He says she is not even listening to him. He is out.

Pinblok Building Blocks Shark Tank Pitch and offer from Kevin O’Leary

Barbara Corcoran, Kevin O'Leary, Lori Greiner, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank Season 8

Pinblock Tank Pitch

Pinblock Building Blocks leads to self-exploration that helps children be creative. The blocks are exactly the same, and allow you to build whatever you want.

Sales are $160,000 since inception and runs $19.95 retail with a cost of $3.95. Vlad took Pinblocks to the toy fair, and he did not get any bigger orders.

He is originally from Ukraine, but he passed away early on and they lost everything. Vlad felt he has a mission to get the money back, and they came to the United States to get a fresh start. He pooled his money with a partner friend who still owns 15%, but is not active.

Pinblock Episode Data

What do the Shark Tank Investors say about Pinblock?

  • Mark Cuban – thinks Vlad is doing incredible things, but the toy business is brutal and is not for him. He is out.
  • Barbara Corcoran – thinks that Vlad should consider Kevin's deal. She is out.
  • Kevin O'Leary – thinks Pinblock is different because it is flexible and the pixelation is interesting. Kevin makes an offer for $100,000 for 30% provided he can license it into a large toy manufacturer. Vlad says it goes against his strategy. Kevin modifies his offer after the other Sharks go out, saying the only way this works is being a 50% partner with him.
  • Lori Greiner – says it is difficult to educate the consumer with a product like this. She is out.
  • Robert Herjavec – thinks that great businesses are built from great purpose which is Vlad. He would try to license it, but that is not Vlad's purpose. He is out.

Grease Bags Shark Tank Pitch Barbara Corcoran Deal

Barbara Corcoran, Kevin O'Leary, Lori Greiner, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank Season 8

Grease Bags Tank Pitch

Grease Bags are the answer to disposal of food grease at cleanup time.  People pour there grease in old coffee cans, or down he drain, causing grease to plug drains. Cities are wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars due to damage from grease in drains.

Grease Bags are disposable and combustable enabling you to throw them away. The pad inside the bag absorbs the oil and is also the same ingredient that is used in oil spills.

Latangela has not started selling the bags, and she is planning on selling them at $12.99 for three bags, and a cost of $2.49.

Latangela brings her chicken wings into the tank which the Sharks love.

Grease Bags Episode Data

What do the Shark Tank Investors say about Grease Bags?

  • Mark Cuban – thinks her biggest challenge is that the people she is targeting are health conscious people who are not likely to have grease. He is out.
  • Barbara Corcoran – is baking every single morning. She wonders if she can pour the hot grease into the bag, but you have to let it cool which is a major problem. She is out. Barbara is rethinking going out, and asks her if she can cut the price in half, and she wants 50% for $75,000. She takes the deal.
  • Kevin O'Leary – says it needs to be a foil package to take the grease from bacon. Kevin would not use it because he cooks bacon so he is out.
  • Lori Greiner – has never fried anything and eats healthy foods so she has never had a problem with grease.
  • Robert Herjavec – thinks her presentation is a 10, but the product has problems, which causes them to rely on sales,and there is no sales. He is out.

Grease Bags after Shark Tank

The company pre-sold bags and had problems with their co-packer. They had to change and are working on getting the pre-sold orders out the door.

Fitness Stride Resistance bands in Shark Tank Season 2 No Deal

Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Kevin Harrington, Kevin O'Leary, Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank Season 2

Fitness Stride Shark Tank Pitch

Stacy Irwin has a company called Fitness Stride using Resistance bands for a home workout while multi-tasking. The resistance bands are worn under your clothes so you workout at your desk and at home.

Stacy tells the Sharks that they are able to get a workout without moving when you are wearing Fitness Stride Resistance Bands.

Fitness Stride sells for $49.95 and he pays $10 to have them made in China. Stacy made $60,000 on sales of $150,000.

Stacy has a patent for the resistance bands he uses in Fitness Stride.

Fitness Stride Episode Data

What do the Shark Tank Investors say about Fitness Stride?

  • Kevin Harrington – says Stacy has made a lot of promises but he only feels it in the legs. Kevin doesn't like the fact that Stacy doesn't have big testimonial base like most of the fitness products he's  seen. He is out.
  • Daymond John – thinks he has over valued the company. He is out.
  • Kevin O'Leary – thinks it is a marketing nightmare, he is out.
  • Barbara Corcoran – loves his hustle but she is not sold on his product, she is out.
  • Robert Herjavec – says he cannot see Kevin O'Leary buying the bands and strapping them on. Robert tells him he needs to spend hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars to get it out there, he is out.

Fitness Stride after Shark Tank

The company hasn't had activity since right after the appearance on Shark Tank. Unfortunately, launching a fitness product takes a lot of money to get it going.

NOHBO No Bottle Shampoo Shark Tank Deal with Mark Cuban

Barbara Corcoran, Kevin O'Leary, Lori Greiner, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec, Shark Tank Season 7

NOHBO Shark Tank Pitch

Benjamin Stern created NOHBO, a company that makes single use balls of shampoo, soap and conditioner.  even the wrapper is compostable. He is looking to license the cutting edge technology, and he is only sixteen at the time of his Shark Tank pitch.

He thought of NOHBO in January 2014, and he contacted Clorox companies head hunter group. They are interested in a licensing deal once the patent is granted. He has Hyatt Hotels wanting samples of NOHBO. He did not have samples to send, and he will send them as soon as he has them available.

Benjamin contacted a chemist to develop NOHBO and is hand pressing. He believes that the patent is defendable and will have it awarded. He has two provisional patents and does not have the capital to convert them.

NOHBO stands for No Hair Bottles.

He has material costs for $.06 and he believes that cost can get down to $.04.

NOHBO Episode Data

What do the Shark Tank Investors say about NOHBO?

  • Mark Cuban – says there is a training in the hotels to educate the consumer. Mark loves it. Benjamin reminds him of himself. He offers to help with the patent and has HOTOT and KissStixx. Mark offers $100,000 for 25%, exactly what he is asking for without the contingency. He does the deal with Mark Cuban.
  • Barbara Corcoran – offers $100,000 for 20% and will introduce him to Este Lauder
  • Kevin O'Leary – uses a certain shampoo brand and he thinks he looks great. This is a delivery issue and is a long journey. He is out.
  • Lori Greiner – thinks he is really brilliant and educated all the Sharks. She says you should never sell something unless you are ready because you only get one shot. She is out.
  • Robert Herjavec – will give Benjamin the $100,000 once the patent is issued and is licensed.

NOHBO after Shark Tank

Mark Cuban closed the deal with NOHBO after the Shark Tank episode and is readying the product for launch this spring 2018.