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ReadeREST is a U.S. based company best known for a magnetic eyeglass holder, also called ReadeREST (pronounced Reader Rest) [1]
After turning 40, founder Rick Hopper started using readers and began habitually losing, scratching and dropping his glasses. [1] In 2010, Rick made prototypes using paperclips and magnets, solving the problem he had with trying to keep his glasses safe and secure. [1] It didn't take long for consumer interest to grow. Friends, family, and strangers would ask him about his ReadeREST and wanted their own. Noticing the potential market for the product, Rick did a patent search and found that it had already been patented by a man named Bernard. [2] To Rick's luck the patent was for sale. Over the next year, Rick went to farms markets, gun, golf, and quilt shows to gain a better understanding of his target audience. [2]
In 2012, Rick landed a spot on Season 3, Episode 6 of ABC's show Shark Tank , resulting in a deal with Lori Greiner. [3] Since the show, ReadeREST has grossed millions with reoccurring air time on QVC and grabbing shelf space with big box retailers, Walmart, Staples, and Ace Hardware. [4]
ReadeREST is made with "high-grade magnets" and stainless steel. The product can also be used to hold ID badges and manage earbuds. [5]
Dragons' Den is a reality television program format in which entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hope of securing investment finance from them. The program originated in 2001 in Japan, where it is known as The Tigers of Money, a pun on "The Tiger of Malaya", the nickname of WWII general Tomoyuki Yamashita. The format was created and is owned by Nippon TV and is distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
Al "Bubba" Baker is a former professional American football defensive lineman who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was named to three Pro Bowls during his career. He was named 1978 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. He was one of the famous anchors of the "Silver Rush."
Day Break is a television program for which one 13-episode season was produced. The series starred Taye Diggs as Detective Brett Hopper, who is framed for the murder of Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza. Due to a time loop, Hopper lives the same day over and over. The series revolves around his attempt to solve the mystery of the murder, and find out who is behind the conspiracy to frame him.
Christopher Sacca is an American venture investor, company advisor, entrepreneur, and lawyer. He is the proprietor of Lowercase Capital, a venture capital fund in the United States that has invested in seed and early-stage technology companies such as Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Twilio, and Kickstarter, investments that resulted in his placement as No. 2 on Forbes' Midas List: Top Tech Investors for 2017. Prior to founding Lowercase Capital in 2010, Sacca held several positions at Google Inc., where he led the alternative access and wireless divisions and worked on mergers and acquisitions. Between 2015 and 2017, he appeared as a "Guest Shark" on ABC's Shark Tank. In early 2017, Sacca announced that he was retiring from venture investing.
Ralph Osterhout is an American inventor, designer, entrepreneur, and CEO of Osterhout Design Group (ODG). During his career he has developed a range of products spanning toys, consumer electronics, dive equipment, furniture to devices for the Department of Defense. Osterhout is named as inventor on 260 patents and patent applications. Over the course of his career, Osterhout has developed over 2,000 different products and hundreds of separate product lines for companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500s, as well as the government.
Daymond Garfield John is an American businessman, investor, television personality, author, and motivational speaker. He is best known as the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. Based in New York City, John is the founder of The Shark Group.
Shark Tank is an American business reality television series that premiered on August 9, 2009 on ABC. The show is the American franchise of the international format Dragons' Den, which originated in Japan as Money Tigers in 2001. It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of five investors or "sharks," who decide whether to invest in their company.
Drop Stop is a patented device designed to prevent items from falling between a car's front seats and center console. It was invented by Marc Newburger and Jeffrey Simon of Los Angeles.
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GUNNAR Optiks is a company founded in 2007 that specializes in treated eyewear, marketed as safety glasses that protect eyes from computer vision syndrome. Gunnar eyewear has received considerable attention in technical media reviews, including PCWorld, Lifehacker, Huffington Post, and Gizmodo.
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Scrub Daddy is a cleaning tools company best known for a sponge that it manufactures, also called Scrub Daddy, that is in the shape of a smiley face. The product is made of a polymer which changes texture - soft in hot water, hard in cold water. As of 2019, Scrub Daddy had the highest revenue of any product successfully pitched on the ABC reality show Shark Tank.
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Beardbrand is an American men's grooming company based in Austin, Texas. It sells products for grooming, styling, and maintaining of beards, hair, skin, and mustaches. In 2014, Beardbrand founder and CEO Eric Bandholz appeared on an episode of the reality television series Shark Tank.
Plated was an American ingredient-and-recipe meal kit service that has been acquired by Albertsons. The company was founded in 2012 and became well known through its participation in Techstars in 2013, Shark Tank in 2014 and Beyond the Tank in 2015. Plated's founders, Nick Taranto and Josh Hix, earned a deal on Shark Tank that fell through, but negotiated a deal with another investor after the show was filmed. The company accepted several rounds of venture capital investments and remained private until it was acquired by Albertsons in September 2017.
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This is a list of episodes from the ninth season of Shark Tank.