Picky Eating Tool Gets Pitched to Shark Tank...

...and the Sharks Swirl!

Bobbie feeds FunBites to the Sharks
(photo from FunBites Facebook page)

On Friday night's episode of Shark Tank, Bobbie Rhoads pitched her company's product FunBites into the tank... and she got 3 bites!

If you aren't familiar with FunBites, they are a line of high-grade cookie-cutter style tools that parents can use to cut up their food into cute shapes in order to help children to have more fun eating healthy foods. They are also great for party-prep!

Bobbie pitched her product to the 5 sharks in hopes of obtaining a $75K investment in exchange for an equity stake in her company. 
By the end of her presentation, she had 3 out of 5 sharks eager to make the deal with her!

She got two competitive offers right away from Lori Greiner and Daymond John - they both presented compelling cases for why she should pick them: Lori was dangling her retail sales angle, whereas Daymond was touting his powerful connections to help make licensing deals. I can see how both could have strong appeal... but Bobbie went with her gut on this.

Lori demanded that Bobbie make an immediate decision after her offer: "If you want to partner with me, I'd like you to say 'yes' right now!" Lori's womanly instinct sensed that Bobbie knew already who she wanted to choose, and she capitalized on that moment.

I'm excited for Bobbie that she has a great partner moving forward! But I was just very disappointed that we didn't get to hear the offer from the 3rd shark who wanted to be in the race, Mark Cuban, since he always seems like the best shark on the show IMHO. The deal was made before he even got to make his case.

Mark is well known as a "tech mogul" so I think he might actually be very interested to learn how our own Tiny Tastes app can help picky eaters if he can relate to the importance of this topic. We recently applied to pitch Tiny Tastes to Mark Cuban and the judges at SXSW mid-March. 

Bonnie did a great job of raising awareness about the prevalence of feeding issues and the special needs that children have at mealtimes. Our companies have different tools for the same goal: to have fun with healthy eating and to help children overcome barriers to trying new foods!

And Mark: if we do get the chance to meet you at SXSW, I will definitely want to hear what you have to say.


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