Please allow up to two business days for us to get back to you. The company was created by brian and julie whiteman and is a photoprinting app. They requested one hundred fifty thousand dollars of investment for twenty percent of the. Groovebook, an app that allows users to flag social media photos and request physical prints as part of a customized photo book, appeared on season five of shark tank and scored a deal. Recap of shark tank season 5, episode in the shark tank. Mobile app groovebook provides an easy way to print your favorite phone. Julie and brian whiteman, the groovebook app lets customers order a photo. How shutterfly will make money from shark tank marketwatch. This acquisition makes groovebook the biggest deal on the show. The 18 best shark tank success stories 32 page 32 zdnet. All the ballyhoo over the purchase of shark tank darling groove book by shutterfly created a lot of excitement. The cast of abcs shark tank is a rotating group of investors, business experts, and selfmade millionaire and billionaires. With 5 million viewers, a few studs and a whole lot of duds, we take a look at the 8 most successful products to come out of abcs shark tank.
Help sharkalytics expand its shark tank knowledge base. The groovebook update revealed the service was sold to shutterfly, resulting in the largest deal in shark tank history. Groovebook s pitch took place in the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of shark tank. Theyre still charging my card with no way to get rid of them.
Groovebook pitch shark tank season 5 episode youtube. They may be making more money as consultants then they made from selling their company. Please help me just get this damn account cancelled. Appearing on shark tank isnt a promise your product will be a smash hit, but for these. Some famous deals have made people billionaires and inspired a lot of other people to make new things and come up with new shark tank. Since kevin and mark owned no equity in groovebook itself and just secured a licensing deal, it is unclear how the fourteenandahalf million was divided between kevin, mark, and the whitemans. Eleven months after making a deal with shark investors mark cuban and kevin. Phonesoap, greenbox, victorias kitchen, tycoon real estate, groovebook s big deal shark tank january 30, 2015 tomorrow night, shark tank.
Groovebook, one of my favorite shark tank companies, shared some very big news today on good morning america check out their amazing story, its the american dream. Each shark would get 40% equity while julie and brian would keep 20% of their business. There is a core group of 6 sharks mark cuban, robert herjavec, barbara corcoran, lori greiner, daymond john, and kevin oleary, 5 of which appear on any given episode of shark tank. This is the groovebook pitch to the sharks on shark tank season 5 episode. Not bad for doing a deal only a year earlier on shark tank. To ramp up the business, husbandandwife team julie and brian whiteman pitched groovebook on the abc tv show shark tank. Kevin oleary reveals his big winners from shark tank. Groovebook snapped up by shutterfly this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
This startup made a deal on shark tank and just sold to. Kevin oleary reveals his big winners from shark tank cnbc. Forbes found that 319 businesses accepted deals onair in the first seven seasons of shark tank. The 8 most successful businesses that got their start on shark tank. Indeed, groovebook and plated both reportedly experienced a big bump in sales, posttank. When brian and julie whiteman appeared on shark tank to pitch their app, groovebook, to the shows investors, the never imagined their pitch would make history on the show.
Groovebook on shark tank brian launched his pitch by introducing himself and his baby mama to the sharks. Brians mom saw the impact of groovebook, and encouraged them to go on the tv show shark tank to get investorbacking and national exposure. The investors loved the concept and they struck up a deal. In season 5, kevin oleary invested in groovebook, which lets you print photo books from your cell phone.
If you want to know more you can find it in the links below. Tune in to abc this friday, january 17th at 9pm et to see who will test the waters on an allnew shark tank. Brian and julie accept their deal, and will now work with kevin and mark to grow their business. A second update is scheduled for episode 620 in season six. The 50 most successful shark tank products from the last.
Shark tank is one of the shows to watch on tv and see how people pour their hard work in it and try to crack deals. The other big shark tank winner in olearys portfolio is groovebook from season 5, he says. The groovebook owners, who appeared on shark tank and. His idea was groovebook, a monthly service that would print smartphone pictures in a book. Some famous deals have made people billionaires and inspired a lot of other people to make new things and come up with new shark tank ideas. Sales lessons from the 9 most successful shark tank deals. These shark tank products have become household names since appearing on. Wonderful offered ring a deal when they appeared on shark tank, but he was turned down faster than me at the bar after one too many red bull vodkas mark cuban says he doesnt regret missing out on ring. Ive gotten atotal of 2 groovebooks over the past 45 years. Rob gonkowski gets a deal with alex rodriguez on shark tank. Shark tank, a popular american reality television series on abc, started its. Shutterfly, an online image storage, sharing and publishing service, announced today it was acquiring groovebook. Groovebook, which had acquired over 18,000 subscribers in the 8. Angellift continues to operate successfully following its shark tank appearance.