The Paint Brush Cover Shark Tank Update This Friday

[Likwid24]

Hey Everyone! Just wanted to let Ya'll know that this Friday, February 13th @9pm EST, Shark tank will be airing our "Update" or "Follow Up Visit". Tune in to see where we are at now. They filmed this about 3 weeks ago.

I will also post an update on my thread in the INSIDERS forum at some point this week.

Thanks to everyone for the support!!!!

 

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[Likwid24]

I would have listened to what Barbara and Cuban had to say, having the rest of the sharks fighting over them, would have just got them more money, more air time, and a better deal, that's why Lori took that gamble, she knew it would have went up really high like Barbara said she was going to, 300k and 500k, these guys are rich because they have a good product, not because of Lori.

Why on earth would I blow an opportunity to work with the Shark the all 3 of us had our hearts set on????? We got who we wanted and got more than we wanted. That doesn't make any sense to me at all. For an extra 100k? Whats that doing for me? Even an extra 500k. We're all smart enough to know that in the long run, it will be Lori Greiner killing it for us, and just like she said, "Getting us everywhere at lightning speed", not Barbara. Barbara does not have the same connections as Lori in our industry.

We're in so many stores now that we can't even keep up with demand. We had to slow things down and turn away some BIG retailers because we can't even handle it right now.

To me, and my partners, it made absolutely ZERO sense to listen to Barbara. IN fact, after the show, the producers came up to us and told us what Barbara offered and that she said the offer was still on the table. We told them to tell her Thanks, but no Thanks. We got who, and what, we wanted.

 

[Vigilante]

That's the funny part Sal. Everyone second guessing this --- and you actually got to HEAR her offer. What ever. Who cares. You got what you went in for. And... you were right. 1,000% you were right.

Keep pushing. We are proud of you. You are one of us. You will be one of the best success stories this forum has ever seen. You are why we are here. You are why MJ built this place. You created value from nothing. You are the American dream. You Sal are ... Fast Lane.

You have one job at this point (beyond your day job, in which you give yourself and risk your life for people.) You have one job. Sell more. That one job requires you to listen to only one thing... the market. Now you need to develop your filter that will allow you to turn critics into white noise.

We close every Mind Your Business with Taylor Swift's HATERS song for a reason. For every positive step forward, you will always have people second guessing you, and pretending they might have been able to do it better. Who cares. If they could have done it better, they would have. All the people that think they could swim with the sharks have NEVER done what you have done.

We are proud of you. You're on your way. Your brand will be a household brand name. From the day you bought some scrap plastic at Home Depot and fabricated your own prototype until today. You climbed the mountain other people only read about in the Millionaire Fast Lane. And you're not done yet. You are almost at the summit, but you should be able to see the summit flag from your current vantage point now, a flag nobody can see from the base of the mountain.

Go get it.

 

[FionaS]

For those who didn't catch it.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I don't get this. What are you talking about?

Honestly Sal, you should probably ignore the armchair entrepreneurs.

When they get on the shark tank, they can do it their way. Oh shit, that's right- they'll never get on shark tank.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I would have listened to what Barbara and Cuban had to say, having the rest of the sharks fighting over them, would have just got them more money, more air time, and a better deal

Yea, obviously the PBC guys are really second-guessing their decision. They have 18 employees but really should have 24. They're in 14,000 Home Depots-- they really should be in 14,500. OMFG. SMH.

 

[Likwid24]

why didn't you guys listen to the last 2 offers? The fact that you didn't makes this seem orchestrated.

I went in for Lori and Lori made a better offer than we had imagined. Why would I blow the opportunity to partner with the person I wanted to partner with??

 

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[randomnumber314]

I would have listened to what Barbara and Cuban had to say, having the rest of the sharks fighting over them, would have just got them more money, more air time, and a better deal, that's why Lori took that gamble, she knew it would have went up really high like Barbara said she was going to, 300k and 500k, these guys are rich because they have a good product, not because of Lori. Oh well that's the past, it won't matter in a few years when they are all multimillionaires. Always good to see people doing well, especially fellow New Yorkers.

Makes me think if I go on shark tank, I'll have to try and control the frame of the whole interaction, from the very start, imply it some how that if you make those kinds of take my offer or you get nothing form me deals, you will loose hard on national TV.

If you approach business, and business relationships, from a standpoint of greed, you're going to lose. Sure they may have been able to squeeze Lori for an extra buck, but that would start their relationship with a bad taste. Start every relationship with every customer, partner, employee with the idea that we're all in this together to make things good, for everyone, and you will be much happier--even if you fail.

 

[snowbank]

I would have listened to what Barbara and Cuban had to say, having the rest of the sharks fighting over them, would have just got them more money, more air time, and a better deal, that's why Lori took that gamble, she knew it would have went up really high like Barbara said she was going to, 300k and 500k, these guys are rich because they have a good product, not because of Lori.

you're saying you'd prefer a temporary higher paper valuation than having the partner they believed could help them create the most long term value?

that's the way most aspiring entrepreneurs think, and thus, are limited to short term results.

it's all math- they're not trying to grow a business that gets a million dollar paper valuation, they're trying to grow a large company. so, let's say theoretically their goal was to grow a company worth $50m.

what does an extra $100k do for them if they grow at half the speed and/or don't grow to their full potential? $100k becomes irrelevant. it's pennies in the long term picture.

if they have a 1 day goal of "let's get as big of a valuation on shark tank as possible" then sure, go with the highest bidder. if their goal is to build their company as fast/big as they'd like to, then obviously they're going to want to go with who they believe is the best partner possible for that.

 

[Lathan]

I still stand by my statement made earlier you should have listened to the other offers. You would have seen success either way because of things like your work ethic and it being a great product but a better offer could have resulted in you getting much more value.

There's always that one guy. That one guy who has to take something extremely exciting and positive and start looking for the negative.

I don't watch Tv anymore but I used to watch shark tank all the time and you obviously aren't aware of just how many entrepreneurs have come on there and walked away EMPTY handed by doing EXACTLY what you are suggesting the PBC guys should have done.

Not to mention that even if another shark was going to offer more money, as snowbank said, it wouldn't have made a difference in the long run. I'm confident in saying that the connections Lori has probably played a much bigger role in helping this company get to where it is than the amount of money she offered.

 

[jon.a]

I still stand by my statement made earlier you should have listened to the other offers. You would have seen success either way because of things like your work ethic and it being a great product but a better offer could have resulted in you getting much more value.

How could he have gotten a better offer? What kind of better offer. They wanted Lori. The amount wasn't all that important as long as it was within a reasonable range. They wanted and got Lori. Win! Lori won too against the others. Win! Both sides felt like they won. Win!

The only thing I missed was that I really wanted to hear Sal say, "Sorry Mr. Wonderful, we're not all that interested in working with you."

 

[PedroG]

I still stand by my statement made earlier you should have listened to the other offers. You would have seen success either way because of things like your work ethic and it being a great product but a better offer could have resulted in you getting much more value.

When you are trying to build a multi-million dollar business, why in the world would you risk losing the person you want to work with, for an extra 100k, 200k or even 300k? They felt Lori was the person to take them where they wanted to go. They could have lost her completely by coming across as too greedy.

 

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[Likwid24]

Didn't you guys holdout for a taping date when Lori would be there, just for a shot at her?

Exactly

 

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[GreatestManEver]

Why on earth would I blow an opportunity to work with the Shark the all 3 of us had our hearts set on????? We got who we wanted and got more than we wanted. That doesn't make any sense to me at all. For an extra 100k? Whats that doing for me? Even an extra 500k. We're all smart enough to know that in the long run, it will be Lori Greiner killing it for us, and just like she said, "Getting us everywhere at lightning speed", not Barbara. Barbara does not have the same connections as Lori in our industry.

We're in so many stores now that we can't even keep up with demand. We had to slow things down and turn away some BIG retailers because we can't even handle it right now.

To me, and my partners, it made absolutely ZERO sense to listen to Barbara. IN fact, after the show, the producers came up to us and told us what Barbara offered and that she said the offer was still on the table. We told them to tell her Thanks, but no Thanks. We got who, and what, we wanted.

Hey Sal I just reread my post, and I think it might have unintentionally come out as a criticism, which was never my intention. I was speaking for myself and what I would have done in that situation, not saying what you should have done, but after reading what you and everyone else wrote, the reasoning and logic behind it, I would have done exactly what you did.
I feel that this thread should be about people showing you respect for you accomplishment, getting inspired from what you guys did, and learning from it, so my apologies if It came out as criticism. Too many top people stopped posting over the years, because of negativity on the forum, If any mods want to remove my post, feel free to, I think this thread should be about positive energy and showing respect.

 

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[Vigilante]

They went into get Lori. They got a deal they liked from the shark they wanted to work with. Fast forward to the update tomorrow night and then come back here and let us know if you think they made the right decision.

 

[Likwid24]

Game time! [emoji1]


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[DeletedUser394]

Awesome update! Did you see any bump in online sales from the airing?

 

[Likwid24]

Awesome update! Did you see any bump in online sales from the airing?

We didn't kill it in online sales this time. Everyone told us that we're going to see it more in the stores. I should have some solid numbers by today, but it looks like we are doing pretty well so far at HD.

 

[jon.a]

Why on earth would I blow an opportunity to work with the Shark the all 3 of us had our hearts set on????? We got who we wanted and got more than we wanted. That doesn't make any sense to me at all. For an extra 100k? Whats that doing for me? Even an extra 500k. We're all smart enough to know that in the long run, it will be Lori Greiner killing it for us, and just like she said, "Getting us everywhere at lightning speed", not Barbara. Barbara does not have the same connections as Lori in our industry.

We're in so many stores now that we can't even keep up with demand. We had to slow things down and turn away some BIG retailers because we can't even handle it right now.

To me, and my partners, it made absolutely ZERO sense to listen to Barbara. IN fact, after the show, the producers came up to us and told us what Barbara offered and that she said the offer was still on the table. We told them to tell her Thanks, but no Thanks. We got who, and what, we wanted.

Didn't you guys holdout for a taping date when Lori would be there, just for a shot at her?

 

[AllenCrawley]

why didn't you guys listen to the last 2 offers? The fact that you didn't makes this seem orchestrated.

You should read his progress thread on the Inside.

 

[Vigilante]

Can it be tonight yet? Anxiously awaiting the Shark Tank update. If you had a private invitation to my four season porch this evening, you likely would see me standing and cheering before I settled back in to drink a Jim Beam toast to the Paint Brush Cover.

 

[AllenCrawley]

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Maybe he was asking if there was a bump in sales after last night's airing.

 

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[FTLane]

I still stand by my statement made earlier you should have listened to the other offers. You would have seen success either way because of things like your work ethic and it being a great product but a better offer could have resulted in you getting much more value.

 

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[Vigilante]

Didn't you guys holdout for a taping date when Lori would be there, just for a shot at her?

Yes. They did.

 

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[jon.a]

Note to the armchair quarterbacks:

There's a complete thread on the inside.
Are you on the inside?

 

[Jake]

Just wanted to chime in and say congrats. I saw the update popup on my FB feed from the shark tank. Amazing.

You obviously made the right choice by choosing her as not only an investor but as a partner.

Side note - You also made the right choice by turning down my offer years ago. lol.

Congrats and well deserved. You give inspiration to us all.

 

[Chitown]

@Likwid24

I had no idea the update was on that particular episode when I sat down for a rare night in front of the tube. Congratulations! I re-wound your section of the show so my lady could see it. She loved your product.

And for all these haters, I'll quote that maniacally talented limelight lover, Kanye West:

"50 told me, Go ahead, switch the style up.
And if they hate then let them hate and watch the money pile up.
The Good Life"

F*ck them armchair lames, Sal. Pick up your loot and laugh all the way to that summit, @Vigilante talked about!

 

[John64]

Looking forward to it! Always enjoy watching the follow ups.

 

[Vigilante]

bump

 

[vinylawesome]

Very cool. I am looking forward to watching.

 

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