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UCarson Grill oneminyaka engu-15 ubudala usanda kuqala unyaka wakhe wokuqala esikoleni esiphakeme, kodwa ngokungafani neningi labafundi afunda nabo, kakade usenebhizinisi lakhe.UCarson noyise, uJason Grill, bangabasunguli kanye nama-CEO e-Touch Up Cup, inkampani ethengisa iziqukathi zokugcina upende.
Laba bobabili nendodana yaseCincinnati bahehe abatshalizimali kuShark Tank yakwa-ABC, esakazwa ngoLwesihlanu.
“Ngisungule inkomishi yokuthinta kapende enelungelo lobunikazi, ikhambi elisungulwe kakhulu kuzo zonke izinkinga zokugcinwa kopende,” kusho uCarson etshela uSharks esiqeshini.“I-Touch Up Cup inesivalo se-silicone esingangeni moya esigcina upende umusha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-10.”
Ngesikhathi uCarson noyise beqala ukuqhamuka neqhinga leTouch Up Cup, babona ukuthi amabhakede kapende namabhakede kapende ababehamba nawo beyolungisa indlu ayagqwala ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.Ngakho-ke badale iTouch Up Cup ukuze babambe upende.
I-Touch Up Cup inkomishi yepulasitiki engu-13 oz.udayi.Inesiphethu sensimbi engagqwali esixuba upende futhi sisuse izigaxa lapho unyakazisa inkomishi, kusho uCarson.“Ngivele nginyakaze ngipende.”
Yize esekhulile ngeminyaka, uCarson uhlabe iSharks ehola inkundla ephendula yonke imibuzo yayo.
"Sinobambiswano lwesu [lokukhiqiza] eNashville, eTennessee olusingatha yonke inhlangano yethu nokupakisha, [kanye] nokufaka ama-oda wethu we-EDI [ukushintshaniswa kwedatha ye-elekthronikhi]," kusho uCarson etshela uSharks."Manje sesicishe sibe ngamaphesenti angama-70 ku-inthanethi, amaphesenti angama-30 ezitolo," mayelana nokuthengisa.
"EDI?Bengingazi ngayo kwaze kwaba unyaka wami wesihlanu eToms,” kusho isivakashi sikaShark nesingumsunguli weToms uBlake Mykosky.
UCarson utshele iSharks ukuthi iTouch Up Cup idayiswa ezitolo ezingu-4,000 ezweni lonke futhi yenze imali elinganiselwa ku-$220,000 ngokudayisa kule minyaka emibili edlule.Ngokusho kukaCarson, ukuthengiswa kwenkampani kuzofinyelela ku-$400,000 ngo-2020.
Mayelana nezindleko zeyunithi, iTouch Up Cup ibiza u-$0.90 ukuyikhiqiza futhi ithengiswa phakathi kuka-$3.99 no-$4.99, kwengeza uCarson.
“Ngokujwayelekile e-Shark Tank uma uletha indodana yakho, imvamisa ubaba uyacela, indodana yenza imibukiso bese behamba ngoba izinto zinzima ethangini likaShaka.kude,” kusho uSharks Kevin O'Leary.
“Siqhuba leli bhizinisi ngo-50/50,” kuphendula u-Jason, osebenza ngokugcwele ekuthengiseni imikhiqizo yezokwelapha.“Uyayazi into ayenzayo.”
UCarson wazuza lukhulu esemncane - waze waba namalungelo obunikazi amane: ilungelo lobunikazi lemodeli yensiza yenkomishi ethintwa kanye namalungelo obunikazi amathathu okwakhiwa kweziqukathi ezintathu ezengeziwe zokugcina amakhekhe, ikhulu.Ngokusho kwakhe, ubusha bamakhukhi kanye donuts.