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[@franciszkajanuszewski3982]

Robert and Lori are amazing together; I really love the ending with Robert. He did the blanket coverup on others twice: one for the beginning of this episode and right now! 🥰😆😃

[@MultiJejje]

70-80% margins. Trade shows took 180k. She sold 1.2 million. Profit was 32k. Ofc there much be big mistakes. I searched update on this and she never closed this deal with Robert and Lori. Most likely there was some major things she didn't tell.

[@MultiJejje]

70-80% margins. Trade shows took 180k. She sold 1.2 million. Profit was 32k. Ofc there must be big mistakes. I searched update on this and she never closed this deal with Robert and Lori. Most likely there was some major things she didn't tell.

[@stuff1784]

Not surprising!!!

[@franciscolaurean8550]

$3 mil on sales with 80% margin but profit only 32k? Somehing ain't adding up

[@Amm17ar]

My assumption might be wrong, maybe shes mismanaging in other areas, but 4 trade shows at her quoted top end of 4 shows in the last year.... 120k....400k on the inventory she said she bought.....3 million in sales and like you said 32k left lol? I think shes living large, paying herself or using the businesses funds for something else. Im making an assumption here but I could totally see her staying at 5 star hotels and buying first class flights to her trade shows lol. Her books are absolutely cooked for that to be happening.

[@alecscarcliff9522]

@@Amm17ar or someone is stealing money!

[@legendavion3032]

She said so many trade shows, so I guess too much money on that

[@akosua8779]

Big salary to herself

[@Amm17ar]

@@legendavion3032 she said 4 last year and they cost her anywhere from 10k-30k.

[@MAGAprincess]

I'm willing to bet that the deal did NOT close, bc there's DEFINITELY something this woman isn't telling the sharks about her business. Like no way she's just that god awful with her finances!!

[@jpark28]

I bet she's taking a huge salary

[@AnhHoang-oo3xp]

Running around selling at trade shows cost too much and there's only so much people you can trick into buying a $300 China blanket.

[@alexb6695]

Yes. Very weird. 80% profit, but her company is in red. If she is so bad with numbers, how she managed to run business for so many years? She must be in dept up to her neck.

[@oneheadlight8000]

She is from New York.. you spend 40% of your margin on just storage for inventory in that city

[@alexb6695]

@@oneheadlight8000 I can't remember, if she said, "80% profit is NET or not and for how many years. Over all they didn't ask much about her numbers. That would've make things clearer. However, 80% profit n company loosing money always should ring alarms.

[@randomtimessomehow]

she talked more about herself/what she wants/her grandfather than the product/business

[@stuff1784]

Yeah, that annoyed me.

[@micheal-on5ic]

rather than not grandfather

[@Jasper-Holland]

290 dollars for a blanket 😂

[@houchi69]

Ya, absolutely not.

[@m.naqshbandi9694]

Women owned company

[@houchi69]

@@m.naqshbandi9694 Ya, so?

[@bluewassabi4279]

@@houchi69 it's utterly useless and a scamming one, that's what may be conveyed.

[@3jacksonderek]

You all sound poor.

[@toolsdealsautomobiles6980]

She needs to cut the trade shows and sell online with Facebook and Instagram adds

[@quinnvids]

i love how excited robert gets 😊

[@justindickson6556]

Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was a Portuguese explorer who is credited with masterminding the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.

[@Arasteele]

Magellan had a crew of 270. Her grandfather Josh Slocum was the first to do it alone.

[@janinecarreau1929]

boy was she wrong, faux fur is back in stores again

[@mirsan6705]

Heck yea!

[@drpeppaerdrpeppaer5434]

So, she uses Chinese sweat shops to make a cheap products that she over prices and rips off her customers, but its ok, they are an all woman team...

[@sophialejtman5504]

I think its a great product! Best sharks for the deal! I love cozy soft faux fur and sherpa.

[@bster007]

aww that was a feel good episode. great product and the price makes it feel more special. she found a great niche and good story to go with it, love it!

[@mRman5321]

Barbara was outside waiting to say i'm out

[@pinkfreud62]

Too freakin expensive. No wonder why the margins are huge because she's freakin greedy.

[@rachmadsuhartono]

Where did all that profit margins went...

[@jomangeee]

she must be paying salaries to herself and the 5 other women!! Girl power 😂

[@DigitalNomadInvestor]

@@jomangeee Exactly what I thought.

[@saranshgautam6551]

Any updates on if the deal closed and how she's doing right now?

[@MultiJejje]

I searched update on this and she never closed this deal with Robert and Lori. Most likely there was some major things she didn't tell.

[@darren5472]

Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD (born 17 March 1939) is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. But don't let the truth get in the way of a good pitch lol 😮

[@Adrian-lc6jq]

One was non stop the other wasn't

[@Arasteele]

@@Adrian-lc6jq Exactly. Slocum did his round the world sail (which wasn't non-stop, just solo) in 1898 (started in 1895). But the OP shouldn't let things like context and historical facts get in the way of a good emoji non-gotcha moment.

[@ToX1CxThUnD3R]

They heard “100% women owned business” and their tax write-off sirens started sounding 😂

[@Ralelugo]

Robert looks like an unlicensed shutterstock image of himself wearing that suit.

[@ryanchristian2122]

Lol

[@melanieventuri947]

It screams QVC product, but not at those prices.

[@ThePeacePlant]

I have been watching QVC since my grandma does and everything is overpriced on there

[@richardcalisi9188]

She is fantastic..hope she does well.

[@mrhumble2937]

Hope she does well. It may never blow up but she played it perfect to get a shark. Not sure how she's making mistakes, if she didn't spend all that money on trade shows she wouldn't have the sales.

[@maximumpotential3796]

Sharks: So how do you get to the trade shows? Her: Well, I travel first class, arrange a limo, and spend the night in the presidential suite at the Sheraton hotels.

[@MultiJejje]

70-80% margins. Trade shows took 180k. She sold 1.2 million. Profit was 32k. Ofc there much be big mistakes. I searched update on this and she never closed this deal with Robert and Lori. Most likely there was some major things she didn't tell.

[@39zack]

No one asked what they was made of?

[@jamesDJRPM]

$300 for a $30 blanket… People have too much money..

[@sonezeo]

What’s the offer before the mink dies - Kevin 😂

[@josephbaltodano5290]

This is exactly what I was looking for, since I could no hear very weel what Kevin had said. Thank u

[@JulianJohnston919]

I think its kinda a odd product, young people don't like fur so your target is older folks, but older folks aren't really going camping. I wonder if all her products have the fur, she really didn't tell to much about the business actually.

[@erics2091]

It’s faux fur (fake fur). It’s more that all her products are over $200. Unless you’re in a sailing/yacht town/community. There isn’t much of a market here.

[@TeeDeeTD]

I’m sure it’s very comfortable but I can’t justify paying $290 for a blanket

[@DigitalNomadInvestor]

I bet all five women in this company are drawing a salary, that's why she's in the red while still pulling 80% margins. Founders confuse being an entrepreneur vs. being an employee. You can't be both at the same time.

[@Darin-j3w]

iTs sounds very insincere when they say I love you. No they don't . They are just so impressed with her. And they can actually help her big time.

[@Marlobang]

Laurie’s hair is crazy

[@jameshunt649]

I may consider buying one !

[@bluewassabi4279]

Yay! Go for it. Her great great grandfather who circled the world first singularly would be proud😊 Go blankets with the history!

[@Dubov1933]

Almost 300 for a blanket lmao

[@eric20ify]

People will pay 700$ for a plain white designer t shirt lol

[@S-rn6xn]

When women say ‘women only business’ it just sounds ridiculous

[@micheal-on5ic]

its sexist

[@belugalifestyle]

are tradeshows that impactful??

[@AmirRebEL1367]

lovely wopen❤

[@blueowl9327]

Genuine question, does Lori wear a wig?

[@sunnyscott4876]

It seems that way in this case 🤔.

[@alexb6695]

SloCum 😂

[@piersonmellwig2257]

Did something about this pitch just feel off, is it just me???

[@JazzyMarineVet]

The producers just whacked what may have been a 20 minute pitch, and left out alot of stuff. Horrible editing. Either that, or much of her pitch was unicorns and rainbows. ITs shark tank, no mercy only money

[@eldobleerres7661]

I love my 5dollars blankets… 😅

[@JesseMcleod-w2t]

My news papers and cardboards are free😂😅 jk

[@eldobleerres7661]

@@JesseMcleod-w2t 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Utd_Lover]

Why Lori is wearing a hair wig ?

[@bluewassabi4279]

Fake stuff like some other things like the eyebrows, nose, upper and lower lips, and God knows what not. Money can buy things man; it's sad though.

[@anonymousadult]

I thought she was being attacked by an albino squirrel!

[@jaynebutler3342]

She always does.

[@Amateurdiscgolfer]

Sales were absurd for a business that size ngl

[@ThePeacePlant]

Because it's overpriced. She sells them for 290

[@Amateurdiscgolfer]

@@ThePeacePlant yeah I know I would never pay 290 for a blanket even though I use one every day

[@darkhairboy1]

She makes $240 per blanket and still broke, women owned company yaaay

[@MAGAprincess]

Agreed! And honestly, 1.1 million in sales isn't all that. (Her sales from the previous year) Especially for her being on Oprah's top pick list AND winning the NOW award! I doubt the deal even closed, bc there's got to be so much more to this story lol- like no way she just SUCKS at finances.

[@lazinelad]

I like to see the sharks invest in people from time to time

[@KarenNaytowhow]

And my name is Tyson J Gouldhawke aka Gould aka Gold

[@kerrikolby6124]

Such a cool story! Love it!

[@isahyazid4446]

This is why I love Lori...❤

[@beatriceowusuachaw6210]

Thats a. Great design

[@aadin]

Update?

[@venelopimlp]

I don't get it. why do you need a fur coat that's waterproof, especially one that looks like that, so... big! it's not the arctic circle people, and were not on a boat. if you have a waterproof coat your head will still get wet from the rain so you get an umbrella, which protects the coat also anyway......

[@briannaoppong-antwi9702]

She can easily put a hood on it

[@erics2091]

Barbara: “Bill never takes me sailing anymore. So I feel somewhat offended by your products. For those reasons, I am so out! GOOD LUCK!”

[@fyne.living]

Lady needs to stop doing trade shows. 😂

[@ahmetyildirim9477]

When someone keep admiring herself yet keep losing, walk away. Almost 300 dollars blanket? No way

[@buzz2120]

i knew instantly why her mom profits were so low when she said it was tan by all women

[@user-es5jq6yy9l]

I'll buy it

[@jomangeee]

the deal did not close

[@jonashammar8907]

She is a winner = smart

[@smallsmalls3889]

$290 for a Blanket ... I would rather freeze.

[@randompuntur]

So nearly dryrobes! But not quite

[@Vegaart777]

What’s with that wig Lori ?

[@vinnykulas1260]

Someone did Lori dirty with that hair…

[@nicoletambasco9210]

The climate in upstate NY completely calls for this product…it’s over priced though

[@Arasteele]

Thank Trumpler and his braindead tariffs he put on Chy-nah back in his President 1.0 years for a large chunk of that added cost.

[@helenclare1207]

Her great great grandfather disappeared at sea.

[@Arasteele]

True, but only long after his solo around the world voyage was completed.

[@Wolfnap313]

I know her family and live not far from Albany. She is very wealthy and rips people off with her cheap Chinese products. Doesn’t deserve a deal IMO.

[@Wolfnap313]

She also takes a big paycheck from the company. That’s where 20% of profits go.

[@lv2da3]

Deals ñike this make a grown man cry. To the moon

[@angelnft9802]

I have a similar story almost made me cry i want this blanket

[@jomangeee]

your great great great Grandfather sailed around the world?

[@angelnft9802]

@@jomangeee something like that

[@Arasteele]

She mentions Chinese tariffs but see right here, this is a working example of the impact and fallout of Trump's tariffs. AMERICANS have to pay for it. US businesses, and US entrepreneurs. And they in turn pass that added cost onto their customers because they have no choice, it's either that or go out of business. And Americans voted for more Trumpenomics. Just astounding.

[@Benicemedia]

She spends like 200k at trade show so this deal should help with that

[@NateWithWho]

yea with Lori marketing help, the product will be recognized way faster than going to trade shows one after another.

[@KarenNaytowhow]

Circa 1100's

[@CountDankula0]

The products are nice though

[@alexb6695]

Wait..hold on...other sharks didn't make offers or drop out. Why didn't she wait until all of them said their bit? What?,😊

[@JazzyMarineVet]

They cut the entire pitch. I watched an interview with Daymond and he said most pitches are 20-30 minutes. The producers have to cut it to 8-12 minutes for TV. So looks like no one else made an offer, but maybe they did..but it was cut.

[@princecruzet6537]

Good job lucky lorie robert invest to your product

[@Speakout555]

Now fake fur is bad. When will it all end.

[@manzinin1070]

Just an excuse to be out, nothing much to it

[@bluewassabi4279]

She compared her entrepreneurship "journey" to her grandfather's journey of being the first man to ship alone around the world 👍 No doubt she is going be to in the first page of history books 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@outdoorgearreviews8502]

Joshua would be horrified and ashamed

[@peacefulchao5]

Nah bro sailing across the world by yourself is light work.

[@bluewassabi4279]

@@peacefulchao5 yep. I would even take the liberty to say that ordering a Starbucks coffee requires much more strength and sacrifice than to sail across the Atlantic and Pacific during high storms in pitch black with a wooden boat. Kudos to this brave entrepreneur.

[@jomangeee]

lmaol

[@brightballoon]

I don't understand this product. And I could technically be comfortably within the target audience.

[@MxMicah1038]

There’s still real mink being sold?????? My fkn god.

[@gabrielanderson4979]

Women owned funded by her husband 😂

[@theravenreal]

I love this

[@calgaryguyyyc]

Massive cash flying out the door but no ability to explain it. It’s a blanket company. Not worth the work to turn around the financials and horrible business operations

[@americansailor7967]

"All women, we are a women owned company!" but wait Robert's in. How will they ever survive with a man on staff. How can they be woke now?

[@micheal-on5ic]

sexist cancel culture am I right

[@lordpeelordpee2443]

It lasts a life time

[@youngFlashh]

Not trying to be that guy but I’ve notice most females on here are not very good negotiators some don’t even try to negotiate.

[@ahmqdz]

Barbara called and said she’s out

[@DrMn1995]

Such a lovely lady

[@KarenNaytowhow]

Im the kids kids of kings and queens

[@harleywillis5164]

You know she just hated that Robert was apart of the deal. Probably thinking how am I supposed to sell woman empowerment with this man here 😤

[@lucygreen875]

Robert could channel the great-great-grandpa inspiration😅. Adventure and all.

[@MultiJejje]

70-80% margins. Trade shows took 180k. She sold 1.2 million. Profit was 32k. Ofc there much be big mistakes. I searched update on this and she never closed this deal with Robert and Lori. Most likely there was some major things she didn't tell.

[@micheal-on5ic]

women empowerment? More like women sexism

[@rivalstorm120]

Trade shows are expensive, correct. Not saying they are bad with money but whats all 5 ladies salaries... if theyre 6figures now... they need to change that until they can afford it. 3mill and only 33k in profit.??

[@sunnyscott4876]

I like it but I can't afford it so I'm out.

[@sanjuansteve]

Radical greed.

[@darkhairboy1]

She makes $250 per blanket and still broke! women owned company yaaaay

[@slugz2079]

Wow wow wow wow wow

[@brohouse7809]

Wow

[@99splashing]

"woman owned business"

[@micheal-on5ic]

"I'm sexist"

[@zepolcin2412]

More like “pretty haggard”. Like J Haggard.

[@crbk1ller553]

she lost everything, righttttttt.

[@rivalstorm120]

Its been 7 years. A lot can happen in 6 years

[@fijijournal]

Oh yeah, using grandfather's heritage to sell her junk wow

[@iwrk]

Rip off price. To much spending on nonsense trade shows

[@smallsmalls3889]

She's spending to much on trade shows.

[@rivmeace5728]

If a man said that we are only men in our company Caneled ❌️

[@motleyassortment5512]

Love her products, but way too pricey! For that reason, I am out!

[@fabmaserati]

Meh…