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What big companies did Shark Tank turn down?

Here's a look at a few of those entrepreneurs and inventors whose ideas the sharks rejected, then rocketed on to success anyway. Ring Video Doorbell. ... Copa di Vino. ... Sheila Fitzgerald / Shutterstock.com. ... Hammer & Nails - Hand & Foot Grooming Shop / Yelper. ... BedJet. ... Xero Shoes. ... The Lip Bar / Facebook. More items... •

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Ring Video Doorbell

ABC's "Shark Tank" has doled out $100 million worth of deals to hungry entrepreneurs, which has continued as the show begins its 14th season.

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While not everyone manages to wow the panel of investment-hungry sharks, they've gone on to become successful without their financial investment. Here's a look at a few of those entrepreneurs and inventors whose ideas the sharks rejected, then rocketed on to success anyway.

Ring Video Doorbell

Ring

One of the most notorious (and successful) Shark Tank rejects started as a video doorbell name Doorbot. After a famously tepid reaction from the sharks, Amazon later bought the company for a deal worth nearly $1 billion. By early 2018, the company introduced a smart home doorbell dubbed Ring. While creator Jamie Siminoff may have left season five of "Shark Tank" empty-handed, despite investing $10,000 in his presentation, his invention currently brings in roughly $577 million a year.

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Copa di Vino

Copa di Vino

Vintner James Martin made his mark on "Shark Tank" early when he presented single-serve wine in a plastic container during the show's second season. None went for his $600,000 investment in exchange for 30 percent ownership. It seems the sharks wanted Martin's container, but not his wine. Despite a rare second round in the tank on season three, due to his impressive success, Martin never made it work with the show's investors. The winemaker knew he had a successful product, thus he came across as arrogant. Without the sharks in his corner, Copa di Vino has gone on to make $3.5 million per year. [x]

Kodiak Cakes

Launched in January 2014, Kodiak Cakes found itself in the tank in April of that year. When co-founder Joel Clark offered 10 percent ownership for a $500,000 investment, he projected that his family's protein-heavy whole-grain pancake mix would make $20 million through 2018.

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At the time, Clark left without a deal. Flash-forward to today and the company is pulling in roughly $160 million in annual revenue and has since vastly expanded its product line.

Hammer & Nails - Hand & Foot Grooming Shop / Yelper

Hammer and Nails

Despite being invited to the tank just five weeks after opening his first store, Michael Elliot's idea of putting the "man" in "manicure" wasn't a hit with the sharks. His hopeful offer of a 20 percent stake in a Hammer and Nails salon franchise for a $200,000 investment was turned down. This was back in 2014 when Elliot estimated his company's value at $1 million. Although the sharks didn't bite, angel investors who had seen the episode came forward. From $200,000 of seed money, the currently bustling Hammer and Nails chain was valued at $100 million by mid-2017. By 2021, they reported a 270 percent increase in revenue from the years prior.

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BedJet

BedJet

In 2015, all five sharks shot Mark Aramli and his BedJet right out of dreamland. Two years later, Aramli told HubSpot that they disliked his fast-cooling fan system for under-the-bed sheets. "They hated me and they hated my product. They told me no one would ever want the BedJet." The words of the sharks aren't gospel, though. With his own life savings, credit cards and a mortgaged house, Aramli invested in himself. By the time 2016 came to a close, sales rose 300 percent from the prior year, tracking double that in 2017. The company now has about $5 million in annual sales, with more than $30 million in total sales to date.

Xero Shoes

Xero Shoes

Even though a 2013 appearance on "Shark Tank" left owner Lena Phoenix with no new investment money, it did lend credence to the notion that there's no such thing as bad press. By the time the episode was over, Phoenix and husband/co-founder Steven Sashen were flooded with orders, raised over $1 million through crowdfunding, and became official partners with USA Artistic Swimming in July 2020.

The Lip Bar

Things looked bleak when one of the Sharks called the vegan, paraben-free and gluten-free lipsticks in front of them "colorful cockroaches." Since then, founders Melissa Butler and Roscoe Spears have seen success despite the rejection, which was cemented when actor Taraji P. Henson wore their product to the Oscars in 2018. Today, their product is available at Target stores nationwide, and The Lip Bar earns $1.6 million in revenue annually.

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Big Shake's Hot Chicken and Fish

Shawn "Chef Big Shake" Davis had a problem during his season-two appearance on "Shark Tank," almost all the investors loved the shrimp-based burger patty he developed with his daughter, but none of them wanted to invest in it. Once again, it was viewers who came to the rescue. As Davis tells Delish in 2017, his time on the show started his phone ringing "off the hook" until a genuine investor came calling. Within a year after Davis' televised rejection, his $30,000 company was worth $5 million, with products available in stores across the U.S. Davis now runs a chain of chicken restaurants.

The Bouqs Co.

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The Bouqs Co.

John Tabis of Bouqs wants to trim out the middleman and sell flowers directly to consumers. The sharks didn't bite in 2014, but everything blossomed from there. Then-shark Robert Herjavec needed flowers for his wedding, so he went to Tabis and invested in a round that generated $24 million in capital. Since 2017, Tabis reported several days with over $1 million in sales, and the company's raised more than $88 million since.

Rocketbook

Rocketbook

Rocketbook's "Shark Tank" pitch was nothing if not wild. Company founders Jake Epstein and Joe LeMay brought a smartphone-compatible notebook to the table, which offered instant cloud-sharing features and could have its pages wiped clean for reuse by placing it in the microwave. The idea might've been too out there for the sharks at the time, but consumers seem to like it just fine. The first Rocketbook went on to become an Amazon best-seller after $1.2 million worth of Indiegogo funding. By 2020, they had $32 million in net sales, up 35 percent from 2019.

MealEnders

MealEnders

In 2017, Mark Bernstein asked the sharks for $300,000 in exchange for 8 percent of his company, MealEnders, a company that made a lozenge claiming to curb the appetite and ward off desert cravings naturally. Though Bernstein had already sold $1.4 million worth of product on his own Amazon store in just 18 months, "Shark Tank" investors weren't into the taste and proved wary of anything that might be dubbed a fad "diet product." Following the airing of Bernstein's episode, the company's sales were at $5 million.

Over the Moo

Over the Moo

In season three of "Shark Tank," the sharks didn't go for Alex Houseman's pitch on the Australian version of the series. Although the tank's Aussie investors wished Houseman "luck and chutzpah," he might not need it after all. Today, the company's net worth has crossed the $1 million mark.

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Dan Ketchum contributed to the reporting for this article.

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