Along with exhausting all your resources, education and determination can make a big difference no matter your industry! Today’s guest, David Zamarin, tells us exactly how to get on the Shark Tank Show. He also explains how he invested the money into his education and the idea of nanotechnology, eventually leading him to develop the protective coating product, DetraPel.
David shares his journey as a teenage entrepreneur and the behind-the-scenes when he joined the Shark Tank show, where he made a pitch to the sharks. What happens after the cameras stop rolling and how did his appearance on the show change the trajectory of his business? Tune in now and also learn the importance of sustainable businesses and their role in positively impacting the environment.
Key Points from This Episode:
- David’s background and what he and his business do.
- David shares his story of when he was an entrepreneur in his teenage years.
- How did David end up making $25k a month when he was in high school?
- David talks about his episode on the Shark Tank Show and tells us how he got in.
- What did David think when the sharks started making offers, especially since he was just 19 years old?
- How did airing in the show take his business into a company?
- David speaks about how functional his business was and their marketing lift at that time.
- What is the company doing today in a snapshot and how much capital does David have to infuse and raise from outside investors from the beginning?
- David’s eco-friendly coating company and what it does.
- How did David raise capital for his company and how did he find investors?
- What is the ratio of capital to value?
- What is series A and what is the pivot there?
- The things that David is excited to be working on over the next couple of years.
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About David Zamarin
Sneaker-head, serial entrepreneur, thrill-seeker, and proud founder of DetraPel, David Zamarin is the chief visionary behind his company which he brought to life in 2013 at the young age of 15. David’s passion and urgency to disrupt the growth trajectory of global challenges directly caused by irresponsible manufacturing is the driving force for the company’s philosophy and purpose which is rooted in a commitment to developing innovative formulas that reduce environmental impacts and negative health effects. While David spends most of his time working on developing DetraPel, he recently graduated Magna Cum Laude from Babson College where he received the Entrepreneurship Award. A member of several youth entrepreneurship advisory boards, David seeks to give back to the entrepreneurship community and ignite the minds of young aspiring leaders.