Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Emails:

Once we had the video and pictures in "the can", I feverishly attacked creating the videos for our, somewhat self imposed, deadline date. We needed to have the website live on 9/7/2009 for the submission to the Perfect Pitch, sponsored by Richard Brandson ( PerfectBusiness.com). This was an opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch a business plan or idea and have the opportunity to be in front of Richard himself to obtain funding. Sad to say, we were rejected.
After the submission to Perfect Pitch, we turned our attention to companies and people in the infomercial space. People like Kevin Harrington, Sully, and Telebrands. Which brings us to the next round of email submissions. On 9/8/2009 an email to Sullivan Productions (Anthony "Sully" Sullivan's company, the partner of Billy Mays) his company replied a month later stating that they are no longer accepting submission and to try again for next season. Funny, we were planning on being in production by then! Another email went out on 9/9/2009 to Shark Tank, the show that pits angel investors against entrepreneurs looking for funding and partners. To date, we have not heard back for the Shark Tank people. A few days later, I emailed TeleBrands, the company that brands the "As seen on TV" items, and according to their website, if they do not reach out to us within two weeks, they are not interested in the submission. Needless to say, we have not heard from either one, and on the same day, at 10:30, pm I sent an email to Kevin Harrington, the infomercial king and to my surprise and shock a reply came back thirty minutes later! In the email he asked my to reach out to Bobby, the CEO of BlueWater Media who then asked me to reach out to Kenny Klepacki. This was the start of something. I hoped. Finally, on 9/18/2009 another email was sent to Sullivan Productions who referred me to Sarah Burns over at Original Production, the creators of Pitchmen and other reality shows on Discovery Channel. To date, no movement on this opportunity.

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