CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A pair of Raleigh entrepreneurs waded into ABC’s “Shark Tank” Sunday night and left with a $50,000 investment from guest shark Alli Webb, founder of DryBar.
Justin Miller and Tom Simon — whose company, Zookies Cookies, manufactures and sells bake-at-home dog treat mixes — started the show by pulling one over on sharks Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Kevin O’Leary and Webb.
Promising the “best bake-at-home-cookies on the market,” they passed out peanut butter treats to the investors, who took a few bites and grimaced.
“You guys aren’t exactly our target market,” Miller said with a smile, as leashed dogs joined them on stage.
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