If you’ve never had the opportunity to watch Shark Tank before, it really is an interesting concept for a TV show. Somebody stands up in front of judges and pitches their invention.
The point of the show is to see if the individual with the invention can get funding from the judges. In some cases, they will become a partner with those individuals and help them to see the success they need.
At other times, however, they will decide that the invention is really not worth going after so they will turn it down. The judges don’t always agree and, at times, it may only be one judge that decides to stand up and help the individual see his invention through to fruition.
Every once in a while, somebody comes on the show that really captures our attention. That was the case when a Florida farmer named Johnny George’s came on to present a rather unique idea.
Georges wanted to help farmers and he wanted to do so by means of his invention. He was asking for an investment of $150,000 into his ‘Tree T-Pee’ company.
The invention was one that would help farmers to save irrigation and thousands of gallons of water every year. As you can imagine, this would be huge for any farmer, especially for those who farm on a large scale.
The investors were not very happy with his invention. They realized that it could help farmers but the problem was, he had a very low profit margin. He only made $1.55 per product.
The investors wanted him to boost his price up but George said that there was an issue with that. He realized that the farmers worked hard in order to put food on people’s tables and not all of them could afford such a high price.
At one point, he even started to cry because he realized that his invention was not going well with the judges. That is when one of the investors stood up and gave him all the money he wanted. He wanted to help farmers as well, and it was a moment that really is beautiful to watch.