He had a mischievous twinkle in his eye as he met the sharks and they seemed to like him, although he was far more interested in his lollipop for most of the time. Megan had brought along a secret weapon to help her with her pitch, in the mega-cute shape of three year old Christian who looked happy enough in his role as her demonstration model. Megan appeared on Shark Tank in January 2013 and was seeking a $50,000 investment in exchange for a 15% stake in her company. Hot Tot on Shark Tank The sharks enjoying the demonstration
Sales increased slowly but steadily and after a year and a half she was encouraged by her husband to appear on shark tank to seek additional investment and business expertise. The magazine featured Hot Tot, along with photos of Christian, in August 2011, another feature appeared in March 2012 in Parenting magazine.Įncouraged by her success so far Megan was inspired to grow the company further and set out to learn as much as possible about manufacturing and business. Megan soon began to send out press releases and received some quick and positive responses, including an inquiry from the hugely successful Pregnancy and Newborn magazine within 12 hours of the first release. Starting the business with just $40,000, she operated with minimal expenses from home and even produced her own company logo on Photoshop.
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In 2011 she got into contact with a private label manufacturer in Canada and used them to produce a small trial run of her newly developed product, which she called Hot Tot.
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Encouraged by her husband, she began to look into producing her own product, free from toxic substances. Regulations on labelling meant that substances such as formaldehyde, potentially dangerous in the long term, did not have to be included on the labels of such products. She said: "He wrote in his notes that I wasn't going to make it, make the night.At about the same time Megan noticed media coverage of children’s hair care products that revealed many of them, including many well-known brand names, contained toxic ingredients. Stendell told 7News her doctor didn't think she would survive. "Family has traveled from interstate, friends have donated food and the outpouring of love and light sent from all corners of her community and beyond has been immense," it said. When Stendell was in a coma, she received an "overwhelming show of support for her and her family," according to her GoFundMe page. A study published last year showed there were 49 million sepsis cases globally in 2017, and 11 million related deaths.īurcham told 7News: "Sepsis is a time-critical emergency, where the body's response to an infection can cause shock or organ failure or death."Īnyone can get sepsis, but those who are aged 65 years old and over, people with certain chronic conditions such as diabetes and cancer, as well as those with weakened immune systems, children under one, and people who had survived it are more at risk. In Australia, over 15,700 people develop sepsis each year, according to research. Stendell was treated at Royal Perth Hospital, where Jonathon Burcham, emergency research nurse manager, is studying sepsis. "I think for my family, that was traumatic because I was asleep, so I don't have any memory of that and they are there holding that memory instead," she told 7News,
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Stendell, who has two young daughters and a husband, was pregnant at the time and lost her unborn baby at 33 weeks, seven weeks short of full term. Stendell was hospitalized for four months, and had both of her legs amputated below the knee after developing necrosis following her infection.
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