On both total dollars raised and number of backers, we finished in the top 1% of Kickstarters of all time. We had hopes and dreams of hitting six figures, but our initial goal was 25K. Prior to kickstart, I had completely self-funded the project. Tate Koenig: This was my first Kickstarter campaign. How does that compare: have you funded anything before with KS did you get all the resources you expected (or more)? Here’s more from our entrepreneur before his big break:Ĭollege of Business: You’ve raised more than $100,000 on Kickstarter. (Students can rsvp here.) And Shark Tank is April 9 on ABC! The show airs at 9 p.m., and episodes stream here next day.
Koenig’s visiting mentor office hours are scheduled for April 19 at 5 p.m. Koenig, who works with a fellow entrepreneurial beav reminisced about sitting in Bexel as an undergrad, listening to the entrepreneurship speakers, and whispering about how it was only a matter of time before it would be them giving the talks. Not only is Koenig taking the time to talk to us ahead of his big television debut, and from his wild work schedule, he is giving back to current OSU and College of Business students, serving as a mentor to current students involved with InnovationX, the OSU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, our hub for entrepreneurial opportunities for OSU students in all majors. Buoyed by the runaway success of his cheese slicing, grating and storage device on Kickstarter, he says he’s inspired to take on “the three full-time jobs” of his own personal business pursuits. Koenig has dedicated years to developing his many business ideas and getting them to market, and he’s now ready to pursue entrepreneurship without the protection of a day job. Recognizing the bars' potential as the Keto diet swept the nation a few years later, Scharfman decided to bring them back, with a bold new marketing strategy: And so Just the Cheese was born.This is when Koenig will bring hopes, dreams, entrepreneurial goals – and the Cheese Chopper – to the ABC television show, Shark Tank. After a few failed attempts at bringing Wisconsin cheese overseas, he decided that his best chance at success was to revive one of his father's former creations: a baked cheese snack bar sold at the height of the Atkins diet craze. As the trendy diet fell out of favor, so too did the snack bars. Ultimately, Scharfman walked away from all three.īorn into a family of local cheesemakers, Scharfman worked in his father's cheesemaking factory. Lori Greiner jumped back into the tank to offer $500,000 for a $0.15 royalty, and Mark Cuban returned to offer $500,000 for a 15% stake. Wonderful), who offered $500,000 for a $0.20 royalty per bar sold, forever. A couple of the sharks pointed out that similar products were already on the market, but Scharfman insisted that Just the Cheese was doing it better. Unconvinced, all of the sharks initially declined to make an offer except Kevin O'Leary (Mr. Although most of the sharks seemed to like both the product and Scharfman in equal measure, they had their reservations.
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