As difficult as this decision was, I told the producers that I didn’t think I’d be able to do it and would reapply next year. I have the world’s best team, but there was no way having literally just given birth that I’d be able to pull everything off in 4 weeks. I had just had an emergency C-section, breastfeeding wasn’t going well and I needed time to recover.
I quickly jump on a call with the producers, and I find out that it’s all on the entrepreneur, AKA me, Amrita, the brand new first-time mom. I tell myself - you know what, I’m sure that they have someone at Shark Tank who designs the beautiful sets, helps write my pitch, etc.
#GREENLIGHT CARD SHARK TANK PROFESSIONAL#
They wanted me to film!!! But, it was in July, only a month away! Like what!? Did this really just happen? Here I am thinking that I was going to spend the next month on maternity leave to bond with my daughter and instead I was about to have my professional dream of being on Shark Tank come true. Work is the farthest thing from my mind, besides getting excited about putting her in Kudos diapers ASAP.Īnd then I get an email alert. I’m sitting there in awe of my baby girl, staring into her eyes, and soaking up this moment. I was told I should hear something in the next few weeks… but I never did.įast forward to June 2022: I’m in the hospital after an emergency C-section with my daughter Avni finally in my arms. I got the greenlight! I figured my chances were even lower at this point since I was submitting so late, but I thought I should give it a shot, this was my dream! I spent 12+ hours putting my application together along with the video audition tape and hit send. So, I went out on a limb and asked the casting director if it would be too late to apply. So, in my mind, I closed this door, telling myself there was just too much on my plate and I would reevaluate next year.īut a month later, I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I wasn’t staying true to my dreams.
Despite this being my dream, I just didn’t think I had the time I needed to dedicate to the intense, 100+ question application and video I needed to create. Well, on top of being 6 months pregnant, my husband and I were about to move into a new house in LA. She asked if I could pull together the application in about a week. The casting director wrote to me saying that she thought Kudos could be a great fit for the show and that I should apply. Because on top of all that work and terrible odds, I was already 3 months pregnant and filming would likely happen right as my baby girl was being born.įast forward to the start of my 3rd trimester, 3 months later: I got an email… from the casting directors of SHARK TANK.
#GREENLIGHT CARD SHARK TANK TV#
That’s only a 0.22% chance I would actually make it on TV which in my mind was actually 0%, so I decided not to apply. And the odds you air? Terrible! The stats online said roughly ~40,000 companies apply every year and only about ~90 pitches make it on-air. It would have taken days, or even weeks to complete. Over the winter holidays that year (although when you work in ecommerce the holidays are the exact opposite of a holiday!) I looked at the Shark Tank application. Customers loved our product, and we were fortunate to be growing quickly. I’ve loved Shark Tank for… ever, I don’t think I’ve ever missed an episode! As an entrepreneur, I’ve always dreamed that someday I would get the chance to walk out to the dramatic music and pitch my company to the Sharks.Ĭut to Summer 2021: we had finally launched Kudos to the world after close to 3 years of R&D. How I became a Mom while ending up on Shark Tank.
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