While the online comments on forums like Shark Tank's Facebook page have been brutal toward Chay, he points to other metrics that matter more to him. Visits to his online accessories store topped , in the 24 hours after the show.
Appointment requests, typically one to three a day, have been between 20 and 30 a day since appearing on the show. Job inquiries are up too. He hopes to maintain that momentum as viewers either catch up with the show via DVR or as it airs in reruns.
He's also hoping to one day appear in a Shark Tank follow-up segment. Maybe then the sharks will think they're the ones who missed an opportunity. Please Sign In and use this article's on page print button to print this article. The two will be pitching their brand for financial and advisory help on the ABC show tonight. Pavlica, who grew up in Elmore, outside Toledo, and Consolo, from Chagrin Falls, had rooms on the same hall freshman year at Ohio University.
For sophomore year, they decided to room together. After college, Consolo, who had majored in business, went out to work in the trade show industry with companies that were launching products, and then for chain sales for a brewery in North Carolina.
Pavlica, who had majored in film, moved out to Los Angeles, where he now specializes in making immersive experiences, such as one about race-car driving that recently premiered at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. In , Pavlica had a brainstorm. In Atlanta to present a pitch at Coca Cola, he unpacked his bags and realized that his sneakers were scuffed. By January , the company was big enough and demanding enough, that Consolo switched to managing it full time.
The two planned to appear at casting calls for the show either in North Carolina or California, but those were scheduled for March and April of last year and were, understandably, canceled.
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