I Want To Draw a Cat For You Is The Best Pitch Ever! | Shark Tank US | Shark Tank Global
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2022
- Steve Gadlin is seeking $10,000 for 25% of his custom cat drawings, called "I Want To Draw a Cat For You!"
From Season 3 Episode 2
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This dude figured out NFTs way before everyone else.
Facts he could've expand more on that if he wanted too
How does this have anything to do with nft's? Just say u only care abput nft's bcus u think thats a better example then his bussiness
@@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000 Yeah, contrary to bored yacht apes, his drawing look good. Had nothing to do with NFTs...
Hah! That’s me!
Exactly my thought 😂😂
Steve is creative, gutsy and real. He operates at a higher level of awareness. Mark recognized it.
Mark will never hire a web developer for 25 k a year. Mark is cleverest of all sharks
@@AkedilNurmakhanovshymbay ?
Barbara: “And for those reasons, I’m out.”
And Mark got disappointed since Steve didn't show commitment to any other creative ideas. Why don't people search a little what became of it when they watch a 10 year old episode and praise the oh so great billionaires?
@@georgelionon9050 Hi, I’m Steve - and that’s not how I remember it. But, uh, maybe I’ll do my research.
Mark was brilliant. 25k is chump change for him. He just bought himself a stirring volcano of ideas and at worst an IT guy. Also just checked the website. This guy is booked out until July 2023!!!!
Nope. Try to research again. His company has shutdown making customized drawings since 2015. From his own words:
_“The project has run its course,”_
_"When I started, I had no clue how to run a business and navigate taxes and payroll. I learned how to do that. We had a lot of fun, but it was costly to run and such a time-suck and stressor,” Gadlin said. “I was very happy to fill a bunch of orders for the last time.”_
@@harveyscottz the website still running and taking orders but all booked until august 2023
@@harveyscottz You should try to research again. You read a 2015 statement and assumed it's still the same 7 years later. Imagine if I read a 2019 news on covid and assumed vaccines for covid still does not exist.
The website was never taken down and the opinion to order a drawing was not taken down either.
When the episode aired on Shark Tank, he got so many orders, he would not be able to finish them until 2026. When he drew enough orders to get to the wait time of July 2023, he shut down the company in 2015.
The idea of the company was easy but the actual price was on another level.
November 2023 now
One of the most wholesome pitch and entrepreneurs here. Love it.
Oh my word…I just ordered a drawing of my beloved cat that I lost this year. He was my all. I lost my grandparents too. No person will ever come close to him other than them. He is only selling one every day this year apparently and I got one of two last slots…
@Travel Crawl ?
I love how at 7:25 damon calls him "Cat Guy" but Mark calls him by his name, Steve
And he wasn't just a clown, he clearly had some business sense and plans to grow his business
How did it go?
25k to cuban is like going to a movie for everyone else. even if it fails, he got a laugh out of it
And the cat guy got a chance to be hired by cuban for other job too
And the cool part is that Cuban said in another video that he actually made back his money and even got profit.
@@MeatBunFulis this true?
Its more like a chocolate bar
It's more like the 1 cent gumball machine to Mark.
This has to be the greatest Shark Tank pitch of all time. Guy is quirky and real about what his business is and has fun with it the whole time. Mark Cuban strikes the deal cause he knows this guy can do so much more and 10k is nothing to him. Perfect pitch
Parrot 🦜
He gave him 25k, but the rest of your point stands.
This has to be the gayest comment
What happened I mean why will people buy this which anyone can make themselves within a minute Or two that's hilarious
Are they still in business
In 2018 he wasn't selling his drawings, but I messaged him on facebook in 2018/2019 and asked him for a photo for my roommate leaving with us and my cat, and offered to pay. He ended up doing it for free and tweeting it :) It was so sweet and I see he is doing well now!
stand a chance to get a cat picture drawn by Mark Cuban? this guy's a legend. he just upped his business in a second by throwing that clause in there.
That was definitely a brilliant move!! 👍
I would love to be the proud owner of an original "Mark Cuban Cat" drawing!! 😁
That was a sweet move.
Yeah, that was incredibly smart.
That’s the genius of that guy
And to think of that right then and there. Brilliant
Mark always picks up ingenuity! Even though the business is slow now I’m sure these two will hit it! This guy is on another level!
This was 10 years ago though hahah
The business shutdown in 2015 lol
Nah he just gets swayed by good personalities. Terrible idea.
@@privateemail5870 why
@@mrhumble2937 they made a lot of money together. even though it’s no longer around they both were able to put A LOT of money in their pockets, especially the entrepreneur. please explain to everyone how this was terrible.
edit: it seems to still be around
The guy valued his company at 40K, then Mark upped that to 75K. You usually don't see the Sharks increasing the value of a company like that.
your math is wrong bud
@@Jpop11 what? 10k for 25% is a 40k valuation. 25k at 33% is a 75k valuation
Vin tech needs to go to math tech.
@@Jpop11 you sure about that, bud?
I think it's because Mark knew he'd increase the value of the company. Besides, 25K is pocket change to him.
I just checked his website and he is booked for 6 months. Mark did the right thing. :) I want my cats drawn for me.
😎 cool
Hahahahaha
I too looked at the website but I see he is only drawing one (1) cat a day (10$ a day) !!!! Am I missing something here ?
I see he's also donating that $10 to charity.
Must have not been a commercial success and now he's just doing it on the side.
Shame, I thought it would work.
for sure Cuban hired him for something else too. The guy's a good developer.
This really increased my respect for Mark. This pitch was clearly more about acquiring a talented creative person to him than partnership in a business.
He is in it for the long run. I love this
I find Mark and Barbara are the two sharks who will invest in a entrepreneurs character if they genuinely like the person they are, even if the company isn’t lucrative or the sales aren’t there
i would do the same. that's what business is all about, the people not the product or money (i mean sure those r important too but they r just reflections of the person).
Barbara invested in the hoodie like blanket, while everyone else laughed. I think it was 50k. They made in the first 2 years around 100+ Million and Barbara made around 37 million on a 50k investment.
I wouldnt say so for Mark. There is this episode were he went absolute batshit about the 2 sharks investing in a guy without knowing the sales background etc. Even accusing them of turning it into a "charity tank". So idk.
That’s why I like them the most. I was sold on this guy almost immediately lol. I would of invested in him even if it failed.
See now I know this is fake I've never seen Barbra make an offer in my whole life
Barbara's '' wellll done'' after the pitch killed me. Like she was so impressed! Bahahaha
Make no mistake though, she’s out.
@@Restorationshopyt 😂😂😂
Just a simple man who wants to draw cats. I would invest the $10k.
Your rich ?
@@TMTLamonte I think they mean if they were a multimillionare like the sharks, they would invest
@@TMTLamonte you’re*
@@TMTLamonte haha get owned
@@TMTLamontei mean you dont need to be rich to have 10k to invest
What a legend this man is
@Travel Crawl damn that was a little mean lololol
@Travel Crawl Bet he got more money than you!
@Travel Crawl Did you miss that he has a daughter? I think things worked out fine for him. But you know, keep living from appearances.
@Travel Crawl talk about being insecure with yourself
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Some of the sharks totally missed the point. It’s not about becoming the next Google. It’s a guy wanting $10,000 for a silly business who doesn’t need any help or business advice or whatever. Mark was the only one who gave it a shot
Nah seemed to me he just used the cat thing to get his foot in the door. His real aim is to plug himself into a shark's network and work for one of the shark's other companies. Either that or eventually hit something more lucrative than the cat idea. It seemed to me like the dude wasn't entirely attached to being an entrepreneur and more so was attached to just upward mobility
This is still to this day my absolute favorite pitch ever on Shark Tank. I love this dude so much. His shoulder shimmy had me crying laughing the first time I watched it.
This and Tree T-PEE are my favorites.
Pretty ingenious getting that bonus from Mark with the cat drawing. I bet that’ll generate some buzz and value when people ordering know that it might come with a cat drawn by billionaire Mark Cuban.
it also improves his image.
The guy is so smart and thought of a marketing strategy right there & then by asking Mark to draw one out of 1000 drawings. That’s genius! 👏👏👏
Did you get that star picture from Toronto Christmas market?
This is my favorite pitch in Shark Tank history. He connected with his audience, made them laugh, and they admired what he was doing
This was easily the best moment in all of the seasons of shark tank, a completely normal guy who just went there for fun and got a completely low key investment
imagine mark drawing a cat for you 1/1000 chance... imagine the cost of that drawing .. this guy is a genius
Can we all agree how amazing Mark Cuban is? Where others saw profit and returns, he saw creativity. With a net worth of 4.5B, 25K is nothing for him.
"i think its important to fill your life with strangeness and exciting things" love his outlook on life
Kevin: _"I'm out."_
Cat guy: _"I accept and would like to counter"_ 😂
“Nah we’re not going to a bidding war over cat guy” has me dead 😂😂
Mark knows what he got for his money’s worth, an asset way beyond cat drawings, the brain the persona the attitude, that equals wealth
Such a down to earth and loving person
Hey, thanks!
What a beast, I want him to draw a cat for me
Me too I’ll love one for my daughter
I like Mark because he believes in the people that he invests in, and he's very humble and remembers where he comes from. All you need is one person to believe in your idea and you can take off. I honestly think Mark makes the show and that's why I watch it.
Mark recognizes different types of genius biz models.
This was intriguing. They've had people who were genuinely ridiculous and they had none of it. But they treated this guy seriously. Even though he's abit ridiculous. They saw his value. I love it.
He is a gem. I wish nothing but the absolute best and most success for him and his family. I miss great funny unapologetically funny and bold people like this. He’s awesome
Prolly one of my favorite ones yet. I would invest with that guy. You can tell he’s a genuinely good dude
This goes to show you that you can have a product that has absolutely NO value but if your personality is appealing enough, you can make it.
It has a value to certain group of people.
After doing some research, he closed the business after some time and reopened it later. Also the price went up and today it’s back 10$ on the website. Except he only does 1 drawing a day so I’m assuming it’s become a hobby. There no spots available till 2023 lol.
So only $3650 annual revenue?
@@rachmadsuhartono Well he keeps the money for each order despite only making one a day he can still recive orders for 10 years into the future xD
Instant money with no effort cost on his part besides 2m a day
@@Slashresto Let's see how well that goes over when in 6 months from now he hates drawing cats and has years worth of paid orders that he probably won't keep the revenue from to be able to refund/honor the payments.
Mark said he made his investment back and more plus Mark said he drew dozens of them for 1k each. Pretty sure Cuban hired him afterwards
I love the pitch, but I'm saddened to see that he has raised his price from $9.95 per drawing to $25 per drawing. Also, that the cat drawings are digital only. I thought I would be getting a physical copy. His site says that he is one year behind though. So he must be doing well.
That is a shame it's only digital
Can just print it.
Again in 2021, he started to draw cat drawings for their customers but at $29.99 each, and at that time they makes over 21,000 drawings and its company valuation goes initially from $76,000 to approx. $250,000 almost 2.5 times the valuation at the time of the show.
Lol the dancing is so funny! This guy’s personality is what will make you love his product
Definately loved the pitch and the enthusiasm and admire Mike Cuban for taking a chance and giving the guy a break! Don't know the outcome but lived every moment of the show !
who the heck is mike cuban
This was 10 years ago. I'd love to know what this guy has become, I like him.
What if I told you he ended up storming the capital on J6
@@Tortilla.Reform please are u serious hahahahahaha
@@Tortilla.Reform please, no
their website is still up and running so they still in business lol
@@Tortilla.Reform who cares lmao
I went to his site and it looks like his latest drawing was #21,579 -- that is a LOT of cat drawings. Apparently this episode aired in the beginning of 2009, so quite some time has passed. I think he's still at it, though it looks like maybe he's only doing one a day at the moment. It HAS been a long time.
Update, the man is currently booked out until May 2024 . . . Not many people are smart/ballsy enough to capitalize on the market for "stupid," this man has single-handedly cornered it.
This guy's humility and honesty really made me wanna invest too ,such a kind soul
This guy was the best pitch ever lol so funny
mark did not buy a portion of his company he just bought some happiness, creativity and uniqueness in his life.
Best thing, Mark actually made money with this
How did the company do?
Great personality and presenter, quirky ideas and jokes, but overall entertaining to watch and partner with. Nice work!
The cat drawing company is back in business. The owner Steve will draw a cat for you $29.95. Mark’s cat drawings and autograph will cost you $1000 L😂L
Hahah that’s truly ridiculous
oooh
At that time he should've focused on so much bigger things. Like Fiverr wasn't built which is the same but with a huge varity of things to comission. Wondering if he ever created something else because this episode is old, really old.
I WANT TO DRAW A CAT FOR YOU
I swear this man Cuban is such a legend I’m even starting to love the mavs
LMAO. Had a smile on my face the whole pitch
I honestly think Mark just invested in the cat company so we could see him dance on stage, more people will tune in to that than anything else. smart Man mark..... smart man.....
Charm goes a LONG way. It's so funny to contrast this with the ones where Mark ends up yelling at them.
Love it! Great call Mark Cuban
This is basically an NFT before they were a thing
Yep
Nope.
When talented guys are valued properly, they always return you double.
His one-off drawings were pretty much capped at side hustle level unless he hired additional artists to scale it up. But I feel like the much bigger opportunity here would have been to turn it into a full-scale brand (i.e. selling prints of his most popular drawings, IWTDACFY greeting cards and other merchandise, calendars, a syndicated comic strip, a drawing how-to book for beginners, expansion into "I Want To Draw You A [insert other thing here] For You, etc.) Maybe he even tried some of those things and it didn't work out, but I feel like that is/was the real future of this business.
I agree! Sadly I was a little too scared to quit my day job and put in the time required to do that.
@@stevegadlin8070 Are you still working the day job?
That’s a quality guy, even if it doesn’t pay off I’d love to have him on payroll
This was probably one of the best ones I’ve seen on shark tank. Love it
That guy's so cool omg that joke to Kevin was so great wasn't it!? 😂😂
This man is so dorky. I love it.
When Mark danced with the guy at the end, it reminded me of The Blues Brothers.
That was hilarious!
They should team up and do a movie.
This guy can go places in the entertainment business. People just don’t see it!
Wow, I just checked out his website. This aired in 2012, fast forward to Jan 2023 and Steve is sold out over a YEAR in advance! He is now drawing one cat a day for $25 USD each and doesn’t have availability until February 2024! Honestly amazing.
I love how at 7:25 damon calls him "Cat Guy" but Mark calls him by his name, Steve
this guy predicted bored apes
Yeah but cats are better
25k to mark is like $1 to the rest of us. The money he will make on this guy’s creativity is amazing
Legendary actually
His website is still working but he only draw once per day and it s for 25$ . He is booked until April 2024. But he doesn't earn that much cauz 25*30 is only 750 for a month ~
This is just side fun ....he is web developer so he is earning good
Such an awesome warm hearted guy!
Asking Mark to draw 1 in 1000 pics was a great idea.
Creative minds are our future (at least if it's going to be a fun future). I love that Mark Cuban gets this and chose to invest in this wonderful weirdo (aka awesome human).
"I'm not going to go in a bidding war with cat guy" - Most underrated comment in Shark Tank history
the MOST CONFIDENT WALK after accepting the offer. Dude owned it. power to him.
Damon:
I'm not gonna go in a bidding war with you over a cat guy 🤣🤣
He is a type of guy you may want to be friends with.
He’s charisma and confidence was what sold it. Funny, joyful and just a brilliant speech
Imagine you get your $10 cat drawing and its got Mark Cubans signature on it since he drew it
My absolutely favorite pitch of all time on Shark Tank 😍😍😍
He’s basically an AI generator what a genius
this guy is a living example of love yourself.
Legend has it that to this day Kevin is putting his head on his pillow and the last thing he thinks is "I want to draw a cat for you, I want to draw a cat for you"
The guy wasn't asking for 100k, kudos to Mark's offer, hope they do well.
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this man is booked for the next year.
After watching shark tanks for years, this is the only one I still can recite and sing in my head. What a brilliant guy!
This guy is the kind of guy who would sell his drawings to his family at Christmas time
When they upload a 10 year old episode it really should contain a second "what became of it 10 years later" part.
asking mark to draw 1/1000 is actually goated bec he can have him signature them and sell for way more
Such a classic pitch. Someone that is good at what he does, enjoys, and shares that with others. Its fun and easy to love this pitch.
Good for him!! Hope he has huge success!
Mark is going to make millions with hiring a few people and doing a Thanksgiving and Christmas drawings...
This could bring some serious $ if he implemented it in NFT
This is one of my favorite. Not a serious business that produces anything people actually want and the customers buy it on that basis
One of the most ingenious and successful ideas ever. I will buy one! He is so busy.
I know what Mark saw in Steve! It’s true, the other sharks didn’t get it. One must have talent to recognise talent. This cat guy will soon start drawing cats and it will be on bags, T-shirts, gifts, watches, cards… you name it! Mark didn’t even wasted a second. He saw the future. I
No it won't... this will die out very fast, it's dumb.
Mark hired the man, not the idea
" I want to draw a cat for you" 🕺🕺
Jesus this guy is always booked even now. Until February of 2024. Genius.
Mark didn't pay for the business or the idea... he paid for the person's personality... Mark is a genius