Smiles Made Easy

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The ask$100,000for 30% of the business

Implied valuation$333Kask / equity

Founder: Karem Kalin

On the record

The deal, on the record

Smiles Made Easy pitched for $100,000 in return for 30% equity.

Season: 2, ep 8
On-air outcome: Left without a deal
Deal terms: No investment. Same-episode blogger writes that he agreed with Arlene that sales stayed small despite publicity, and frames the business as one that is not yet investable. Corroborating (weaker) signal: CBC's own follow-up post https://web.archive.org/web/20071122085649/http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/blog2/2007/11/where_are_they_now_smiles_made.html lists Karem's post-show wins (national distribution contract, QVC interest, Breakfast Television, top-10 Mompreneur) and mentions no Dragon investment.
Category: Food and Drink

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