Butter Cloth Men’s Shirts Update | Shark Tank Season 10
Entrepreneurs Danh Tran, and Gary Falkenburg, pitched their clothing company during
If you’re short on time, here’s a quick overview of what happened to Butter Cloth after
Danh Tran and Gary Falkenburg appeared on
Shark: | Result: |
Robert Herjavec | Accepted deal for $250,000 for 25% equity |
Mark Cuban | No offer |
Charles Barkley | No offer |
Kevin O’Leary | No offer |
Lori Greiner | No offer |
Shark Tank Butter Cloth Update
- Entrepreneurs: Danh Tran and Gary Falkenburg
- Business: Clothing shirts for men
- Ask: $250,000 for 10% equity
- Result: $250,000 for 25% equity
- Shark Robert Herjavec
Danh Tran, and his business partner, Gary Falkenburg, brought their super soft, Butter Cloth shirt to
Butter Cloth is made out of all-natural, sustainable, long-fiber cotton. To prove this, they bring in their very own ‘long-fiber cotton scientist’, Metta World Peace, to give a demonstration.
As he dunks a basketball, it’s his job to make sure that every Butter Cloth shirt maintains a 6-point stretch, and breathability.
At this point in the pitch, Kevin O’Leary wants to know to know how the three men got together for this project. It turns out that both Metta and Gary have backgrounds in marketing.
In terms of Danh’s story, he grew up in Vietnam, where his parents ran a tailoring shop. He began making clothes at aged 10, and became passionate about fashion.
However, his parents told him to instead become a lawyer or a doctor, so he could earn a better living. Despite this, he worked hard to follow his dreams, go to fashion school, and then worked in the fashion industry.
After passing out samples to each of the sharks, the duo started answering questions about the shirt’s design materials, and logistical aspects of the brand. Dahn discussed the price points for his shirts, mostly selling them for around $100, exclusively online.
However, the customer acquisition cost is a bit steep, at $40 per customer. That said, the sharks seemed pleased to hear that it only costs around $20 to make one of these high-quality shirts, allowing for them to have reasonable margins.
After only selling the shirts for seven months, they had already sold more than $500,000 and claimed that they were projected to continue expanding and growing. Further, Danh invested $240,000 of his own money. He’s put everything he has into the company.
Robert Herjavec asks what the investment would be for. Gary says much of it will go into inventory, although they also need someone to advise them.
Due to excessive customer acquisition costs that are taking up most of their profit margin, Kevin decided to drop out.
Mark Cuban thinks the investment should go into advertising instead of inventory, so for that reason he is also out.
Lori Greiner also decided to drop out instead of making them an offer. She said she’s already invested in her own clothing line, and doesn’t want to take on another similar project.
Guest shark Charles Barkley was quick to drop out also. Ultimately it wasn’t an investment that interested him, especially being fashion related.
This left Robert, and he actually decided to make them an offer of $250,000 for 25% equity in the company. Danh counters Robert with 20%, but Robert says no.
Danh finally decided to accept Robert’s offer and seemed happy to do so. Let’s now take a look at the Butter Cloth update and truly see how the company is doing after
We have great news to share in our Butter Cloth update. The company is currently estimated to be bringing in more than $5 million per year, so they’re doing great!
They’ve also expanded their product line, now offering women’s shirts, men’s sweaters, outerwear, and underwear.
You can checkout their products on the Butter Cloth website.
If we learn anything new about Butter Cloth, we will certainly let you know. In the meantime, you can checkout our other company updates from Season 10 Episode 4, by following the links below!
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