DDP Yoga Update | Shark Tank Season 5
Former pro-wrestler Diamond Dallas Page, developed a fitness program that incorporates yoga with resistance and core-strengthening. Will he and his business partner Steve Yu, earn a deal on
Shark Tank DDP Yoga Update
- Entrepreneurs: Diamond Dallas Page, Steve Yu
- Business: Fitness program
- Ask: $200,000 in exchange for 5%
- Result: No deal
- Sharks: None
When a debilitating back injury threatened to derail three-time world heavyweight champion Diamond, a medical professional suggested yoga was his last resort. Reluctantly, he took up yoga training in a last ditch effort to save his back and his career, and he quickly became a believer. Building on what he learned, he added strength and resistance training to yoga, and developed DDP Yoga.
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Dallas and his business partner Steve, started the company two years earlier. The two invited one of their program’s adherents, disabled veteran Arthur Boorman, onto the stage to demonstrate how the program had completely transformed his life in under a year. We must admit, it was very compelling!
In the first year, the company crushed their projections and earned $2.6 million in sales, mostly selling the program’s books and DVDS. They came to the sharks seeking $200,000 to put toward the company’s first mobile application.
Mark Cuban agreed that they needed to shift to mobile and streamable content, but it would would take more than he would want to invest. Daymond John wasn’t interested in investing in another fitness program, and Barbara Corcoran didn’t like to invest in trends. Robert Herjavec didn’t like the business plan, and Kevin O’Leary didn’t like the low equity. All of the sharks were out.
With no sharks willing to invest, Diamond and Steve left without a deal. What happened next for the company? Keep reading our DDP Yoga update to find out!
We’ve got happy news to share in our DDP Yoga update. The company is still in business in 2023, and appears to be doing quite well, with their 2022 revenue estimated at $7.3 million. The company offers a free 7 day trial of their mobile app, and they also appear to run promotions regularly. Products and more info are available on the DDP Yoga website, and you can even pick up one of their books on Amazon.
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