A Columbia-based startup fighting hunger with the dregs of the food economy is getting a chance to swim with the sharks.
An episode of ABC’s Shark Tank featuring Hungry Harvest is set to air on Friday, Jan. 8, founder Evan Lutz said. The episode airs at 9 p.m.
While the Pikesville native was contractually barred from telling us what happened, the episode is a milestone in itself. The process to get on the show started with open casting in early 2015, and progressed to a 40-50 page application, with video.
Lutz later found out the company was selected to pitch. Having founded the company following his studies at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and earning a spot in the second Conscious Venture Lab cohort, Lutz has given plenty of pitches. But the millions of viewers likely to watch this pitch required extra precautions.
Read more at Technical.ly Baltimore
from http://baltimoretech.org/news/guess-which-maryland-startup-is-appearing-on-abcs-shark-tank-this-week/
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