“Grill Charms is going under OUTSET Brand, a high-end entertaining product group with a high-end grilling line. I’ll get quarterly royalties in perpetuity. Fox Run can do what they want with that. That factored into my decision too.” The knocked off product sucks, but I can’t fight them on an even playing field. A larger company tried to knock me off – a big company in the industry that are known for being knock off artists. “When Fox Run approached me in the Spring, I thought about it for a while. My kids grew up with mom as inventor and entrepreneur, but I wanted to be there as strong role model for them, instead of off in LA on TV.” They’re 8 and 10 now, they were 1 and 3 when I started. My kids are still young, I thought maybe that first kind of success isn’t really what I wanted, I wanted to spend time with my kids. I had less freedom as I got bigger, it was hard work. When I stepped back and analyzed what success meant to me, I came to realize my definition of success is FREEDOM. “When I first started, my 5 year plan was to be next Martha Stewart with a big conglomerate. You can do that now, more than any other time in history.” I have a distributor in Ohio, a factory in Taiwan, a web guy in Texas, and I know enough accounting to be dangerous, so I can get away with no employees. I was outed on the show I was pretending to be a big company and I played it for a while, but it was liberating to be outed. “It’s still just me and my little office across from the kids’ playroom. There were times when it was challenging, what with trade shows, conflicting schedules it definitely derailed my stay at home mom plan.” He would never admit it but he was like ‘that’s nice honey, you go ahead and do that.’ Inventing this was a crazy thing to do, but he was supportive because that’s his job as a husband. “He was supportive,” she says, “at the beginning, I was a young, stay at home mom. Leslie’s husband is a commercial airline pilot. You appear more credible to people when you’re on TV, at least that’s the perception.” Grill Charms Update: Transitions The publicity from the show lasts a long time I was on in season one and I still have notoriety. The deal with Fox Run wasn’t orchestrated by Robert, they came to me because they’d seen me on Shark Tank. “One aspect of business that’s not touched on much on Shark Tank is the exit strategy,” Leslie explains, “it’s an interesting facet – how you go about doing it. Leslie had an update segment in season two, but she’s hoping for another one. The deal was announced back in November, but it becomes final on March 1, 2013. Leslie Haywood has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Fox Run Brands, LLC, to manufacture and distribute her product Grill Charms, the “Absolute Must Have Grilling Accessory.” Fox Run Brands LLC is a leading designer, marketer and distributor of nationally-branded consumer products for the kitchen & home worldwide. They’re a must have grill accessory for the discerning barbecue enthusiast. Grill Charms are metallic “labels” for your grilled meats so you can distinguish who gets a rare piece or a well done piece or for any purpose. Leslie successfully charmed the Sharks in season 1, netting Robert Herjavec as a business partner. I spoke with Leslie Haywood recently to get a Grill Charms update.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |