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Shark Tank Rejects: SMART Tire Set to Launch

2/17/2026

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Story summary
  • In Shark Tank Season 13 (aired in 2021), Brian Yennie (entrepreneur) and Earl Cole, winner of Survivor: Fiji in 2007, pitched puncture-proof bicycle tires with SMART Tire, but they did not secure an investment.
  • SMART Tire remains operational and plans to launch its product line.
  • The Hopscotch app is cited as a comparable example, thriving despite not finalizing a deal on the show.