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Bryan Perla has had to overcome much adversity on his way to entrepreneurship. Growing up with dyslexia, Bryan struggled to keep up with his peers and was not easily understood by his teachers and friends at school. With a love for inventing, Bryan developed the Little Elf during his senior year of high school where he was tasked with designing or inventing something that would solve a common problem. The Little Elf is a gift wrap cutting tool that easily slides up and down the length of the roll making it very easy to cut wrapping paper.

Because he would like help learning how to market his product online and on TV, Bryan is seeking a strategic Shark partner that would be willing to invest $150,000 in exchange for 15% of the company. Now a junior at Stanford majoring in product design, Bryan is committed to the success of the Little Elf. He feels that he still has a lot to learn and partnering with a Shark would help to shorten his learning curve.

The Sharks are all impressed by the product and how easy it is to use. Bryan then stuns the Sharks when he unveils his 80% profit margins and shares that he has a licensing agreement with the world’s largest gift wrap company. Impressed with his product and perseverance, both Kevin O’Leary and Lori Greiner make Little Elf offers.

Lori and Kevin get into a bidding war trying to partner with Little Elf. They both feel that they can sell the product on QVC and help Bryan to get the marketing exposure that he is looking for. After going back and forth between various types of offers, Bryan decides to accept Lori Greiner’s offer for $150,000 for 20% of the company.

Do you think that Bryan made the correct choice in choosing Lori over Kevin? Would you purchase this product? What would your marketing strategy be to get maximum exposure for this product? Start the dialog in the comments below!

Shark Tank airs Sunday at 9 pm on ABC.