Watching my Shark Tank Episode | My REAL Thoughts + UPDATE

You did an amazing job and your pitch was one of the greatest ever and barbara was very wrong attack you

I don’t care what the sharks said, I don’t like dates but your product seems amazing!!! Just by you showing up and have all of us see your product I can see how you are going to go far with your business, don’t give up!

Barbara just want to make excuses so she could get out, I admire you on how you handle that dagger she stab you on your chest. I wanna see you succeed and be a shark on the future, I love your personality

U were emotional and Congrats and can’t wait to taste it from Bateel 🇸🇦

Knowing what you do now, especially after your comment at first... Would you do it again? Was it worth getting Mark Cuban for 1/3 of your company in exchange for $100,000? He owns 1/3 of your business, does he help at all? I know that you do all the day to day but does he give good advice and help?

She's hot

I am so inspired by you.

Barbara has been a meme for her “I’m out” in the public eye, and for good reasons.

She just wanted to say she was out and grasped for straws. She was making up excuses on the spot.

There were countless presenters who got help from families, friends, etc. she never said that to them.

Cuban didn’t call her out on that, but he did something even better—he called out the core flaw in her logic by saying that by her definition none of their kids will succeed.

Listen, I don't like Dates, but you have excellent presentation skills, your pitch made me want to try some of those spreads.

I'm not a date guy but I love the show and your episode. You're exactly the sort of woman we're all looking for. Congrats on your success.

I loved this episode. Just finished watching it for the 5th time.

I’ve started my own business before in university just like you, I continued with it for a few years until unfortunately I burnt out and lost interest. Work was too crazy and I couldn’t dedicate the time anymore unfortunately. I’m now working on a software startup and it’s been fun. I will say that your success story is awesome! Wanna Date is a clever play on words and I’m sure it’s tasty as well. The insinuation that Barbara had was that, “You’re a daddy’s girl and therefore not a hard worker.” Cmon I couldn’t believe she effectively called you lazy and undedicated all because you have a safety net. Oh well, boomers.

Would this be good to eat while pregnant? Like on some toast or something

Not going lie wanna date is delicious especially pumpkin spice

I saw the video of your episode recently and I was so impressed by you that I actually bought some of the spread. You now have that original flavor so I figured I'd start with that. It's soooooo gooooood! Literally 3 ingredients: dates, water, lactic acid. That's awesome and it's so sweet! You're an impressive young lady.

Ur confident hardworking and driven I love it! You will certainly gain a huge amount of success with that mindset! I genuinely wish u all the luck and Barbara was completely wrong. All u need is a mindset like yours to be successful. She was talking straight up bull with “if your family supports you then you have no chance of going anywhere” I hope you realized how that literally makes no sense and didn’t let it get you down. Also I didn’t think you deserved such a personal attack

THAT was my favorite episode, kudos to Mark Cuban! And of course to YOU, did not realize you were preparing that whole spread for the sharks yourself in the back AND last minute while they're putting the mic on you lol! Thank goodness you have original flavor since it wasn't there at the tank, because we order Original flavor almost EVERY week! The best, and thanks for the personalized card we got at first and had a little message and small picture of your face in the corner. The biggest part of me always buying this product is because of your kindness and good heart, I loved your courage on that episode. I wish you Continued success Melissa! 😀

i juz watched ur pitch and here i amur so positive

I dont think Barbara was being rude at all. The sharks have said a lot worse and frankly Barbara was being quite professional albeit she is very straightforward with her Investment philosophy. I don’t agree with her but I don’t agree with the comments that she was rude. As an entrepreneur you have to have tough skin.

You seem like the kind people who is here on this earth to lighten everyone's mood. You put in into the energy of the world instead of sucking out. Bless your hearth.

Barbara would have been out anyway because that's Barbera does. she just needed to find a new reason to be mean and to say she was out because she's always out. Like Mark basically said, That means that if her children and grandchildren are successful it doesn't mean anything but it doesn't mean anything but it doesn't mean anything but it doesn't mean anything but because they're only successful because she made it big and they shouldn't get aby credit. It's just hypocritical. Mark might like dates but he invested in you more than the dates. I just bought 3 jars of dates myself.

What made or how did you convince mark to be cool with having other flavors in addition to the original date spread flavor?

i want some so i can spread on ezekiel bread. Im currently using all natural (no oil added) peanut butter.

Barbara is an old bag

Melissa, I was very impressed with you and your presentation. I knew that you would get an offer and I knew that you would grow your company and be successful. I thought that Barbara was wrong for attacking you. You are a very inspirational person with great ambition.

Watching this as I'm eating Cinnamon Date Spread 😁

You did a great job with the your presentation. Love this product, but it is a little pricey for my budget so I don't buy it often. Just curious, what did Mark do to help your business?

I just ordered wanna date spread from Amazon lol ! :)

So glad I found youuuu!! So inspirational

I've been telling my bf about your pitch for a couple months now and again about an hour ago and how mean Barbara was to you and how messed up it was. but I couldn't remember what your pitch was until right now when I seen this in my suggested. lol. I hope your business is doing great 😁

I applaud you for staying positive because there will always be naysayers trying to drag down people who are doing whatever it takes to get to their dreams. You just believe in yourself and that's what really matters. Your date spread is amazing! Keep it up girl 🙌

Love your products!
I watched the episode and you did great!
Keep making great products!

You simply did amazing Melissa!!

Wish you would have critiqued the whole show Melissa. Please consider r doing a part two and finish. Your show was one of the most interesting I've watched. You deserve a lot of credit for your efforts and creativity. Wish you well!

I learned about Wanna Date watching a "suggested YT" video.
It was awesome to find out of your great business.
Thank you, Melissa. Terrific review of your pitch.

I think you did amazing and after the pitch I immediately looked up your company and you. You're an inspiration

I saw the episode and thought you did a great job. Felt bad when she said that about you. She’s a loose canon. Lol. Thought to myself., Geeze, he’s just helping her out being a good parent. You handled it well. Anyway, I’m half Syrian and we eat dates in cookies and such. So, I’ll be placing an order. All my best to you and your business.

Barbara was insanely rude.. having parents support you isnt a hinderance.. she thinks you have to be desperate to succeed which is obviously wrong...Great job!