![Mark Cooper, left, waits with Liam Warfield, 8, and several...]()
Mark Cooper, left, waits with Liam Warfield, 8, and several hundred entrepreneurs Friday morning, April 12, 2024 at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth for a chance to pitch their product to staff members of Shark Tank. Cooper was pitching customized beach bicycles to raise money for the non-profit Marching Elites Drill Team in Hampton, Virginia. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Jim Cade, of Philadelphia, wearing his lucky shoes on Friday...]()
Jim Cade, of Philadelphia, wearing his lucky shoes on Friday morning, April 12, 2024, at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth waiting to pitch his product, Rightway 2 Brush, to staff members of Shark Tank. Cade has developed dental care products for people with "diminished dexterity capacity." (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Jim Cade, of Philadelphia, Friday morning, April 12, 2024 at...]()
Jim Cade, of Philadelphia, Friday morning, April 12, 2024 at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth waiting to pitch his product, Rightway 2 Brush, to staff members of Shark Tank. Cade has developed dental care products for people with "diminished dexterity capacity." (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Mindy Zemrak, Supervising Casting Producer for Shark Tank as she...]()
Mindy Zemrak, Supervising Casting Producer for Shark Tank as she checks in entrepreneurs Friday morning, April 12, 2024, at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth for a chance to pitch their product to staff members of Shark Tank. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![From left: Jessica Merrill with her son, Robert Gagono, Jr.,...]()
From left: Jessica Merrill with her son, Robert Gagono, Jr., 14, and her husband Robert Gagnon, Sr. from Dover, New Hampshire, were among the entrepreneurs Friday morning, April 12, 2024 who came to the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth to pitch their product to staff members of Shark Tank. Gagnon, Sr. who is from Hawaii was pitching a dessert called Aloha Cakes. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Hazel Smith of Portsmouth with her dog Walter tucked into...]()
Hazel Smith of Portsmouth with her dog Walter tucked into a "Dog-On Bag" that she created listens to instructions from the staff of Shark Tank Friday morning, April 12, 2024 at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth before entrepreneurs pitched their product to staff members. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Danielle Knewstep of Virginia Beach sits on the floor with...]()
Danielle Knewstep of Virginia Beach sits on the floor with her daughters Adaline,4, Evaline,1, and Caroline, 10, next to her husband Tavis Knewstep, right, as they wait to pitch their product to a staff member of Shark Tank Friday morning, April 12, 2024 at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth. Their company is called Vesla Copper and they produce copper water bottles. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Entrepreneurs wait to make their short pitch to staff of...]()
Entrepreneurs wait to make their short pitch to staff of Shark Tank Friday morning, April 12, 2024 at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Entrepreneurs wait to make their short pitch to staff of...]()
Entrepreneurs wait to make their short pitch to staff of Shark Tank Friday morning, April 12, 2024 at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Rhonda Stoutmire of Warner Robins, Georgia, makes the pitch for...]()
Rhonda Stoutmire of Warner Robins, Georgia, makes the pitch for the dice game she created called Ten Rolls to a staff member of Shark Tank Friday morning, April 12, 2024 at the Rivers Casino in Portsmouth. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
![Mary Ann Cade-Canty of Norfolk poses for a photo with...]()
Mary Ann Cade-Canty of Norfolk poses for a photo with cutouts of the Shark Tank members in the hallway of Rivers Casino in Portsmouth, Friday morning, April 12, 2024. She was there with her brother who traveled from Philadelphia to make a pitch of his product. (Bill Tiernan/ For APP)
Entrepreneurs entered auditions for the Shark Tank TV show at Rivers Casino in Portsmouth, Virginia, on April 12, 2024.
