Tadepalli had modest success with his edible utensils: by the time he appeared on Season 13, Episode 3 of "Shark Tank," he'd racked up $170,000 in sales, having sold 1.2 million utensils.

The 20 cents per spoon for an edible utensil was also much higher than ... road for the Greiner/Tadepalli deal. Just from the "Shark Tank" publicity and increasing notoriety, pre-sales of ...