On Season 13 of Shark Tank, an entrepreneur from Charlotte, North Carolina, Wendy Hoffmeister pitches her line of handmade gnomes, Wendy’s Gnome Shop. In boots, the gnomes ($30-$35) stand about 8.5 inches tall and weigh less than a pound. On Shark Tank, Wendy (who is a labor and delivery nurse) brings her daughter Amber, who has followed in her mother’s footsteps: first as a nurse and now as a full-time gnome maker.
Wendy started making gnomes as a hobby in November 2019 “because I thought they were cute.” Since then she’s sold more than 20,000 and says her gnomes “are in every state in United States and numerous other countries.”
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Wendy has the good fortune of pitching her business, Wendy’s Gnome Shop, in front of Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary, Lori Greiner and Daymond John — all of whom appear to have fun on the holiday episode.
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