Entrepreneurial family takes big shot in alcohol-based ready-to-drink market

Ashley Zalkin capitalized on what she believes is a quench for a better pre-made shot.

Mark Wemple. Original Shark Tank TV judge Kevin Harrington has partnered with Ashley Zalkin and her Manatee County-based business, Original Jel Shot Co.
Mark Wemple. Original Shark Tank TV judge Kevin Harrington has partnered with Ashley Zalkin and her Manatee County-based business, Original Jel Shot Co.
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Event planner Ashley Zalkin knows how to have a good time. And it was while she was preparing for one of those moments of revelry around three years ago when she came up with her boozy business idea.

 

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