At summit, entrepreneur shares lessons from launching business, appearing on "Shark Tank"

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Courtesy. Desirée Stolar co-founded Unshrinkit, a product that helps people unshrink wool clothing. In 2015, Stolar appeared on the television show “Shark Tank” with co-founder Nathaniel Barbera to seek funding for Unshrinkit.
Courtesy. Desirée Stolar co-founded Unshrinkit, a product that helps people unshrink wool clothing. In 2015, Stolar appeared on the television show “Shark Tank” with co-founder Nathaniel Barbera to seek funding for Unshrinkit.
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If you swim with sharks, you’ve got to know how to get out alive. Desirée Stolar knows how to do exactly that and more: She knows how to get out alive and thrive.

The former "Shark Tank" contestant spoke at the recent Voice + Visibility Women’s Summit, hosted virtually in February by Sarasota-based Shannon Rohrer-Phillips LLC. Stolar’s segment was sponsored by Tampa entrepreneurial hub Embarc Collective.

 

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