I tried out for Kelly Ripa’s new show on TLC for women entrepreneurs, http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/get-on-the-show.html.  It was so exciting and interesting, and these are interesting times indeed.  I have worked relentlessly trying to get ClipCleany (formerly cleanybeany) to market using the traditional routes banks, local Angel investors, and a local investment group. Chasing money can be a full time job.  So Kelly Ripa’s show on TLC where the grand prize is to have your product manufactured and sold on HSN is a huge fantasy, but so is a local bank loan, so might as well have fun. The night before my pitch I was practicing and my prototype broke apart!  I put it together with chewing gum and thought, oh well. When we arrived at the hotel there was already a line of some really great women (crap!) I gave my 30 second pitch while my two daughters waited for me (the other two kids were at home with Dad)and they asked me back to do a 2 minute pitch!  I prayed my broken prototype would light up, it didn’t, and they asked me what it would mean to me if I won and I started to get weepy!  They were so nice about it.  It was a great experience and I and I am thankful for it.  Thank you, Pick Me Pick Me Pick Me!