Detailed Breakdown
- Daymond John, an investor on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank,’ surprised Te’Lario Watkins II, a young aspiring entrepreneur, during Disney Dreamers Academy at Walt Disney World Resort.
- John presented Watkins with a personal invitation to join him at a ‘Shark Tank’ taping. Watkins was left in awe as he initially believed he was just at an interview.
- Watkins, a 16-year-old from Ohio, owns Tiger Mushroom Farms, a small business that’s been running since he was seven, specializing in gourmet mushrooms and dried mushroom products.
- Furthermore, Watkins founded the Garden Club Project, a non-profit aimed at resolving food insecurity in his home neighborhood.
- Daymond John joined other celebrities like Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross, Hollywood veteran Lance Gross, and Disney actress Dara Renee as mentors at the Disney Dreamers Academy, which concludes on Sunday.
- Disney Dreamers Academy, in its 17th year, is a five-day event dedicated to expanding career consciousness and opportunities for 100 Black high school students and young folks from underrepresented communities across the U.S.
The Realist’s Take
Once upon a time in a far-off land called Shark Tank, the mighty Daymond John decided to make a young entrepreneur’s dreams come true during the Disney Dreamers Academy extravaganza. Te’Lario Watkins II must have thought he’d stumbled down a rabbit hole when Daymond popped out of nowhere with an offer. Not content with being the Prince Charming of Mushroom Kingdom — seriously, this kid started a mushroom business at age 7 — Watkins is also feeding his community and combating food insecurity with his non-profit, the Garden Club Project. So, the moral of the story? Why wait for a fairy godmother when you can be a dreamer, a doer, and (maybe soon) a darling of the sharks! Now, that’s a Disney plot twister for you.
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