Keeping Girls Loud: From Shark Tank Heartbreak to Empowering Young Women with Angelica Sweeting
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Angelica Sweeting is the first Black woman to hold a utility patent in the toy industry, an accomplishment she\\u2019s proud to wear today \\u2013 but one that did not come without a lot of ups and downs along her winding entrepreneurial journey. One of those highs was being featured on Shark Tank in 2017 and snagging a deal with shark, Daymond John, but shortly after the lows became very low.
For the first time in 5 years, Angelica is able to discuss her Shark Tank deal gone bad, and how she\\u2019s bounced back from the hardest period in her life. As Angelica says, \\u201cFailure and mistakes are part of the process.\\u201d On this episode of Lift U Up: Inspiring Health Stories, get a first look at her new business, My Mella Magic, the first doll with interchangeable hair, and why she says her mission is to empower young girls to use their voice.