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I Want to Draw a Cat For You is an online business owned by Steve Gadlin where customers can purchase custom drawings of stick figure cats that Gadlin draws to the customer's specifications.[1] Gadlin first came up with the idea as a joke,[2] with the goal of seeing if he could construct a successful business using only a widget.[3] The business started in 2011, and originally, its website consisted of only an embedded YouTube video and a PayPal button.[3] The business became well known after Gadlin appeared on Shark Tank (season three, episode two) to promote it, and, on the show, persuaded Mark Cuban to invest $25,000 in the idea.[1] Gadlin stopped accepting orders for the company in January 2015, saying that “The project has run its course.”[4] However, as of November 2015, his website still exists, and he is accepting orders for custom drawings for $29.99.[5] After a yearlong shutdown, Gadlin resurrected the business in 2019. He has shifted to producing drawings on an iPad Pro using an Apple Pencil; previously, drawings were made with Sharpie markers on paper and scanned.[6] He announced on February 17, 2020, however, that the business is going to close for good, sharing his last drawing for his customers.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Jacobs, Harrison (15 January 2015). "How This Terrible Artist Sold 18,794 Original Drawings". Business Insider. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ Sudo, Chuck (28 December 2011). "Gadlin Takes "I Want to Draw a Cat For You" to ABC's Shark Tank". Chicagoist. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b Koetsier, John (8 June 2012). "How a 1-man cat-drawing startup won a Mark Cuban investment". Venture Beat. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ Konkol, Mark (13 January 2015). "'Shark Tank' Winner Closes Cartoon Cat Business Funded by Mark Cuban". DNAInfo. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ Khan, Majid (5 November 2015). "I Want To Draw A Cat For You Update – See What Happened After Shark Tank". Gazette Review. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. ^ "I've traded my Sharpies for an Apple Pencil! | I Want To Draw a Cat For You!". iwanttodrawacatforyou.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  7. ^ "I Want To Draw a Cat For You!". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
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