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Taylor Johnson, a 27-year-old Colorado Mesa University (CMU) alumna, answers hundreds of phone calls for her family’s business everyday. She posts on social media, interacts with customers online and travels wherever her job takes her. One might say she has a dream job; the kind of job that any Mass Communication or Business major goes to school to pursue. Taylor and her family’s entrepreneurial successes have led them to the development of a unique product, the growth of a family business and most notably an appearance on Shark Tank. Courtesy of Taylor Johnson Shark Tank is a TV show that showcases millionaire and billionaire tycoons as they invest in in products they believe could be the next big thing. The...

Tonight on Shark Tank, guest shark Matt Higgins joined Daymond John, Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, and Lori Greiner in the tank as four hopeful businesses — Tailgate 'N' Go, Myostorm, GolfKicks, Nerdit Now — tried to land a life-changing deal. Read on for all of the highlights from Episode 5. First up in the tank was a family from Colorado who introduced Tailgate 'N' Go, a portable outdoor kitchen and drybox for campers, hikers, and outdoorsmen. Seeking $250,000 for a 10% stake in their company, Taylor, Ron, and Kobe were eager to get a shark on board. The idea for the business came when the family went camping one year ago and found themselves without the basic essentials that a kitchen would offer. They decided to...

A family in Grand Junction was recently on the hit TV show Shark Tank. They presented their invention the Tailgate N Go and got themselves a deal. The Johnson family came up with the idea for the Tailgate N Go while camping about two years ago. They had so many different totes and bags with their cooking supplies, Ron asked his daughter Taylor, 'where's your chuck box?.' Ron Johnson, Taylor and Kobe's dad, says that the idea came from making chuck boxes as a boys scout. The box basically has all of your cooking needs, all in one, just like their invention. The Tailgate N Go's grill, griddles, and cutting boards can move around the box. There are ten different places to...

Tailgate N Go is a family-owned and operated business based in Grand Junction, Colorado. After an unorganized family camping trip, Ron Johnson and his children Kobe and Taylor decided there had to be a better way. So they created Tailgate N Go – a customizable portable outdoor kitchen and dry box that is fully equipped to store all the camping essentials, allowing you to cook, prep, store and more during tailgates and camping trips – all from a single box.   1. What is Tailgate N Go? Tailgate N Go is a portable modular outdoor kitchen and dry box that you can take anywhere tailgating fishing camping even disaster relief. You can set it up in the back porch to the...

First Deaf Entrepreneur in Shark Tank History Appears on Show, Secures a Deal   NEW YORK, OCT. 27, 2019 – Colorado family-owned and operated business Tailgate N Go secured a deal with Recurring Shark Matt Higgins, cofounder and CEO of private investment firm RSE Ventures, Sunday night on ABC’s “Shark Tank.”  Tailgate N Go began with an unorganized camping trip in Colorado. After Ron Johnson and his daughter Taylor (27) and son Kobe (18) unpacked their cluttered totes, the family realized they had forgotten a spatula, salt and oil – the essentials for burgers. With a cluttered picnic table and no other surface to prepare food on, the family realized they needed a better way – so they decided to create a fully equipped...