She knew her business segment, she understood the technology, she had already been approached by a wireless carrier to install her app on equipment. They invested not only because of the great concept but because Trisha presented her business concept in a professional, confident manner. Sharks Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner saw the potential and mission of ReThink and have joined Trisha by investing the $100,000 in her business. “In a study we conducted of 1,500 people who had downloaded the app,” Trisha told the Sharks, “93% of those given the option to rethink and change their words did.” Using her coding skills, she wrote the code for the app that will allow participants to stop and rethink before sending a message that could be harmful. She started learning to code at a young age and when she was thirteen and heard about the girl who died she decided to do something about it. The one surprise in this whole pitch? Trisha is only 16 years old. Teen declines to post offensive message.ReThink technology detects offensive message.Here is a quick overview of how ReThink works: Her business, inspired by the true life events of bullying that led to the death of an eleven-year-old girl, is ReThink, an app that recognizes negative and bullying words prior to messages being shared via social media or texting. The app gives the writer a chance to rethink words they’ve typed before sending the message.
Trisha Prabhu, a coder, entrepreneur, TED Talk presenter, and business developer stood in front of six sharks seeking $100,000 for 20% equity in her business. If you are a fan of Shark Tank, you recently witnessed a tech-savvy leader in technology pitch a business designed to rethink words users share before the bullying starts.