Month: June 2014

Cats Swimming With Sharks?

Posted on by The Cat Cafe San Diego

Maybe.  The Cat Cafe was invited to audition for the ABC show Shark Tank.  It took a lot of work to do this.  Thanks to the work of one very talented video artist, whose contact information I will share with those who are interested, we came up with this.

It looks like it was really simple, but a lot of work went into getting this right.  Of course, we had to get the cats to cooperate — always a challenge.  Bagheera, who is the larger grey bengal cat, loves to rub noses with me.  But on the day we shot the video, he decided, not today.

Jacey, the silver bengal who talks in the video, is super active and it was hard to get her to settle down.

Bagheera and JaceyThen there were the challenges with shooting at the site where The Cat Cafe will open.  We had to get around those.  Foot traffic, noise from cars and motorcycles, and just me getting my freaking lines right.

It’s about seven minutes long, but it took two hours to shoot.  And then the magic behind the video took place in the studios of the very talented video artist who was kind enough to work with us.

What do you think?  I’d love to hear your feedback!

June 4 Update

Posted on by The Cat Cafe San Diego

Lots of things going on here with The Cat Cafe.  On Monday, I met with the San Diego Humane Society.  I shared the business plan for The Cat Cafe, and they’re going to have the executive team review it and figure out how best to proceed.  Already, they’ve been helpful.  They had some feedback on what I should name the place where the cats will be.  I was going to call it the Cat Sanctuary but they advised against it.

As you can guess, I’m not the most creative of all people.  I’ll be turning to you to ask for help in naming the area where the cats will be housed.  I’m sure one of you will have a much better name than I can come up with.

After we were done talking business, I got to take a tour of an amazing facility.  The best part of it was getting to see a part of the facility that’s not open to the public.  I got to see the kitten nursery.  It was a cuteness overload!

The San Diego Humane Society's Kitten NurseryI did not take this picture, or any pictures, because I was so into seeing the little furry guys interact.  Like I said, cuteness overload.

This was taken the next day, when some people from the ASPCA came to visit the facility and see if it was something that they could take nationwide.

I also got a call from the casting team at ABC’s Shark Tank.

It’s going to be a lot of work, and my friends at NBC San Diego might be a little upset with me if I go on a competing network after they were kind enough to write such a nice article about The Cat Cafe.

But the opportunity to have the sharks grill me for 20 minutes about my business, even if no investments come in, is an amazing one.  I’m sure I’ll learn a lot, even if I get ripped to shreds by them.

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