Shark Tank deal closer, dad, and life-long bike enthusiast.Aaron Powell is the Founder and CEO of Bunch Bikes, a company he started (rockily) after falling in love with Scandinavian bicycle culture on a family trip to Malmö, Sweden, in 2016.Aaron's bent on shifting American culture towards more family connection and work-life balance.Other tidbits about Aaron:Aaron is a former middle school band teacher from Texas who changed course and became a serial entrepreneur to successfully pay off his student loans (see also: nothing but beans, rice, and cold showers to save money).He built an online jewelry business without prior experience, eventualy selling it for $300,000.A typhoon destroyed his first shipment of bikes putting him $120,000 in the hole right out the gate.Mr. Money Mustache was his first cargo bike customer.He studied 124 episodes of 'Shark Tank', read every book written by a 'Shark', and left his business and family behind to drive solo in a van packed with two Bunch cargo bikes to Las Vegas—where he would quarantine for weeks—to successfully snag a deal with Barbara Corcoran.He made Shark Tank history when a 'Shark' not on the episode's panel (Robert Herjavec) also invested in the company post-filming.Aaron Powell is devoted to the customer experience, despises phone trees, and believes in cultivating employees that can lead.