While getting overly emotional generally isn't the best way to impress the sharks, some of the best "Shark Tank" episodes have involved a few tears. The Tree T-PEE founder Johnny Georges succeeded in making all the sharks misty-eyed when he revealed that he wasn't looking to make money, he was just passionate about helping farmers protect their trees from frost and help conserve water. For Kronos Golf's Phillip Lapuz, he didn't intend to allow himself to get so emotional on the show, but the question of what motivated them to want to start their own business brought him to tears, and in turn, all of the sharks.
Lapuz left a well-paying job to follow his passion, even putting $100,000 of his own money into the venture. He explained to the sharks that he's been engaged for two years, but his fiancée is in Japan, and her parents won't let her come to the U.S. unless he proves that his business is a success. Robert Herjavec invested in part because he saw the drive Lapuz has to make his business successful.
After the episode aired, Lapuz told TMZ that he emailed a clip to the parents of Mariko, his fiancée. But apparently, it wasn't meant to be, and Lapuz posted on his Instagram in April, 2017 that he married a woman named Tara.
