Darien Craig and Brandon Echols have known each other since they were 6 years old in small-town Hayden, Alabama.
They attended the same high school and even dropped out of college in tandem, they said on Friday's episode of ABC's "Shark Tank."
Craig and Echols co-own Y'all Sweet Tea, which Craig founded in 2021 — after getting fired from his previous job, he wrote on his company's website.
"The week I got fired, I had $7 to my name," wrote Craig.
Y'all sells its tea direct-to-consumer and in roughly 600 grocery store locations, mostly across the southeastern United States, Echols said on "Shark Tank."
Persons:
Darien Craig, Brandon Echols, Craig, Echols, Georgia, Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran chimed, Mark Cuban
Locations:
Hayden , Alabama, United States