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The Bite Toothpaste Bits business did not get a deal when it was pitched on Shark Tank. How is the business doing today? Is it making a profit?

The entrepreneur behind Bite toothpaste was propelled by a mission of conservation.

How a CEO turned $6,000 into a multimillion-dollar toothpaste business that got an investment offer from Mark Cuban CNBC 1 hr ago © Provided by CNBC Lindsay McCormick is the founder and CEO of Bite Toothpaste Bits. Five years ago, Lindsay McCormick was working as a TV producer on HGTV's "House Hunters." She was traveling the country, living out of a suitcase, and relying heavily on travel-size toiletries. "I kept going through toothpaste tubes and I was just like, this feels so wasteful," McCormick says. An avid surfer and former surf instructor, McCormick was keenly aware of where those...

In 2016, Lindsay McCormick founded Bite in her quest to answer two questions: Why does toothpaste come in plastic tubes and what exactly are we putting in our bodies when we brush our teeth? Already working toward a zero waste, vegan lifestyle, McCormick sprinted into action to find a way to reduce the more than 1.5 billion toothpaste tubes that make it into landfills each year. With consumer demand rising for sustainable products, McCormick and her co-founder Asher Hunt made an appearance on ABC's Shark Tank in early 2020. She turned down a lucrative opportunity from Marc Cuban, determined...