re: Best/Worst Shark in Shark Tank

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I'm just trying to think of anything that I would want Barbara as my first shark on.

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Barbara is a wiz with real estate, which makes her ideal for franchising retail businesses.

Lori is the queen of QVC. She's great with anything that can be sold via infomercial and marketed towards women.

Cuban has the most resources, but the least time. Getting Cuban is the biggest possible get, but he's also very choosy. He is best for tech companies (similar to Robert) and also looks for anything that he can pair with his sports franchises to make money.

Mr. Wonderful specializes in commodities (bulk manufacturing), educational products, and seasonal/special occasion products (holidays, weddings, greeting cards, etc). With his background in offshore manufacturing, he is good at setting up distribution and likes to rely on royalty deals. Since he has so many existing businesses, he likes to find startups where he can take their proprietary technology and license it to improve his own companies. He is often the sleaziest though, as he backs out of more deals agreed to in the tank than any other shark. He also will attempt to steal any proprietary technology that isn't properly patent protected that comes into the tank which could help one of his companies. When he hits, he hits, but he's one that is difficult to deal with.

Daymond. He's a fashion, marketing, and offshore manufacturing/distribution. He often looks for products he can incorporate into FUBU, but rejects potential competition. He is great at setting up distribution deals, but is very picky, as he has the least resources to work with out of all the sharks. However, since he only takes companies he knows exactly how to build into a success, getting a deal with Daymond is almost a guaranteed success.

Robert loves everything. Robert specializes in tech, but he's also a big kid at heart. He wants to invest in everything. He is often a sucker for fun products that he could see himself or his kids enjoying. Since he has a ton of resources but often lacks the industry expertise of some of the other sharks, he likes to partner with other sharks.

Sacca is worthless. He rarely invests in anything and mostly just behaves like an instigator to rile up Mark the whole time. He's a tech app guy, but even in his own space, a dealer would be better off with Mark or Robert.

Best to worst is:
Mark
Lori
Daymond
Robert
Barbara
Mr. Wonderful
Sacca