Shark Tank

I want to draw a cat for you has been my favorite sales pitch out of everyone. You see that one?

I like Cuban also. Kevin is an enormous a-hole to the point he sometimes misses out of opporunities you could tell he wanted b/c if given the choice, everyone would rather deal with the other people. I'm sure he isn't hurting or anything, but wow is he an a-hole.

I can't believe the Readerest magnetic glasses clip was successful. People actually walk around with some cold metal against their bare chests, with their glasses hanging down off the front of their shirt? That's a Navin R. Johnson level idea. I could have made a prototype from the hard drive actuator magnet I stuck to the fridge years ago as a joke (it's very strong and hard to remove). Why can't I think of stupid shite like the Readerest?

i like to watch the sharks run numbers and counter proposals on the fly. People like the sharks have a completely different perspective than most. Impressive.

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and now I am seeing them in Walmart

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my wife made the same observation. we watched that episode and thought it was a poor idea. Now the shite is in convenience stores.

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its an awesome show

and yea, kevin is an a-hole, and he's also ALWAYS the first person to bring up revenues and sales, the other sharks will let the person keep up with their cutesy pitch, but Kevin always cuts in and says something along the lines of "thats great, lets talk about money"

Wasn't it the lady who owned QVC that bought the readerest? She bundled it with reading glasses or something. Great thinking bc I reallyy can only see QVC type women buying that shite.


What about the guitar guy who had a device to teach you to play in a day? That was good stuff too. But still, the I Want To Draw A Cat For You was such a funny pitch that I immediately went to his website to find out more about it and the site had crashed. I think Mark Cuban ended up partnering with him.
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great show; Cuban carries it though imho

I love the show. I've watched every season. I think most people who sell controlling interest in their business get royally screwed. You hear a few success stories, but most of them get lowballed for >50%, when the sharks are just interested in getting the patent for what is chump change to them. They'll shop it around, and if it doesn't immediately take off, they'll just toss it.

But there are also a lot of people on that show that don't realize that they need to have an established record of success to get interest from the sharks. Mark freaking Cuban doesn't have time to devote 20 hours a week to helping you build your automatic apple peeler, no matter how "good of an idea" it is. It's funny every time someone gives a great pitch for their business, and asks for $75K for 10%, and then reveals they've only done $5k in sales in 2 years.

I love Cuban on the show though it kinda sucks because he can outbid all the sharks combined. QVC lady is a lot better than Barbara as well, she actual bids on people.

cuban isnt going to outbid anyone for the hell of it. he is a business man and will only make a deal that makes sense.