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Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

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Re: Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

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The pajama idea seemed to play pretty well for you, I noticed it when watching the episode. All of the sharks seemed surprised by both of your backgrounds after the first impression.

How much of a bump in sales/interest have you gotten from being on Shark Tank?

Re: Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

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I find that Shark Tank is a great learning experience just from a viewers prospective. I think, even with the added dramatic flare, that you can learn a lot from the 5 sharks that are sitting in that room at any given time. It is an enjoyable free class on entrepreneurship, as well as a view inside the mind of a millionaire to billionaire that one does not get access to very easily.

Unfortunately I think a large amount of that education is lost on the general TV watching public.

Re: Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

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post #2

I wish i knew what the hell he's talking about, but ABC doesn't like dirty foreigners being interested in their content it seems.

More likely the production company (Mark Burnett or whoever's running it nowadays) did not negotiate the overseas licensing with ABC.

Re: Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

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A former client was on Shark Tank. The pitch in-studio was 2.5 hours and of course only 7 minutes was aired. The interest it generated (in terms of downloads) was enormous. It nearly filled the Heroku database during the show - which we quickly upgraded after it aired.

A good metaphor for the negotiations before and after airing and the actual on-air pitch is an iceberg. 5% is visible on-air and 95% of the interactions with the sharks and their team is never public. What actually happens in terms of an investment may never be made public - from promise to make a deal that falls apart to an on-air rejection that is later turned around into an investment.

Re: Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

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post #5

I find that Shark Tank is a great learning experience just from a viewers prospective. I think, even with the added dramatic flare, that you can learn a lot from the 5 sharks that are sitting in that room at any given time. It is an enjoyable free class on entrepreneurship, as well as a view inside the mind of a millionaire to billionaire that one does not get access to very easily. Unfortunately I think a large amou…

Unfortunately, it is not free. You have to have cable to watch it in most cases.

Re: Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

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post #8
post #5

I find that Shark Tank is a great learning experience just from a viewers prospective. I think, even with the added dramatic flare, that you can learn a lot from the 5 sharks that are sitting in that room at any given time. It is an enjoyable free class on entrepreneurship, as well as a view inside the mind of a millionaire to billionaire that one does not get access to very easily. Unfortunately I think a large amou…

Unfortunately, it is not free. You have to have cable to watch it in most cases.

Its on ABC. You don't need to pay for cable for access to ABC.

Re: Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

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post #8
post #5

I find that Shark Tank is a great learning experience just from a viewers prospective. I think, even with the added dramatic flare, that you can learn a lot from the 5 sharks that are sitting in that room at any given time. It is an enjoyable free class on entrepreneurship, as well as a view inside the mind of a millionaire to billionaire that one does not get access to very easily. Unfortunately I think a large amou…

Unfortunately, it is not free. You have to have cable to watch it in most cases.

I don't watch much TV so I had to check wikipedia for the show. The reruns are exclusive to CNBC, but the prime time show is on ABC.
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