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Daymond John’s Top 7 Tips on How to Launch Your Product Like a Shark
Here's how the 'Shark Tank' star and serial entrepreneur promotes new products. With the right strategy, you can, too.
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Throw Your Company to the Sharks — on ‘Shark Tank,’ That Is
Pitching your business on this hit show could pay off handsomely -- as long as you know what you're doing.
Building a Business
Are You Trying to Protect Your Idea — or Sell It?
Do you really need a patent? It all depends on who you ask.
By Stephen Key
Business News
Barbara Corcoran: You Can’t Devote Yourself to Your Business and Children at the Same Time
For the 'Shark Tank' star, becoming a mother meant dialing back her professional obligations.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Exclusive: Watch This Entrepreneur’s Emotional Shark Tank Pitch Before It Airs on TV
Growing up, life was anything but a bed of roses for this ambitious Texas inventor. Find out how his journey led him from mattress-cleaning to the Tank, before the next episode airs this Friday.
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Mark Cuban Slams Y Combinator Co-Founder for Dissing Shark Tank in Ugly Twitter Feud
Don't swim with sharks, not if you can't bite back.
Thought Leaders
LuminAID Founders Light up the Darkness, and Their Sales
A deal with 'Shark Tank''s Mark Cuban more than doubled these entrepreneurs' sales for a disaster-relief retail product.
Building a Business
Is the Video Profile ‘Shark Tank’s’ Kiss of Death?
Like those red-shirted crewman on 'Star Trek,' few of the entrepreneurs profiled on the show seemed to survive -- until now.
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‘Shark Tank’ Recap: Barbara Corcoran Gets Baffled by a ‘Wild-Ass Entrepreneur’
Who walks away from two deals from the sharks? A woman with a better place mat.
Thought Leaders
‘Shark Tank’ Recap: Math Sinks an Offer That Would Have ‘Burned’ a Firefighter
A seemingly generous offer from Mr. Wonderful was nothing more than a shark smelling blood, and money, in the water.
Building a Business
5 Surprising Things I Learned From Interviewing 100 ‘Shark Tank’ Entrepreneurs
Did you know that more than 50 percent of those handshake deals in the 'Tank' never close?
By Tj Hale
Marketing
‘Shark Tank’ Update: The Mensch Is Off the Bench
A Hanukkah doll has grown with the help of two very different sharks.
Entrepreneurs
‘Shark Tank’ Update: The Sharks’ Sour Reaction to a Vinegar Company Now Tastes Sweet
This Detroit entrepreneur saw her sales soar, even without a shark's investment. Take that, 'Mr. Wonderful.'
Building a Business
‘Shark Tank’ Recap: O’Leary Morphs From Grinch to Santa for a Christmas Entrepreneur
Last week's holiday-themed episode brought one company a lump of coal, and three others visions of sugar plums.
Building a Business
The ‘Shark Tank’ Enjoys an Embarrassment of Riches: 4 Strong Proposals
But only three of those four entrepreneurs walked away with a deal.
Business Accounting
The Sharks Weigh in on ‘a Business vs. a Product’ and How to Tell the Difference
The sharks will happily invest in a great new idea, but only if there's an actual business behind it.
Building a Business
‘Shark Tank’ Recap: The Gadgets That Sparked a Feeding Frenzy
A week of weird inventions and some great deals for the innovative entrepreneurs behind them
Business Accounting
‘Can It Be Copied?’ Why Even Celebrity ‘Sharks’ Care About IP.
Intellectual property is something to be protected if you want to attract investment.
By Vic Lin
Thought Leaders
What ‘Shark Tank’s’ Robert Herjavec Looks for in a Startup
A skilled entrepreneur with a fresh product for a growing market will never lack for funding.
Entrepreneurs
Billionaire Mark Cuban on Raising Kids: ‘I Don’t Want Them to Be Entitled Jerks’
The outspoken Shark Tank star says the very thought of his kids growing up spoiled is his second greatest fear in life.
Thought Leaders
Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran: ‘All the Best Things Happened to Me on the Heels of Rejection’
The 'Shark' and real-estate mogul never let an obstacle keep her from her goals.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
This Video Doorbell Lets You Answer Your Door With Your Smartphone
Richard Branson didn't care that Ring tanked on Shark Tank. He invested millions anyway.
Thought Leaders
This New Reality TV Show Is Like ‘Shark Tank’ With a Gritty, Southern Spin
'West Texas Investors Club' sees aspiring entrepreneurs travel deep into the heart of Texas, where their business ideas and personal character are pushed to new limits.
By Geoff Weiss
Business Accounting
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Says Married Entrepreneurs Must Do This or Risk Divorce
The key to a lasting union isn't love, passion or sex. Not to the shrewd 'Mr. Wonderful.'
Building a Business
The 5 Best Business Mantras From ‘Mr. Wonderful’
I recently met with Kevin O'Leary, one of the judges on ABC's "Shark Tank," and came away with some memorable lessons.
Business News
Mark Cuban Reveals What It Was Like Playing the U.S. President in ‘Sharknado 3’
Yes, the movie in which sharks rain down on the White House.
Building a Business
Meet the New Shark Tank Sharks: Ashton Kutcher, Chris Sacca
Silicon Valley angel investors become TV sharks.