Kids of a Late 9/11 Firefighter Pay Tribute to Their Dad, Pitch His Product on Shark Tank
Shark Tank, an entertaining excuse to praise the falsity of American exceptionalism, is apparently also an exercise in heartwarming familial gestures.
Megyn Kelly Today, Today: Why Is Kevin O'Leary Here Talking About Sexual Harassment?
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Bethenny Frankel, A-Rod, and More Are Heading Into the Shark Tank Next Season, and That Sucks
Real Housewives of New York star and Skinnygirl Cocktails founder Bethenny Frankel announced Monday that she would appear on next season of the greatest show on television, Shark Tank. In a tweet, Frankel shared a photo of herself watermarked with the show’s iconic logo alongside the caption, “I guess I am a shark…
Tyra Banks, Certified Businesswoman, Will Host a Business Competition Show
Variety reports that Tyra Banks, former Top Model host and proud owner of one very exaggerated certificate from Harvard Business School, will star as a “mentor” to would-be entrepreneurs on Funded, NBC’s answer to Shark Tank. Hopefully this time nobody ends up addicted to meth or murdered in a triple-homicide!
Shark Tank Bro Chris Sacca Supposedly Threw a Tantrum After He Was Denied Entry to Hamilton
Tech entrepreneur and frequent Shark Tank guest Chris Sacca purportedly threw a fit when he was denied entry to a performance of the musical Hamilton earlier this week, because sometimes those tickets you get for a great deal on online turn out to be fake. Surprise!
11-Year-Old Shark Tank Entrepreneur Lands Contract to Sell Her Lemonade at Whole Foods
Whole Foods has reportedly signed up to sell 11-year-old Shark Tank favorite Mikaila Ulmer’s BeeSweet Lemonade. Are you ready to support this talented lady?
How One Guy Went From a Casting Call to a Shark Tank Deal With Mark Cuban in Just 76 Days
I don’t want to say that I’m personally responsible for getting Shaan Patel of SAT prep company 2400 Expert his Shark Tank deal with Mark Cuban, clinched on air at ABC this past Friday night. Test prep is an ever-expanding industry, and Patel is sharply impressive in person, even more so on paper; he’s getting his MD…
Women Who Appear on Shark Tank Receive Fewer Investments Than Men
Women entrepreneurs who appear on ABC’s Shark Tank experience the same kind of unfair gender bias as they do in real-life Silicon Valley. Female contestants on the hit reality show receive fewer investments than male contestants do.
Watch Two Drone Guys Achieve the Rare Shark Tank Sweep With Terrifying Device Called 'PhoneDrone'
This is what it looks like when your history is written, America: two calculating drone freaks enticing a group of television billionaires to go all in for a $6 million valuation that depends on the promise that, one day, all our phones could be drones.
Praises Be to Capitalist Jesus: Shark Tank's Back
Great news! After “six years and more than $65 million invested,” the hands-down best show on television has returned to bless me with its soothing delusions of American exceptionalism—and this time, it features Ashton Kutcher.
Shark Tank's Mr. Wonderful Only Makes Money Off Companies Led by Women
Kevin O’Leary, unofficial star of the capitalist-utopian propaganda TV show Shark Tank, is known for dropping vicious entrepreneurial truth bombs of the highest caliber: “You’re dead to me,” he spits, at the slightest hint of future inconvenience. “Don’t cry about money, it never cries about you.” Recently, the…
60 Minutes at a Shark Tank Open Casting
One cold, windy day last week, a neat snake of people dressed in muted business casual shuffled in double-file outside ABC’s studios at 66th and Columbus, waiting to receive a color-coded wristband that would permit them to audition for Shark Tank. 500 of them will make it through the doors today, a small fraction of…
10-Year-Old Girl Gets $60K Shark Tank Investment for Lemonade Business
Mikaila Ulmer, a 10-year-old girl from Texas, is the face of a thriving lemonade business. No, it's not just a well-trafficked stand in her parents front yard, but a full-fledged company—BeeSweet Lemonade—that just got a $60K investment on Shark Tank.
Nice Shark Robert Herjavec Is Really Coming Into His Own as a Dancer
This is Robert Herjavec, perpetually smiling television entrepreneur and new contestant on Dancing with the Stars. The "son of an immigrant factory worker," Herjavec is essentially the nicest man in the world—certainly, the nicest Shark in the Tank—and it cheers me to be able to aggregate the news for you that,…
Shark Tank's Endlessly Weird But Always Entertaining Gender Obsession
The fact that ABC's Shark Tank is even a show on television will be a surprise to anyone who enjoys leaving the house on a Friday night. But once you dive into this pool teeming with dangerous underwater creatures, you'll soon discover the secret reason for its success: the drama provoked through a strangely…
Shark Tank: Investors Debate Whether "Plus-Size" Fashion Can Be Profitable
Plus-size fashion designer Gayla Bentley appeared on Shark Tank last night to ask for an investment, but one judge wondered, "Is it possible that larger sized women (and don't beat me with at stick) don't care about fashion as much?"