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So after seeing the golden hurricane guy on youtube that was posted in STS, I finally started watching this while working today.

Most of these fuckers are pitching products as businesses and this one chick is slinging hoodia. I love it.

And every single one of the people who've talked about their patents? Not a single case where the patent wouldn't be invalid by a preexisting implementation. Crazy.

I'm looking forward to season 3 with acai whores.
 


Here's one with a bit of IP infringement.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpINmqYych0"]Dragons' Den Canada - Season 4, Episode 6 - YouTube[/ame]

Scroll to 1:50 to start. What a fucken idiot, lol

If anyone's wondering, Jim, that Boston Pizza guy owns a nation-wide chain called Mr Lube (or is it in the US too?).
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Here's one with a bit of IP infringement.

Dragons' Den Canada - Season 4, Episode 6 - YouTube

Scroll to 1:50 to start. What a fucken idiot, lol

If anyone's wondering, Jim, that Boston Pizza guy owns a nation-wide chain called Mr Lube (or is it in the US too?).
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Did OP mean Dragon's Den then? Because I don't remember anyone on Shark Tank pitching hoodia or anything. Hm.

Edit: yeah pretty sure it's in the U.S. too.
 
Yea, it was on Dragon's Den, not Shark tank. Both shows have some interesting businesses/products but overall a lot of these people's ideas and businesses are jokes. You have to give them some credit though. They get sh** going and they're investing their own money and time into something.

Bag on them if you want, but its better than them staying home complaining about how they don't have this or how they can't afford this. . .
 
I've been watching Shark Tank a lot recently. It's pretty entertaining to watch, and can even learn a few things from time to time.
 
the shark tank episode had hoodia where the chick tried to sling lip gloss that would make you lose weight using hoodia in it. She got pooped on..
 
What annoys me about both Sharks Tank and Dragons Den is that the investors feed off of each other. If one of them starts trashing the product (especially if it's Kevin) they will all join the bashing.

However if one of them shows interest and wants to invest, 90% of the time one or more investors will want to either join the deal or do their own deal.
 
avatar33 said:
What annoys me about both Sharks Tank and Dragons Den is that the investors feed off of each other. If one of them starts trashing the product (especially if it's Kevin) they will all join the bashing.

However if one of them shows interest and wants to invest, 90% of the time one or more investors will want to either join the deal or do their own deal.
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I agree.

I've noticed in recent episodes that Mark Cuban (in Shark Tank) seems to frequently sit back and wait until everyone else has had their say (or has gone out) - then he'll walk in and try to make a deal. Seems smart to me.
 
Na, Shark Tank. Season 2 Week 4. Hoodia Lip Gloss. rofl

Patent on tracking coins was what I was referencing (where's george would make it invalid), but there were several more.
 
Who saw the one with the animated stick on bumper stickers? Who the fuck would put that shit on their car.

The market for trashy enough to have bumper stickers but also have enough money to drop $50 on a animated bumper stick has to be tiny.

And the golf cooler people? ROFL. "Do you want to pay $6 for a beer?" To a man worth over $3 billion. Ha.
 
SkyFire said:
Who saw the one with the animated stick on bumper stickers? Who the fuck would put that shit on their car.
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This guy vvvv

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Holy Shit! We have a stupid idea winner.

The Car Sick Bag. What the fuck was this dude thinking?
 
SkyFire said:
And the golf cooler people? ROFL. "Do you want to pay $6 for a beer?" To a man worth over $3 billion. Ha.
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I remember that episode. They had no chance of getting an investment the minute they walked in. Another funny one was the guy that taught a course on how to sell, but wasn't able to sell any of the investors on his business.
 
I want to see one of the Sharks cut someone off right after introducing themselves with an "I'm out". lol.
 
SkyFire said:
I want to see one of the Sharks cut someone off right after introducing themselves with an "I'm out". lol.
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I want to see somebody with a killer idea go in there with a secure investment in hand, just for the fun of it, pitch his idea, wait for all of them to get excited and want to jump in and then say:

"I came here for the lulz and the free advertising. I already have strong investors with me and small business grants pouring in. Fuck you all. Good luck bros"
 
that dude with the individual wine cups fucked up not taking their deal....both times! I just saw some company came out with the same thing but wayyyy better looking designs and the cups snap together on top of eachother to hold together in the packaging and afterwards.
 
I'm waiting to see an update of a business that didn't do well after the Shark Tank. All of the updates I have seen so far(for both companies that got invested in or didn't get invested in) are doing well now due to the investment or just based off the advertisement of being on TV.
 
Otinsdale said:
that dude with the individual wine cups fucked up not taking their deal....both times! I just saw some company came out with the same thing but wayyyy better looking designs and the cups snap together on top of eachother to hold together in the packaging and afterwards.
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I actually saw the Copa de Vino (or whatever it was called) in a convenience store about a week ago. I had to do a double take as it was kinda like 'well damn - that shit is real'. lol

I will say that the sharks sometimes are dicks about 'your valuation is terrible and that's what kills the deal' bit. Everybody walks in there with a fucked up valuation - that's why they virtually never take what's offered, but instead counter-offer for more equity.

The one who REALLY kills it is Mark Burnett (the creator). I read - think it was on here - that the TOS of the show states that he's somehow cut into all the deals that are made.
 
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