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I had a chance to catch the 2nd half of an episode of Shark Tank over the weekend (I saw the last half of Episode 7 if you’re looking it up).

If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a 1/2 hour reality show where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their idea or business to a group of self-made multi-millionaires who have made their money by wheeling and dealing, creating, buying and selling businesses (the Sharks).

The business owners have an opportunity to raise money and make a deal on the show – either as an investment or a buyout.  They’ll pitch their idea and then ask for an amount of money in exchange for a portion of the business.

The Sharks are all legitimate business gurus, and they’ve got big personalities and egos to go along with it.  They don’t seem to like each other very much and there’s a lot of back and forth that has little to do with the business ideas – hard to tell if it’s staged much, but it does make for good TV.

Here’s a couple of the ideas that were discussed in the episode I saw:

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