7 Things I Learned By Studying the Worst Shark Tank Pitch Ever
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Back in 2009, in the very first episode, an entrepreneur stood up and pitched something called the Ionic Ear. Here's what happened.
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Is This The Worst Shark Tank Pitch Ever?
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Why I Turned Down A $500,000 Deal On Shark Tank, by Maneesh Sethi
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Top 10 Biggest Deals On Shark Tank
The 15 Worst 'Shark Tank' Pitches of All Time
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Mark Cuban called this the worst 'Shark Tank' pitch ever
16-year-old entrepreneur who landed a $100,000 'Shark Tank' deal shares lessons he's learned from Mark Cuban
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The Most Successful Shark Tank Products Ranked
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The Sharks Have No Chill Shark Tank Worst Pitches
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10 Worst Shark Tank Ideas and Pitches of All Time - Interesting Engineering
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How I handle rejection (lessons learned from building a startup & getting rejected on national TV), by Vendela Ragnarsson
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Top 10 Shark Tank Products the Sharks Regret Taking
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