Swimming with sharks.

AuthorSoave, Robby
PositionShark Tank - Television program review - Brief article

Pop culture isn't always friendly to businessmen, but the ABC show Shark Tank portrays entrepreneurial success as fundamentally fair, aspirational, and addictively entertaining.

The program, which began its sixth season this fall, features small business operators pitching for funding to a panel of celebrity venture capitalists, such as Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and "Queen of QVC" Lori Greiner. If the sharks think the product has merit and commercial possibilities, they invest their own money, become stakeholders, and give everybody a chance to make money. The competition is...

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