sharktank

    By Jason Cochran

    | 12:02AM 10/07/2009
    Having a good business idea isn't enough to make money. You also need the means to execute it. Last night, inventor Lisa Lloyd showed up on ABC's Shark Tank a nervous wreck: sleepless, mortgaged to the brink of disaster, and unable to meet the demands of her business without some quick capital....

    By Jason Cochran

    | 12:01AM 10/07/2009
    Last night on ABC's Shark Tank, we met Danon Beres from Huntington Beach, California, who makes the Washed Up Hollywood fashion accessories line. His buckles wowed the businessmen, but ironically, his budget could have used a little belt-tightening. Kevin O'Leary and Daymond John wasted no time in...

    By Jason Cochran

    | 4:00PM 10/06/2009
    Today, we wrap up our four-part audience with the Sharks of ABC's Shark Tank, which airs tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern. When WalletPop's Jason Cochran dares to ask the Sharks if they secretly collude to trick entrepreneurs into devaluing their own businesses, Barbara has some pointed words about it....

    By Jason Cochran

    | 1:30PM 10/05/2009
    Entrepreneur Kimberly Cayce endured a brutal dressing down on national television recently when she went on ABC's Shark Tank to get money for KALYX Technologies, her sports bra business. Would-be investor Kevin O'Leary castigated her for bringing him a business that's "going to zero," and he sent...

    By Jason Cochran

    | 4:00PM 10/02/2009
    Can't get enough of ABC's new series Shark Tank? Then dive deeper. WalletPop's Editor-at-Large, Jason Cochran, dared to risk life and limb to hang with the Sharks. Instead of seeking an audience with the self-made multimillionaires to beg them for money, as budding businessmen do every Tuesday...

    By Jason Cochran

    | 12:30PM 10/01/2009
    Can't get enough of ABC's new series Shark Tank? Then dive deeper. WalletPop's Editor-at-Large, Jason Cochran, dared to risk life and limb to hang with the Sharks. Instead of seeking an audience with the self-made multimillionaires to beg them for money, as budding businessmen do every Tuesday...

    By Jason Cochran

    | 12:03AM 9/30/2009
    Sawyer Sparks, a 22-year-old college student from Purdue University, walked into the Shark Tank last night with a bright idea: modeling dough that kids with wheat allergies can use. On paper, that sounds like a pretty weak concept, but bet you didn't know that one out of eight kids has that...

    By Jason Cochran

    | 8:00AM 9/24/2009
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    By Jason Cochran

    | 9:00PM 9/15/2009
    Tonight, ABC will re-broadcast an episode of Shark Tank featuring the colorful and infectiously enthusiastic Saccoman brothers, two Brazil-born guys who brought their online journaling system, MyTherapyJournal.com, before the Sharks. The guys are as perky and as can-do as the Wonder Twins from...

    By Jason Cochran

    | 5:45PM 8/31/2009
    It was one of the most electrifying confrontations of the Shark Tank season. Paul Watts of Sacramento brought his Graffiti Removal Services, a franchised fleet of mobile removal units, in front of the Sharks to see who would bite. Two Sharks backed out, claiming the idea could be too easily copied....