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Shark Tank Business Lessons

Shark Tank Business Lessons

First up in the Shark Tank was the Profender by Tony Devine, who was asking for $75,000 in exchange for 15% equity (Which is a $500,000 Valuation).  The Profender is a basketball training tool to help shooters simulate game situations where a defender is closing out on them to contest the shot.  The way this is currently done in most training situation is by having assistant coaches use brooms to extend their reach while basketball players … Read entire article »

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Rent A Grandma Franchise Question and Answer with Todd Pliss

Rent A Grandma Franchise Question and Answer with Todd Pliss

Todd Pliss, the Franchisor of Rent A Grandma was kind enough to answer some question about the business just before the episode of Shark Tank featuring him and his business was due to air on ABC. Just Elementary: Rent A Grandma has been written up in articles from the Christian Science Monitor, ABC News, Entrepreneur Magazine, Hispanic Business, to NPR. How has the publicity from them benefitted the business? Were there any surprises to people’s reactions from those … Read entire article »

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