For any up and coming entrepreneur, it can be difficult to get your business up in the air. Sometimes it takes just a little more awareness of your company, other times you may just be in dire need of some investors. This is the platform for the hit television show on ABC, "Shark Tank."
If you already know what major you want, find out what pre-requisites are required and if you have to take certain courses in order or not. Also, look to see when these classes are offered. Sometimes classes are only offered once a year, rather than once a semester. If there is a limited-offering class you have your heart set on, make sure you sign up for a semester that it is offered.
If you are ever planning on being on this show yourself, it would be helpful to have knowledge of business and know whether the deals you are dealt are good or not.
It would also be helpful to know whether your product is good enough, or if your proposal will be credible to the investors. Here are a few examples of the worst deals seen on "Shark Tank."
Don't worry about the grammatical correctness of what you say, or the poetic virtue of it. Write the feelings of your heart. Write why it hurts. Write how it happened. Make the chorus the most hurtful thing about the situation and always return to that feeling at the end of every verse. Jeff Buckley did a phenomenal job with this in his famous song, "Hallelujah." His verses tell a story of sorrow. The speed and style of his singing cries out in anguish and finishes with the ironic statement "Hallelujah."
No matter how confident you are in your intellectual ability, don't risk your GPA by jumping into classes that could be over your head. College and high school classes are very different. Start safe and adjust from there.
2nd Place: Squirrel Boss. This deal was turned down not only because of the product itself but also because of the personality of the contestant. Michael had created a bird feeder that sends an electric shock to any squirrels that try to eat the bird feed from the bird feeder. Not only was the product a little scary, but the way it was presented was scary as well.
You don't want to run all the way across campus during a short five minute class break or waste time during awkward 45 minute breaks in-between classes.
1st Place: Dura-Tent. Dan expected a great offer for his product. It could have even been possible except for a few major errors that he made. First of all, the name of his product did not make any sense, and had little to do with the actual product. His presentation consisted mostly of talking about bug poop and he even lied to the sharks saying, "I know I told you I sold 50K units but it was really only 35K." Hopefully the horrible he was offered and declined will teach him his lesson.
If you already know what major you want, find out what pre-requisites are required and if you have to take certain courses in order or not. Also, look to see when these classes are offered. Sometimes classes are only offered once a year, rather than once a semester. If there is a limited-offering class you have your heart set on, make sure you sign up for a semester that it is offered.
If you are ever planning on being on this show yourself, it would be helpful to have knowledge of business and know whether the deals you are dealt are good or not.
It would also be helpful to know whether your product is good enough, or if your proposal will be credible to the investors. Here are a few examples of the worst deals seen on "Shark Tank."
Don't worry about the grammatical correctness of what you say, or the poetic virtue of it. Write the feelings of your heart. Write why it hurts. Write how it happened. Make the chorus the most hurtful thing about the situation and always return to that feeling at the end of every verse. Jeff Buckley did a phenomenal job with this in his famous song, "Hallelujah." His verses tell a story of sorrow. The speed and style of his singing cries out in anguish and finishes with the ironic statement "Hallelujah."
No matter how confident you are in your intellectual ability, don't risk your GPA by jumping into classes that could be over your head. College and high school classes are very different. Start safe and adjust from there.
2nd Place: Squirrel Boss. This deal was turned down not only because of the product itself but also because of the personality of the contestant. Michael had created a bird feeder that sends an electric shock to any squirrels that try to eat the bird feed from the bird feeder. Not only was the product a little scary, but the way it was presented was scary as well.
You don't want to run all the way across campus during a short five minute class break or waste time during awkward 45 minute breaks in-between classes.
1st Place: Dura-Tent. Dan expected a great offer for his product. It could have even been possible except for a few major errors that he made. First of all, the name of his product did not make any sense, and had little to do with the actual product. His presentation consisted mostly of talking about bug poop and he even lied to the sharks saying, "I know I told you I sold 50K units but it was really only 35K." Hopefully the horrible he was offered and declined will teach him his lesson.
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