Sharks Everywhere!

Speaking of spectacular, have you been watching Shark Week on the Discovery Channel? As the week of mouths agape ends, we have a new Shark title in the water called, "Shark Tank".

No Surf Boards Allowed...
If you have not seen or heard, my absolute favorite program is Dragon's Den (BBC - I know, but I am a Brit you know).

Dragon's Den is a marvelous show about inventors/entrepreneurs/dreamers who pitch their business ideas to a group of self-made multi-millionaires in the hopes of receiving funding for their business idea/concept. More or less, the arrangement is a partnership between the entrepreneur and the millionaire(s) that usually includes funds, expertise and incubation to successfully launch a promising venture. A dream come true really for very, very few.

Having said all of the above just to preface the fact that this week, we will see the American version of Dragon's Den...

Welcome to Shark Tank (Mark Burnett Productions)

According to friends at ABC:

"Shark Tank," an exciting, new reality show that gives budding entrepreneurs the chance to make their business dreams come true and become successful and possibly wealthy. But the entrepreneurs must first try to convince five tough, multi-millionaire tycoons to part with their own hard-earned cash and give them the funding they need to jump-start their ideas."

I'm largely intrigued - For this type of show might be worthy of actually viewing in real-time (Gasp, no TIVO for this one)...At least the first episode...

Meet Your New Shark (I mean Investor...)
The multi-millionaires appear to be self-made control freaks (Oh my there we go) with unrecognizable names - well, see for yourself in this quick rundown which includes what I know of each:

Kevin O'Leary (Software, Toys, Canadian), Daymond John (FUBU Sportswear company), Robert Herjavec (Infrastructure, now Canadian Security company, sold previous companies to AT&T and Nokia), Kevin Harrington (Infomercial business), Barbara Corcoran (Real Estate mogul - I have admired her Real Estate empire for a number of years).

Cannot wait...Shark Tank airs on Sunday at 8 PM on ABC.