Dissent. Disagreement. Division. Divisiveness. Dog and pony show. Dereliction of Duty. Demonization. (Why do they all start with D?) Raise your hand if you’re sick of hearing those terms repeatedly in the news – ad nauseam around election cycles. And most of them are wrong or harmful all of the time. But one of them […]

I wonder how Jamie Siminoff, CEO of Doorbot, felt in 2013 when he appeared on Shark Tank, was rejected by four out of five Sharks, and offered a less than attractive deal from Kevin O’Leary, which he turned down. That kind of showing would seem to be a pretty reliable indicator that you may want […]

When Shark Tank aired last night on ABC, FlexScreen inventor Joe Altieri entered the tank asking for $800,000 for 6% of his company. He walked away with a similar deal for his “first and only flexible window screen” which he described as “an industry disruptor.” But it wasn’t until after three sharks (the show has […]