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Shark Bites With Barbara Corcoran Posted Sep 29th 2009 by Beth Cooney Fitzpatrick Photo: Courtesy ABC New York City real estate tycoon Barbara Corcoran has earned the right to eye her investment prospects like a shark staring down prey. As a young woman, Corcoran borrowed a $1,000 loan from a boyfriend and parlayed it into a real estate empire she eventually sold for a whopping $70 million. (Not bad for someone who admits to “D” grades in high school). Corcoran is one of the five mega-millionaires starring in ABC’s “Shark Tank,” which starts its new season at 8 p.m. tonight [...]

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By Ashkan Karbasfrooshan Read part 1 and part 2 of our interview with Barbara Corcoran, whose namesake company became the top brand in NYC residential real estate. Barbara sold her company and is now busy with her production company as well as with making investments on the ABC show Shark Tank. WatchMojo: What’s the common trait between all the investments you’ve made? Barbara Corcoran: Oh, they have many things in common: #1, each and everyone of them very high energy, #2, they weren’t all great presenters, but they all had the right answers to the questions, #3, they totally believe [...]

By Ashkan Karbasfrooshan SOURCE: WatchMOJO Business Blog I had a chance to sit down with Barbara Corcoran. She’s currently on Shark Tank alongside Robert Herjavec, Kevin O’Leary, Kevin Harrington and Daymond John. We chatted about numerous things, to read the interview from the beginning, see Part 1 here. Here is Part 2: WatchMojo: You were quoted as saying that the worst students make the best entrepreneurs. I actually understand why you would say that, but do you think that good students make for bad entrepreneurs? Barbara Corcoran: With a few exceptions, I would say generally so, yes. And, this [...]

‘Shark Tank’ Takes a Bite Out of Tuesday By Kate O’Hare on September 28, 2009 On Tuesday, Sept. 29, ABC’s business-reality series “Shark Tank” returns to the schedule on a new night (and at a new time, 8 p.m. ET/PT), aiming to help more hopeful entrepreneurs get some investment capital and be able to chase their piece of the American dream. Bright and early Monday morning, I got on the phone with three of the five “sharks” (the other two are Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary): real-estate mogul Barbara Corcoran, tech innovator Robert Herjavec and infomercial pioneer Kevin Harrington. [...]