SOURCE: ENTREPRENEUR DAILY DOSE By: Jennifer Wang | August 17, 2009 8:58 AM Entrepreneur.com talked to Barbara Corcoran for the next in our five-part interview series with “Shark Tank” judges. (Read the first Q&A here.) The show, which debuted on August 9, has a simple hook: Watch entrepreneurs plead their case for capital to five investors (aka sharks) who have no problem ripping bad ideas to shreds. And if you want proof that real deals are happening, get this: When we caught up with Corcoran, she’d just finished up a business call with episode one’s Tiffany Krummins, who got [...]

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Source: New York Post, Cindy Adams August 13, 2009 YOU know about ABC-TV’s newest thing “Shark Tank” by Mark Bur nett, who’s fashioned reality shows about everything except athlete’s foot, right? This one’s about cre ators pitching to entrepreneurs in hopes of seeking capital. Only woman on the panel is Barbara Corcoran, who founded then sold the Corcoran real estate group. The show is in its early stages, and this lady has already invested $1 million of her own money. Myself being a deep thinker and financial whiz, I said to her, “Barbara, you nuts?” “Some of these ideas are [...]

By: Dalton Ross – Entertainment Weekly Source: NY1 News Imports of foreign TV shows are a dicey affair. For every successful adaptation like “The Office” or “Ugly Betty”, there is a cringeworthy copycat like “Coupling” or “Viva Laughlin.” Reality television is no different, giving us gems like “Survivor” and duds like “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” twice!  I have to admit, I was excited and nervous about ABC’s latest import: “Shark Tank.” Excited because I’m a big fan of the British show upon which it’s based, Dragon’s Den. Nervous because, well, I didn’t want the network and [...]

Shark Tank By JOHN GRIFFITHS No, contestants aren’t thrown into an aquarium. In this new reality test, struggling entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of five tycoons (real-estate mogul Barbara Corcoran among them) looking to invest in the right project. Will the premiere’s participants – such as a pie-chain owner and a would-be tech mogul (his idea: surgically implant Bluetooth devices into people’s heads!) – wow them? The purse-holders’ responses prove riveting and edifying, and the dreamers’ passion, even when misguided, is downright inspiring. (ABC, 9 P.M.) AKPC_IDS += "2139,";