It may be the toughest season ever for 'Shark Tank' contestants

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Three years ago, Noah Silverman and Yuki Kinoshita's Plufl — "the world's first dog bed for humans" — went viral on TikTok and landed them on "Shark Tank".

'Shark Tank' star Daniel Lubetzky says business success comes down to 4 things — and résumés aren't one of them

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Daniel Lubetzky at the Clover x Shark Tank Summit in Las Vegas on September 29, 2025.
Daniel Lubetzky told a Las Vegas audience that the real keys to success go far beyond credentials.

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'Shark Tank' casting director reveals her key rules for making a pitch stand out after watching 250,000 entrepreneurs try

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Shark Tank casting director Mindy Zemrak at the Clover x Shark Tank Summit at The Venetian in Las Vegas on Monday.
Mindy Zemrak said the perfect Shark Tank pitch isn't about money but about clarity, passion, storytelling, and showing the "it" factor that makes investors believe in you.

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'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary shares 5 pieces of blunt life advice: 'You have to learn how to shut up'

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Kevin O'Leary is an investor on "Shark Tank."

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'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary's next project is movie acting. He says he loves it when 'people say I can't do something.'

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Kevin O'Leary is a "Shark Tank" investor.

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'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary says he's not stressing about an AI bubble or tariff pain

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Kevin O'Leary is a "Shark Tank" investor.

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'Shark Tank' investor Barbara Corcoran says young people's dreams of buying a home are being crushed

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Barbara Corcoran is a "Shark Tank" investor.

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'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary once told a student to choose his business over his fiancée as she was 'easier to replace'

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Kevin O'Leary of "Shark Tank" advises picking a great business over someone you're dating.

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Mark Cuban is worth $5.7 billion. Here's how the 'Shark Tank' investor makes and spends his fortune.

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Mark Cuban.

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A 'Shark Tank' beauty brand was criticized for lacking deep foundation shades. It tried to fix it and made it worse.

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Golloria George in a TikTok video about Youthforia's 600 shade foundation.
Content creator Golloria George criticized Youthforia's darkest foundation shade.

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