Top 30 Worst Shark Tank Pitches of All Time
These "Shark Tank" pitches should have been left on dry land. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down the worst products, ideas, and presentations ever seen on “Shark Tank.”
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00:00 - I just don't see it, guys, sorry.
00:02 - Wait a minute, are you serious with this?
00:04 - Welcome to WatchMojo,
00:06 and today we're counting down the worst products,
00:08 ideas, and presentations ever seen on "Shark Tank."
00:12 - You know what's really dumb?
00:13 A patent on a block of plastic.
00:16 I'm out.
00:17 - Number 30, Pavlok.
00:19 How do you know that your pitch went poorly?
00:21 Well, getting kicked out of the tank
00:23 is a pretty good indication.
00:24 Manish Sethi pitched Pavlok,
00:27 which is essentially a dog collar for humans.
00:29 - Pavlok helps you become aware by alerting you
00:32 when you do behaviors you'd like to reduce.
00:34 Then simply press the button,
00:35 and Pavlok releases a mild electric sensation.
00:38 - Cleverly named after the famed scientist Pavlov,
00:41 Pavlok is a wearable device
00:43 meant to break certain bad habits.
00:45 When the user presses the button,
00:47 the Pavlok gives them a small shock,
00:50 thereby preventing them from doing said habit.
00:53 Yes, the sharks laughed too.
00:55 Not only is the product ridiculous,
00:58 but Sethi gets angry when he's confronted.
01:01 - Yeah, you'd be surprised.
01:01 The people love it.
01:02 - How could you guys be so gullible?
01:04 - Read the evidence.
01:05 - We're not being gullible.
01:06 - It's none of it's your evidence.
01:07 - We're asking questions.
01:07 - No one's disputing aversion therapy.
01:09 - Lori says he just wanted to get on TV,
01:12 and Kevin calls him an a-hole before kicking him out.
01:15 So yeah, it didn't go well.
01:18 Number 29, squeaky knees.
01:20 Parents might buy anything
01:22 if it means making life just a little bit easier,
01:25 but maybe not for the squeaky knees.
01:27 This product is made by Ivan Barnes and Lisa Evans,
01:31 who asked for $80,000 for 20%.
01:35 - There's nothing more important to parents
01:37 than keeping their kids safe.
01:39 And our product does just that.
01:41 Squeaky knees are soft, squeaky pants
01:44 for the baby on the go.
01:45 - It's a small pad placed on a baby's knees,
01:48 thereby preventing their knees from getting hurt
01:50 as they crawl around.
01:52 The pads also make an annoying squeaking noise,
01:55 which alerts the parents to the child's location.
01:58 - People love them.
01:59 - Apparently not.
02:00 Nobody's buying them. - If people love them,
02:01 do you think your sales would be higher?
02:03 - No one liked the product.
02:05 And the couple even argue with Mark
02:07 when he questions their dedication to the company.
02:10 But the worst sting probably comes from Mr. Wonderful,
02:13 who says the product sucks and quickly bows out.
02:17 - I think the idea sucks.
02:19 And that's why there's no sales.
02:22 - Okay. - Is that a possibility maybe?
02:23 - Number 28, BedRyder.
02:26 George Conway strolls into the tank with BedRyder,
02:29 which is essentially a toddler's car seat
02:31 for pickup truck beds.
02:33 Yup, these bad boys are drilled directly into the trunk,
02:37 thereby allowing adults to safely
02:39 and legally ride in the back.
02:40 - The BedRyder system adds the convenient seating
02:45 of an SUV to the role of a pickup truck,
02:48 creating what we in the South
02:52 like to call a truck UV.
02:55 - But not only do they look a little off-putting,
02:57 they cost nearly $800.
03:00 While Robert and Barbara are more receptive to the idea,
03:04 Lori and Kevin make their displeasure known.
03:06 Lori calls out the product for possibly being dangerous.
03:10 - I worry about crashes and I worry about rollovers.
03:14 For me, I can't get past that.
03:16 So for that reason, I'm out.
03:18 - Kevin thinks along the same lines,
03:20 claiming that the BedRyder is just asking for legal trouble.
03:24 Maybe they're right.
03:25 Maybe we just aren't meant to sit
03:26 in the back of pickup trucks.
03:28 Number 27, Haven.
03:31 Who doesn't cringe in embarrassment
03:33 when a presentation goes horribly wrong?
03:35 Enter Clay Banks and Alex Bertelli of Haven,
03:39 a special lock that is meant to secure doors
03:41 better than a standard deadbolt.
03:43 - When activated, the wedge-based barrier lifts up.
03:47 Using simple physics, this makes your entire door
03:50 10 times stronger to preventing home break-in.
03:52 - It's a fair idea,
03:54 but the presentation is an iconic disaster.
03:57 Bertelli hopes to prove the flimsy nature of a deadbolt
04:00 by kicking down a prop door.
04:02 It does not go well.
04:04 He continuously kicks the door to no success
04:07 and even grabs a nearby stand to ram it,
04:10 still to no success.
04:12 Meanwhile, the sharks howl with laughter,
04:15 drowning out Banks' desperate attempt
04:17 to continue the presentation.
04:18 (all laughing)
04:21 - Yeah!
04:23 - Oh! - I'm just persisting.
04:24 - Are you okay?
04:25 - Mark calls it the best pitch ever
04:28 and later called it the funniest pitch
04:30 in the show's history.
04:32 We can't argue with that.
04:34 Number 26, Ledge Pillow.
04:36 There's a market for everything,
04:38 or so Amanda Schlechter hoped.
04:41 She brought in the ledge pillow,
04:43 a small memory foam pillow meant for women
04:45 with large breasts.
04:46 - That is the only wedge type pillow on the market
04:49 for women with implants or with large breasts
04:52 to just lay on their stomach.
04:54 - This small cushion is placed underneath
04:56 the woman's stomach,
04:57 allowing her to comfortably sleep on a bed.
05:00 The presentation gets off to a bad start
05:02 with snickering through the demonstration
05:04 and sarcastically calling out the big problem.
05:07 - Who knew we had this big problem?
05:10 - It's a problem.
05:11 - Thank goodness.
05:12 - I didn't see, I knew this was one
05:14 that the guys would wanna get their hands on.
05:16 - They also joke and laugh their way frequently
05:19 through the whole thing,
05:20 even while trying to talk business with Schlechter.
05:23 It's clearly not going well,
05:25 and that's before Mark calls her a wantrepreneur
05:28 and declines the offer.
05:30 Was this sexism in action?
05:32 Number 25, GoCubes.
05:35 People like feeling alert and energized,
05:38 and for many, that means coffee.
05:40 But there are tons of products out there
05:42 that purport to provide energy boosts,
05:44 including what are called nootropics.
05:47 - There's things out there that are better
05:48 for your cognition than just your ordinary cup of coffee.
05:51 We're at the forefront of doing research
05:52 and actually figuring out what these things are
05:55 and telling the story about it.
05:56 - The company NootroBox presented a chewable coffee
05:59 called GoCubes, which supposedly, among other ingredients,
06:03 contains the same caffeine content
06:05 as a standard cup of coffee.
06:07 But the thing is, people like drinking coffee,
06:10 and also, caffeine pills exist.
06:13 None of the Sharks liked or even understood the product,
06:16 with Kevin sarcastically calling them sugar cubes.
06:19 - This is the highest valuation we've ever had on Shark Tank.
06:22 - For sugar cubes?
06:23 - We've never had any company for 40 million.
06:26 At what point does the company become worth that?
06:29 - They also gawk at the company's
06:30 overall $40 million valuation
06:33 and yell over their attempts to justify themselves.
06:36 You're asking for it when you go up against a big coffee.
06:40 Number 24, Fitness Stride.
06:43 The fitness industry is probably worth like a zillion dollars.
06:47 Enter Stacy Irwin,
06:48 who hoped to get a small slice of that big pie.
06:51 He made the Fitness Stride,
06:53 aimed at getting people into shape
06:54 without going to the gym
06:55 or even putting aside time for exercise.
06:58 - Every get-in-shape piece of equipment on the market
07:01 requires this thing called time.
07:02 But the Fitness Stride allows you to get in shape
07:05 while you multitask.
07:06 - The Fitness Stride is basically a resistance band
07:09 that users wear while walking around or doing chores.
07:12 None of the Sharks bite on this one.
07:14 Some complain of the valuation,
07:16 arguing that $900,000 is way too high for a resistance band.
07:21 - Why? - Why?
07:23 - Well, there's value in the patent.
07:26 - You're valuing the patent at a half a million dollars?
07:29 - 400,000.
07:30 - So Stacy, for your company to be worth that kind of money,
07:32 you gotta sell a lot.
07:33 So tell me how you're gonna go
07:35 from 150,000 in sales to millions.
07:38 - Barbara doesn't understand it
07:39 and Kevin calls it a marketing nightmare,
07:42 as there are a billion similar products.
07:45 Irwin strode away empty-handed.
07:48 Number 23, Wired Waffles.
07:51 What did we just tell you?
07:53 Don't compete with Big Coffee.
07:55 Roger Sullivan hoped to get in
07:56 on the energy-boosting business with his Wired Waffles.
08:00 These are standard breakfast waffles infused with caffeine,
08:03 the rough equivalent of two cups of coffee.
08:05 - With our proprietary energy blend,
08:07 we've been able to create something that's delicious,
08:10 functional, and designed for today's most active lifestyles.
08:14 And I brought some samples for you guys to try.
08:17 - There were numerous questions raised here,
08:19 none of which got truly satisfactory answers.
08:22 Is it safe?
08:23 Not according to Lori,
08:24 who feared young children eating 200 milligrams of caffeine.
08:28 Is edible caffeine even a good idea in the first place?
08:31 Not according to Daymond.
08:33 - I don't get the product.
08:34 I think that the whole purpose energy shots are working
08:37 is quick, you take it, you're gone.
08:39 This is becoming a process of making a meal almost.
08:42 - Most importantly, do the waffles taste good?
08:45 Not according to both Mark and Kevin,
08:47 both of whom criticized the flavor.
08:50 In other words, this pitch was a complete disaster.
08:53 Number 22, Arkeg.
08:56 We don't know what's worse,
08:57 the Arkeg itself or its silly name.
09:00 The device is a combination video game arcade machine
09:03 and beer dispenser.
09:05 It comes pre-equipped with dozens of classic arcade games
09:09 and a beer keg sits under the console,
09:11 allowing players to dispense themselves a drink.
09:14 - How about some wine for the chef of the house
09:16 after a long day?
09:16 (glass clinking)
09:18 (laughing)
09:20 That's how you drink your wine, Kevin, from a tap.
09:22 - There were deemed to be countless problems with this.
09:25 The $4,000 price tag is a big one.
09:28 Another is practicality.
09:30 Why not just pour yourself a beer beforehand,
09:33 then play the game?
09:34 - Listen guys, I appreciate the wine.
09:36 It's actually quite good.
09:37 - Thank you.
09:38 - I'm gonna take a pass.
09:39 I'm out.
09:40 - Are you really saving yourself that much time
09:42 dispensing it from the machine?
09:44 Unsurprisingly, all of the sharks hated the Arkeg,
09:47 with Lori calling it a gimmick.
09:49 Number 21, Sticky Note Holder.
09:52 - I have created a product
09:54 that will keep your sticky notes in place and organized
09:56 while working at your computer.
09:58 - Have you ever thought to yourself,
09:59 "Man, I really wish I had a device
10:01 that could attach Post-it notes to my laptop."
10:04 No, you probably haven't,
10:06 because, well, Post-its are already perfectly capable
10:09 of sticking to things.
10:10 - This example here is an example
10:12 of what we're all used to seeing.
10:13 There's been no change in it.
10:15 There's been no solution to it until today.
10:17 - It's kind of a big part of their job description.
10:20 Mary Ellen Simonson,
10:22 the woman pitching this wonderfully useless product,
10:24 was asking the sharks for half a million dollars in funding.
10:28 Can you say delusional?
10:29 - Stop the madness.
10:31 Are you out of your mind?
10:32 - Yes.
10:33 - Are you crazy?
10:34 - Yes.
10:34 - Who would give you 10 bucks for that?
10:35 - A lot of people.
10:36 - To top it all off, she had made zero sales
10:39 and didn't even have a patent on her invention,
10:42 which, if you're a regular "Shark Tank" viewer,
10:44 you'll know is a recipe for a quick rejection.
10:47 - I don't think your product is worth what you're asking,
10:49 but I do think you have a product there.
10:51 I think for $10 a pop on a QVC-type station.
10:54 - What planet did you come from?
10:56 - No, let me tell you, I think you could sell it.
10:57 - Number 20, iBlock.
11:00 - Okay, so we get that the product/company
11:02 is called iBlock, but rocking sunglasses inside
11:05 is rarely a good look.
11:07 So we were already skeptical
11:09 by the time entrepreneur Craig Isaacow
11:11 suddenly starts yelling and took them off.
11:14 - And I'm seeking $50,000 for 10% of my company
11:17 because sharks, Americans are being watched.
11:20 - Granted, all of the concerns he raises
11:22 about laptop and phone cameras are valid,
11:25 and there's admittedly something appealing
11:27 about the simplicity of his invention
11:29 to cover your laptop camera.
11:31 Unfortunately, that same simplicity
11:33 also significantly diminishes the worth of the product.
11:36 - There's a solution, sharks.
11:38 iBlock, the webcam privacy shield.
11:41 - Worse, Isaacow himself oversells the device,
11:45 coming across like a bit of an eccentric
11:47 conspiracy theorist in the process.
11:49 - I don't know, I just want to say it again,
11:51 did you catch it?
11:52 - Did we catch it?
11:53 - Boom! - Whoa!
11:54 - iBlock.
11:55 - And people don't like to get into business
11:57 with eccentrics, especially when people can get
12:00 the same results they're selling
12:01 with a simple piece of tape.
12:03 Number 19, no fly cone.
12:06 - Well, you see the flies as they accumulate.
12:08 With this, you don't see the flies
12:09 until you actually look to see what you've caught.
12:11 - Heads up, crappy idea coming your way.
12:14 Entrepreneur Bruce Gaither had an idea
12:16 that involved using dog poop to attract flies to his trap.
12:19 - So I designed an all-natural fly trap,
12:22 and right away, we were successful
12:24 catching them where they feed and breed.
12:26 - To bring his idea to life,
12:27 he asked for $25,000 for a 15% stake.
12:32 Sure, he gets points for bringing
12:33 his adorable golden retriever onto the show with him,
12:36 but a cute pup isn't enough to change the sharks' minds.
12:39 - You're kind of creating the problem
12:41 by leaving the poop outside, aren't you?
12:44 - Aside from the fact that this product
12:46 can only be marketed to dog owners,
12:48 the sharks made the legitimate point
12:49 that no one would want to use the device
12:51 in their homes for obvious reasons.
12:54 Even Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's endorsement
12:57 couldn't save this doomed pitch.
12:59 - He's your spokesman and doesn't even have a dog?
13:01 - If I did, I'd be the first guy in line.
13:05 - Number 18, wink frozen desserts.
13:08 Here's a simple fact of food marketing.
13:10 If you can come up with an alternative version
13:12 of a popular treat that tastes great but has fewer calories,
13:15 people are going to buy it like crazy.
13:18 The most crucial part of that phrase, however,
13:20 are the words "tastes great."
13:22 - We use organic stevia and monk fruit to sweeten it.
13:24 - It tastes kind of, you know, in the middle.
13:28 - This low-cal substitute for ice cream
13:30 has many selling points, including it being dairy-free,
13:34 soy-free, gluten-free, and vegan.
13:37 But as the sharks are quick to point out,
13:38 much to their dismay,
13:39 because some of them seemed genuinely interested,
13:42 it doesn't taste good.
13:43 - What is the substance that this is made out of?
13:46 - So the base is pea protein,
13:47 so it's a vegetable protein base.
13:49 Non-GMO.
13:49 - And so all its virtues become somewhat moot.
13:52 It'll still sell, sure,
13:54 but only to a much smaller demographic.
13:56 And for that simple reason, the sharks walked.
14:00 Number 17, Squirrel Boss.
14:02 - Now we know squirrels are extremely cute,
14:05 and they need to eat too.
14:07 But they are five-pound gorillas, and they are hogs.
14:10 - Any pitch that involves herding woodland creatures
14:13 deserves a great big no,
14:14 and that's exactly what this one got.
14:16 Michael DeSanti markets his product
14:18 as the world's first interactive squirrel-proof bird feeder.
14:22 The interactive bit is what's key here.
14:24 - So Mike D., just to be clear,
14:26 I'm sitting in my house.
14:27 I see the little squirrel eating.
14:29 I think he's had too much.
14:31 I zap him.
14:32 - You see, the bird feeder isn't exactly squirrel-proof
14:35 so much as it is an opportunity for sadists
14:38 to torture small, fluffy-tailed animals.
14:40 Animal cruelty aside, the obvious problem here
14:43 is that you'd need to be sitting around all day
14:45 holding your zapper at the ready for this product to work.
14:48 - But that means I have to be watching the bird feeder.
14:50 - That's our second biggest objection
14:52 that I get all of the time in public--
14:54 - What's the first?
14:55 - That you have to be watching.
14:56 - It's too expensive, and that's why I'm here.
14:58 - Unless this is a pitch exclusively
14:59 for the unemployed or in-firm,
15:01 it didn't really make a whole lot of sense to anyone.
15:04 Don't worry, no squirrels were hurt
15:06 in the making of this episode, we think.
15:08 - But Mike, when the animal rights people get all over this,
15:12 you're electrocuting the animals.
15:14 - Number 16, Pet Paint.
15:16 Are we charmed by London the Bulldog?
15:18 Absolutely.
15:19 Bring any animal into a room
15:21 and you'll almost immediately grab the attention
15:23 of everyone in it.
15:24 Three animals, even better.
15:26 But founder Abe Geary might've been better off
15:29 had he just let the animals do the talking.
15:31 His opening attempt at hype is very over the top.
15:34 - Behold, what could be the biggest spectacle in history.
15:38 - And unfortunately, his wordplay isn't much better.
15:42 The way he mixes metaphors is a real turnoff,
15:44 especially his big finale.
15:46 - And like every fashionista,
15:48 Chino's life is a catwalk.
15:50 - When you force two sayings together,
15:52 you often wind up saying nothing at all.
15:54 The unfortunate thing is,
15:56 the paint you can safely use
15:58 on your pet's product isn't terrible.
16:00 And when Geary speaks outside the shark tank,
16:02 he's a businessman who actually inspires confidence.
16:06 His cheesy pitch was just a major misfire.
16:09 Number 15, Original Man-Candle.
16:12 When it comes to outrageously awful ideas,
16:15 it's hard to beat the Original Man-Candle.
16:17 These candles were created to market exclusively
16:20 to, well, manly men.
16:22 - We've got pot roast, we've got golf course, barbecue,
16:25 football, draft beer, popcorn, awesome manly fragrances.
16:29 - The idea is not only sexist,
16:31 the smells are ridiculously silly, bordering on offensive.
16:36 Silly comes in the form of smells like fart and football,
16:39 whatever that smells like,
16:41 and offensive in the form of beach babe.
16:44 The sharks didn't care for the candles
16:45 and made their opinions known.
16:47 - This is a situation, I really call it
16:50 a vitamin C deficiency.
16:52 'Cause you don't have cash, credit, or enough customers.
16:57 I'm out.
17:00 - None of them believed there's any money in the product.
17:02 And Kevin was quite harsh towards the candles themselves,
17:05 calling them crap for tourists.
17:08 Once a shark calls your product crap,
17:10 you know you're done for.
17:13 Number 14, Throx.
17:14 - Hello, hello, hello, I'm Edwin Heaven.
17:17 I'm the creator of Throx, the cure for the missing sock.
17:21 - There's something about the idea
17:22 of selling packs of three socks
17:24 that seems more creepy than practical.
17:27 - So when you lose one, you still have a pair.
17:30 - What do you do with the extra sock until you need it?
17:33 We're kind of torn on this one because on the one hand,
17:36 the mysterious loss of individual socks
17:38 is a real problem in our contemporary society.
17:41 On the other hand, though,
17:42 a simple solution to this problem
17:44 would be to man up and buy your socks in bulk at Costco
17:47 so that they'll all look the same
17:49 and the concept of pairs becomes irrelevant.
17:52 While Edwin Heaven's presentation is certainly magical,
17:55 somehow this product seems like it would cause
17:56 more problems than it would solve.
17:59 - Have you patented this?
18:01 - You cannot patent a package of three socks.
18:04 - Right.
18:05 Number 13, EcoMower.
18:07 Andy Humphrey, creator of the EcoMower,
18:10 is another entrepreneur
18:11 who could have chosen his words more carefully.
18:13 Though his manual lawnmower has curb appeal,
18:16 the way he goes about selling it
18:17 rubs some of the sharks the wrong way.
18:19 - Hey guys, we're gonna reduce the emissions on cars
18:22 because I've invented a bicycle.
18:25 - Yeah, Damon John is not on board.
18:27 And as soon as he starts tearing apart the pitch,
18:30 even sharks who initially seemed open to the concept
18:32 begin to express similar doubts.
18:35 The major selling point is that this is a push mower
18:37 that doesn't require sharpening.
18:39 But when Damon and company grill Humphrey
18:41 about this supposed advantage,
18:43 it quickly begins to lose its competitive edge.
18:45 - You're basically saying you're building a better bike.
18:47 - Number 12, Track Days.
18:50 - We're seeking $5 million.
18:52 - Whoa.
18:53 - That's a lot of money.
18:55 - In exchange for 34% equity in our production.
18:57 - Pitching a feature length film to the sharks
18:59 seems ambitious to begin with.
19:01 But when it sounds as bad as this,
19:03 the creators are bound to get eaten alive.
19:05 - So boys, you want 5 million bucks to make a movie.
19:08 - I know how you feel that, you know,
19:09 you think that filmmaking is a crapshoot,
19:12 which we completely understand.
19:14 - Making up the pitch team are a former stuntman,
19:16 a writer and a producer.
19:18 When they make their pitch, they have no script,
19:20 no actors and no financial backing.
19:22 - Essentially what we'll be doing
19:23 is we'll be putting a script together,
19:26 which is in the process of being rewritten.
19:28 - You don't even have a script yet?
19:29 - The guys make sure to stress that this is not a movie
19:32 about the popular sport of motocross,
19:34 since they were told there's no viable US market
19:36 for a motocross movie.
19:38 No, this is a film about MotoGP,
19:40 a lesser known sport that's given little to no attention
19:43 in the United States.
19:44 They also mentioned that there's never been a movie
19:46 made about the sport, but maybe there's a reason for that.
19:50 - You know, I'm a huge motorcycle fan,
19:51 and there's been such a lack of movies made about them.
19:55 - Number 11, "Chimera Bodyboard".
19:58 Honestly, we didn't even need to hear a pitch
20:00 to be sold on this electric watercraft.
20:02 A still image with a description would have been enough.
20:05 So how did such a promising product sink so hard?
20:08 Well, though the Sharks seem on board with the concept,
20:11 the more they heard about inventor Jason Woods,
20:14 the more obvious it became as to why the Chimera Board
20:17 wasn't already a success story.
20:19 - Chimera's unique heads-up riding position
20:21 gives you all the thrill and excitement
20:23 of a conventional full-size watercraft,
20:25 but at a much safer speed.
20:26 - He had no sales history
20:27 and had apparently been at it for 10 years.
20:30 Rarely has such a compelling product received a worse pitch.
20:33 Thankfully, Woods went out and found himself
20:35 a more business-minded partner,
20:37 and years later, the Chimera Board
20:39 returned seeking redemption.
20:41 Sure enough, Woods and partner Adam Majewski
20:43 walked away with a deal.
20:45 Number 10, "The Sullivan Generator".
20:48 - With your help and your business acumen,
20:51 together, we can develop this new technology
20:55 and leave a lasting legacy of goodness.
21:00 - If we're being completely honest,
21:03 we're just as baffled by this guy's pitch
21:05 as the Sharks were.
21:06 He claims to have invented an electric generator
21:08 that harnesses the spin of the Earth to create electricity.
21:12 Conveniently enough, the waste that this machine
21:14 supposedly produces is gold?
21:17 - The waste products are the mineral precipitates,
21:21 manganese, and gold.
21:24 - What?
21:25 - Gold.
21:26 - Entrepreneur Mark Sullivan,
21:27 who also markets himself as a songwriter
21:29 and ladies' clothes designer, among other things,
21:32 says he's invented over 1,000 products
21:34 that make over a billion dollars a year in profit.
21:37 - And I'm an inventor with over 1,000 inventions.
21:41 The technology I'm offering you today
21:44 is the Sullivan Generator.
21:46 - Even so, it looks like the Sharks have a hard time
21:48 believing anything this guy says,
21:50 because it all sounds straight up crazy,
21:52 especially if you know even a little bit about science.
21:55 - The gold is left in the ocean.
21:59 - Number nine, elephant chat.
22:01 Let's address the elephant in the room.
22:03 Hey, we can appreciate the initial hook here,
22:05 but apart from co-opting a popular saying,
22:08 this business model just doesn't have
22:10 that much going for it.
22:11 - Introducing the elephant in the room.
22:13 - Oh, Lord.
22:15 (laughing)
22:17 - Acknowledging that you're having issues
22:19 in your relationship is difficult enough as is,
22:21 but bringing a stuffed animal in to help,
22:24 well, it's not hard to imagine many partners
22:26 being very put off by the idea.
22:28 - I simply remove the cover
22:29 and reveal the elephant in the room.
22:32 - So when I get home and I see the elephant is in the room,
22:34 I immediately know that she has something
22:36 she wants to talk about.
22:37 - It's undeniably cute, but its application elicits eye rolls
22:40 from a number of the Sharks almost immediately,
22:43 and we're pretty sure that most viewers at home
22:46 had a similar reaction.
22:47 Communication is the key to a good relationship.
22:50 We're just not convinced this elephant
22:52 needs to be part of it.
22:53 Number eight, Cougar Limited.
22:55 - The Cougar, modern, sexy.
22:58 - Because what the world really needs
23:00 is another energy drink,
23:01 especially one with such a small
23:03 and kind of derogatory target market.
23:06 - Introducing Cougar Energy Drink for Women.
23:10 - Not to mention women between the ages of 35 and 55
23:13 hardly seem like the prime demographic
23:16 of energy drink consumers.
23:18 Also, how many women can there possibly be out there
23:21 who self-identify as Cougars?
23:23 Okay, in case you're unclear on the concept,
23:25 this is an energy drink for women of a certain age
23:27 who like to date younger men.
23:29 - Isn't a Cougar typically older?
23:31 'Cause she looks younger than you are.
23:32 - Well, she's been drinking the Cougar,
23:34 the Cougar syrup for a while now.
23:36 - I'm 35. - 35.
23:38 - Wow, you look great.
23:39 - Isn't that too young to be a Cougar?
23:41 - The inventor, Ryan Custer, claims this is, quote,
23:44 "The industry's first gender-specific functional beverage,"
23:48 but even that doesn't seem to be true.
23:50 This product pretty much has nothing going for it,
23:52 and it really doesn't help that according to Barbara Corcoran,
23:55 the drink tastes like chalk.
23:56 - Zero calories, zero sugar. - It looks like chalky taste
23:58 I have on my tongue now.
23:59 - Could be maybe the niacin.
24:01 - Number seven, the Skinny Mirror.
24:03 As the old saying goes,
24:05 beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
24:07 This product, pitched in season seven,
24:09 takes that to a more literal conclusion
24:11 by offering to trick your eyes
24:13 into seeing yourself as being more slim
24:14 than you actually are.
24:16 Voila, the Skinny Mirror,
24:18 even if it's a not-so-skinny you.
24:21 - The real motivation to slim down is to look at reality,
24:24 deal with the truth every day,
24:25 and finally get around the idea
24:28 that losing weight's hard work.
24:29 - Entrepreneur Belinda Jasmine pitches her invention
24:32 as a tool to help boost self-confidence,
24:34 but Kevin O'Leary isn't having any of it.
24:36 - But when I started this company,
24:38 I said this mirror would not be used to deceive anyone,
24:41 and that's why I told them-
24:42 - It's doing it every day.
24:44 - Even though I could have lost-
24:44 - You're saying you have to find your little logo
24:46 down there to figure out what's going on?
24:47 - You can see it.
24:48 All you gotta do is just take a look.
24:49 - Not only does he take issue with her lack of patent
24:52 and blind faith in her brand identity,
24:55 but he also appears to be offended by the concept.
24:57 Jasmine, for her part, tries to keep the momentum going
25:00 and a smile on her face,
25:02 but the pitch quickly falls apart,
25:04 and the tension in the room is palpable.
25:06 - If a customer looks at that,
25:07 and they look great in that outfit,
25:10 and then they take it home,
25:11 and they obviously look bad or different,
25:15 they're not gonna be happy.
25:16 - Number six, Wake 'N Bacon.
25:18 - My product takes a unique approach
25:19 on waking up in the morning.
25:21 It's pretty much the only one of its kind.
25:23 - Didn't Michael Scott have this one covered?
25:25 - When I wake up, I plug in the grill.
25:28 I go back to sleep again.
25:29 Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon.
25:33 - When you wanna wake up to freshly made bacon,
25:35 you just set up a George Foreman grill
25:37 at the foot of your bed, right?
25:39 Clearly, this inventor isn't a fan of The Office,
25:41 because he came up with a pig-shaped device
25:43 with the exclusive purpose of bedside bacon making.
25:47 - And so, inspired, I went home,
25:49 and I built the world's first alarm clock
25:52 that actually wakes you up with bacon.
25:54 - This is the first idea on our list
25:55 that actually seems kind of appealing,
25:57 until you think about the logistics of it.
25:59 You have to put the bacon in before you go to sleep,
26:01 and leaving raw meat unrefrigerated overnight
26:04 seems like a recipe for disaster,
26:06 not to mention the whole thing
26:08 seems like a serious fire hazard.
26:10 - You got no projections whatsoever.
26:11 You got a pig box that's gonna catch on fire
26:13 and kill somebody.
26:14 I'm gonna be sued in the Stone Age.
26:15 - Those problems notwithstanding,
26:17 Matty Salen should just keep working on this one.
26:20 We are intrigued.
26:22 - Hey, Matty, I love the face of the pig.
26:24 Do you have a slogan for this or anything?
26:26 Rise and swine?
26:27 (all laughing)
26:28 - Number five, Licky Brush.
26:30 Where to begin?
26:32 We get that people love their pets,
26:34 but we draw the line at holding a giant fake tongue
26:37 between your teeth and using it to lick a cat.
26:40 And apparently, the sharks feel similarly.
26:43 So why should you be left out
26:44 of their intimate bonding ritual?
26:46 Husband and wife team Tara and Jason O'Meara
26:48 know their stuff,
26:50 and they've successfully gotten another product
26:52 backed by a Kickstarter.
26:53 Licky Brush is a tongue-shaped brush
26:55 you can use to finally lick your cat,
26:57 just like a mama cat licks her young.
26:59 But when you start licking a cat during your pitch,
27:01 it becomes really hard to take you seriously.
27:03 The sharks are at once horrified
27:05 and more thoroughly entertained
27:07 than we've ever seen them before.
27:09 We've no doubt that there are customers
27:11 who love this product, but it's just too niche.
27:14 - There is one!
27:16 (all laughing)
27:18 - Somebody heard you,
27:22 you need to drop a mic right about now.
27:25 - Number four, Rolodoc.
27:27 - And what we've realized
27:28 is that when it comes to communication,
27:30 medicine is not in the 21st century.
27:32 - Aren't doctors supposed to be smart?
27:34 Well, brothers and doctors Albert and Richard Amini
27:37 managed to give a bad name to a well-respected profession,
27:40 at least in the eyes of Mark Cuban.
27:42 - You're not gonna let him tell me how I make money.
27:44 - 'Cause there's no chance of you making money on this.
27:46 - Their idea for a mobile app
27:48 that connects doctors and patients
27:49 isn't fundamentally stupid in theory,
27:51 but their pitch was so bad
27:53 that there's no way anyone would trust their business sense.
27:56 - Sharks, with your investment,
27:57 we will revolutionize the way we communicate in medicine,
28:00 but most importantly, you'll help us get rid of these pagers
28:02 and make some money doing it.
28:04 - They keep throwing in buzzwords like social media
28:06 without an actual plan to back any of it up.
28:09 It sounds like what they wanna do
28:10 is create a LinkedIn for physicians,
28:12 but they have no idea how to get doctors to use their app
28:15 or how to monetize it.
28:17 The sharks are understandably a bit harsh
28:19 with their criticism.
28:20 - It's a valid concern
28:21 'cause you don't wanna be reading about somebody
28:22 that actually isn't a surgeon
28:23 that's offering heart surgery.
28:24 That would be a bad outcome.
28:25 - Absolutely. - I don't think
28:26 they're gonna be able to get anybody.
28:27 It's not gonna be dangerous if you can't get any doctors.
28:28 - Number three, EuroClub.
28:31 For every problem, there is a solution.
28:34 But when it comes to the problem of needing to pee
28:36 while on the golf course,
28:37 there must be a better solution out there.
28:40 Presented by urologist Dr. Floyd Seskin,
28:43 the EuroClub is a hollow golf club that you urinate into.
28:46 In Seskin's defense, he does a lot right
28:49 in this presentation.
28:50 - This is a trademark patent-pending product
28:53 that functions as a self-contained receptacle.
28:56 - He's professional, he has a good sense of humor,
28:58 and has put in the work.
29:00 And against all odds, he actually secures an offer,
29:03 albeit a small investment for a majority share.
29:06 But that doesn't make this any less silly.
29:08 This is a novelty product through and through.
29:11 - I'm sorry? - Can you get stuck?
29:12 (laughing)
29:13 - Nobody's complained yet,
29:14 but it is the one size fits all right now.
29:16 - Plus, leak-proof or not,
29:18 the idea of carrying a tube full of fresh urine
29:21 around with you is seriously off-putting.
29:23 - Pop a tent with an attendant, I think,
29:26 to take you to the bathroom.
29:27 - And you would need several of 'em.
29:29 - Number two, Ionic Ear.
29:31 - My name is Darren Johnson,
29:33 and I am here today to explain
29:35 the Ionic Ear investment opportunity.
29:37 - One of the all-time worst pitches
29:39 comes from "Shark Tank's" very first episode
29:41 all the way back in 2009.
29:43 (laughing)
29:44 - You guys are so close-minded, please let him finish.
29:47 - Okay, okay. - Thank you, thank you.
29:49 - Apparently, back in the old days,
29:50 Bluetooth earpieces were the must-have tech gadget.
29:53 But this guy took it one step further,
29:55 so that you and your Bluetooth would never have to be apart.
29:58 - I'm sorry, were you implanting this into another device?
30:02 What are you implanting this into?
30:03 - No, it's actually going into your ear.
30:06 - Pitching a surgically-implanted Bluetooth device
30:08 that's inserted into the wearer's ear canal,
30:11 Darren Johnson manages to creep the sharks out
30:14 and get some of the fastest I'm-outs in the show's history.
30:17 - Don't call me, I'll call you.
30:19 I'm out.
30:20 - Okay, I appreciate that.
30:22 - The fact that the device has to be charged nightly
30:24 by inserting a large needle into one's ear
30:27 definitely doesn't help his cause.
30:29 And neither does the fact that he didn't actually
30:31 get any doctors to approve his product.
30:34 Surprise, surprise, this product never took off.
30:36 - Darren, here's insanity, here's genius.
30:40 You're somewhere.
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30:59 Number one, no phone.
31:02 Oh boy, where to begin with this one?
31:04 It's just a fake plastic phone.
31:06 We agree with the basic point
31:08 that the omni-presence of smartphones is problematic.
31:12 Glance away from your phone for a second and look around.
31:14 Most people within sight are likely staring at one.
31:17 - Step one, pick it up.
31:20 Step two, hold it.
31:22 It's that simple.
31:24 - But this placebo-type approach of giving people
31:26 something to just hold in their hand
31:28 completely fails to address any of the key factors
31:31 that drive people to their phones,
31:32 the hunger for communication and the promises of distraction
31:35 whether with entertainment or information.
31:38 With all that being said,
31:39 we have to give credit where credit is due.
31:41 - It's cute, but I think pragmatically
31:43 it's never gonna be a very big business.
31:46 It's like I'm in an alternate world.
31:48 - For an utterly useless product,
31:50 Chris Sheldon and Van Gould put together
31:53 one heck of an attempt to sell it.
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