Do you watch Shark Tank?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (174710)
United States
February 27, 2024 11:50am CST
It is a program that has different names in different countries, I know Dragon's Lair is used in I think the UK and Canada. Anyway, It has different venture capitialists investing in essentially start up or companies that haven't been in business that long, but have some kind of following. They pick the ones they want to invest in. Anyway, they had a funny one on the other day of people who made dog treats look like fancy pastries. Of course it was for the owner..like the dog cares what his treats look like. They will eat out of the garbage for goodness sakes. Anyway, it was roughly 15.00 for these fancy little treats..that looked like cupcakes and what not. I could see if you had unlimited cash..and wanted to celebrate your dog's bday or something..or wanted to impress his friends..otherwise..it falls into the more money than sense category.
I got Nico some treats at Sharp Shopper that are designed to look like chocolate bars. You break off the pieces. I don't think he likes them, and this boy is ga, ga for treats. I am putting my foot down though..no 15.00 treats!
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@snowy22315 (174710)
• United States
27 Feb
I mean if it was some kind of vitamin or supplement that is really good for them sure, but not some salmon mousse cupcake.
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@Happy2BeMe (99371)
• Canada
27 Feb
Its called the Dragon's Den here. I watch it every once in awhile. $15 treats is a bit extreme.
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@snowy22315 (174710)
• United States
28 Feb
@Happy2BeMe I know a store that sells really expensive cupcakes and they are delicious..but I guarantee they are not 15.00 per, and those are for people anyway.
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@Happy2BeMe (99371)
• Canada
27 Feb
@snowy22315 ya seems a bit ridiculous. I would never pay $15 for a cupcake for anyone.
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@snowy22315 (174710)
• United States
27 Feb
You never know what interesting item you can find from that show.
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@snowy22315 (174710)
• United States
28 Feb
@dodo19 Yes, my problem is most of them wouldn't be useful in my life or cost too much.
@dodo19 (47237)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
28 Feb
@snowy22315 For sure. There were quite a few interesting ideas, when I watched.
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@snowy22315 (174710)
• United States
28 Feb
I don't think they did. They didn't see it as scalable, in other words it was a niche market that probably wouldn't grow that much.
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@LindaOHio (166289)
• United States
28 Feb
I haven't watched Shark Tank in quite some time. $15 is a lot to spend for dog treats! Have a good day.
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@arunima25 (86675)
• Bangalore, India
27 Feb
Here too in India they have recently started Shark Tank and we had few seasons in the last few years. I have not watched it, but got the glimpse of it during TV commercials. You are right. The innovative idea of treats is for the owner and not for the pet
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@snowy22315 (174710)
• United States
27 Feb
Yes, so they can take a pic of the treat and the pet with a birthday hat on before they gobble it down or something.
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@arunima25 (86675)
• Bangalore, India
28 Feb
@snowy22315 Yes, these days it's more about showing off. People live a parallel life on social media platforms and they do all these things for getting the attention on these platforms.
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@snowy22315 (174710)
• United States
28 Feb
@arunima25 Well, yes but in Shark Tank it is all about marketing the product whatever it happens to be. Alot of very smart people on there, and I am not talking about the venture capitialists.
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