<story><title>Shark Tank Statistics</title><url>http://www.sharktank.tvquotes.net/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sharkweek</author><text>I&apos;ve always felt the real benefit of being on Shark Tank is the amazing publicity that the show offers, no matter whether or not a deal is obtained. I recently interviewed Proof Eyewear (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iwantproof.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.iwantproof.com&lt;/a&gt;) on what the experience provided (I&apos;ll post it here once it&apos;s published next week). During the airing of the show and the following weekend, they could barely keep their site standing (over two million uniques in 24hrs), and the past few weeks since airing have seen huge increases in business.&lt;p&gt;Random note -- the application is sent to a @yahoo email address... I find that kind of funny all things considered -- SharkTankCasting@yahoo.com (&lt;a href=&quot;http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/casting&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/casting&lt;/a&gt;)</text></comment>
<story><title>Shark Tank Statistics</title><url>http://www.sharktank.tvquotes.net/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lquist</author><text>A 10x profit multiple on companies at the average growth stage that Shark Tank companies are at is insanely low. I&apos;ve always felt that the entrepreneurs who take a deal are completely screwed. The smart ones take the huge publicity jump from appearing on the show, turn down any deal offered, and seek money from the inevitable inbound investor generated post-show airing.</text></comment>