How to Audition For Shark Tank (Our Experience)
Published on: December 5 2022 by Travis Marziani
How to Audition For Shark Tank (Our Experience)
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How to Audition For Shark Tank (Our Experience)
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| 00:00:00 | 00:00:03 | today we're going to Miami to audition |
| 00:00:02 | 00:00:05 | for shark tank and I'm gonna be |
| 00:00:03 | 00:00:06 | auditioning for my company performance |
| 00:00:05 | 00:00:08 | nut butter and I'll be auditioning for |
| 00:00:06 | 00:00:09 | vino cars and in this video I want to |
| 00:00:08 | 00:00:11 | show you exactly what it's like how you |
| 00:00:09 | 00:00:14 | get on the show every step of the |
| 00:00:11 | 00:00:15 | audition and hopefully we'll show you |
| 00:00:14 | 00:00:17 | some tips and tricks I did a lot of |
| 00:00:15 | 00:00:20 | research for how to get on Shark Tank so |
| 00:00:17 | 00:00:20 | let's get into the tactiks |
| 00:00:29 | 00:00:33 | so there's a few steps to getting on |
| 00:00:31 | 00:00:36 | Shark Tank the first one and what we're |
| 00:00:33 | 00:00:37 | doing today is going to Miami and |
| 00:00:36 | 00:00:39 | auditioning now you don't have to go to |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:41 | Miami to do it they do auditioning |
| 00:00:39 | 00:00:43 | they do tryouts all over the country you |
| 00:00:41 | 00:00:45 | go to their website I'll put a link down |
| 00:00:43 | 00:00:47 | below for the list of all the bless you |
| 00:00:45 | 00:00:50 | thank you for all the different tryouts |
| 00:00:47 | 00:00:52 | there was one in LA but I'm gonna be in |
| 00:00:50 | 00:00:53 | the Philippines going to meet my virtual |
| 00:00:52 | 00:00:55 | assistant I wasn't able to make that |
| 00:00:53 | 00:00:58 | that's why we decided to go to Miami and |
| 00:00:55 | 00:01:00 | Miami's all yeah my name is also just a |
| 00:00:58 | 00:01:02 | fun vacation I actually right after I |
| 00:01:00 | 00:01:04 | quit my corporate job I lived there for |
| 00:01:02 | 00:01:07 | a few months like right when I was |
| 00:01:04 | 00:01:10 | starting my first online business so and |
| 00:01:07 | 00:01:11 | I haven't been back since I've since I |
| 00:01:10 | 00:01:13 | first moved there so this is kind of |
| 00:01:11 | 00:01:14 | like a big deal for me there's a lot |
| 00:01:13 | 00:01:15 | I'll tell the rest of the story about |
| 00:01:14 | 00:01:17 | that there's a lot of story behind why |
| 00:01:15 | 00:01:19 | Miami all that kind of stuff but anyways |
| 00:01:17 | 00:01:22 | back to it back to shark tank so the |
| 00:01:19 | 00:01:23 | first step is auditioning and you can go |
| 00:01:22 | 00:01:25 | there's a lot of different auditions you |
| 00:01:23 | 00:01:27 | can also just submit submit and email |
| 00:01:25 | 00:01:28 | when you go to the audition you need to |
| 00:01:27 | 00:01:29 | make sure you got a print out the |
| 00:01:28 | 00:01:31 | paperwork there's some paperwork that |
| 00:01:29 | 00:01:33 | you're gonna have to submit and during |
| 00:01:31 | 00:01:34 | the audition you have a one-minute pitch |
| 00:01:33 | 00:01:36 | I might share my one-minute pitch we |
| 00:01:34 | 00:01:38 | both that we both prepared one-minute |
| 00:01:36 | 00:01:40 | pitches for them they'll then ask you a |
| 00:01:38 | 00:01:42 | few questions and you know you just have |
| 00:01:40 | 00:01:44 | a conversation why you're a good fit for |
| 00:01:42 | 00:01:46 | Shark Tank and if they accept you within |
| 00:01:44 | 00:01:49 | two weeks they give you a call and they |
| 00:01:46 | 00:01:51 | basically say hey good job you know you |
| 00:01:49 | 00:01:52 | made it past the first round the second |
| 00:01:51 | 00:01:54 | round from what I've heard you have to |
| 00:01:52 | 00:01:56 | submit a video if to submit a video and |
| 00:01:54 | 00:01:59 | have like why you'd be a good fit for |
| 00:01:56 | 00:02:00 | Shark Tank and then from there there's a |
| 00:01:59 | 00:02:03 | few more rounds that I haven't really |
| 00:02:00 | 00:02:04 | heard too much of but in this video |
| 00:02:03 | 00:02:06 | we're gonna document the whole process |
| 00:02:04 | 00:02:09 | document our trip what it's actually |
| 00:02:06 | 00:02:11 | like to audition so so you know before |
| 00:02:09 | 00:02:13 | you go exactly what you're going to be |
| 00:02:11 | 00:02:15 | facing all the different tips and tricks |
| 00:02:13 | 00:02:17 | right now we're going to LAX I'm gonna |
| 00:02:15 | 00:02:18 | get on a plane and |
| 00:02:17 | 00:02:20 | you know the next time you see us we'll |
| 00:02:18 | 00:02:44 | probably be on the plane or in Miami so |
| 00:02:20 | 00:02:46 | see you then the security was pretty |
| 00:02:44 | 00:02:47 | easy we actually I've never had such an |
| 00:02:46 | 00:02:49 | easy time going through security pretty |
| 00:02:47 | 00:02:51 | much nobody was in line I guess Monday |
| 00:02:49 | 00:02:52 | afternoon is the time to come so about |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:56 | to get on a flight it's about a |
| 00:02:52 | 00:02:58 | five-hour flight from LA to Miami and I |
| 00:02:56 | 00:03:01 | really actually enjoy getting on flights |
| 00:02:58 | 00:03:03 | I kind of use it as a time to relax |
| 00:03:01 | 00:03:04 | watch some movies and I end up doing |
| 00:03:03 | 00:03:06 | some of my best thinking end up planning |
| 00:03:04 | 00:03:08 | out a lot of times the next month the |
| 00:03:06 | 00:03:10 | next few months the next few years that |
| 00:03:08 | 00:03:12 | being said today I need to work on some |
| 00:03:10 | 00:03:14 | SOPs for my virtual assistants remember |
| 00:03:12 | 00:03:15 | from last week I just hired two new |
| 00:03:14 | 00:03:18 | virtual assistants to work on |
| 00:03:15 | 00:03:18 | performance nut butter and they don't |
| 00:03:18 | 00:03:20 | really know what they're supposed to be |
| 00:03:18 | 00:03:21 | doing so I need to make that a little |
| 00:03:20 | 00:03:25 | bit more clear |
| 00:03:21 | 00:03:25 | Ariana's upset with me currently though |
| 00:03:35 | 00:03:41 | we got into Miami and checked into our |
| 00:03:37 | 00:03:43 | hotel last night the shark tank audition |
| 00:03:41 | 00:03:45 | is tomorrow and today we're mostly going |
| 00:03:43 | 00:03:46 | to be sightseeing in Miami but before we |
| 00:03:45 | 00:03:48 | do any sightseeing in Miami we're gonna |
| 00:03:46 | 00:03:50 | go get breakfast and fill out the shark |
| 00:03:48 | 00:03:51 | tank application so I'll go over with |
| 00:03:50 | 00:03:53 | you what some other questions are but I |
| 00:03:51 | 00:03:55 | do like looking at the application I do |
| 00:03:53 | 00:03:57 | have one big secret one thing that I |
| 00:03:55 | 00:03:59 | think will give us a much higher chance |
| 00:03:57 | 00:04:00 | of getting on the show share what the |
| 00:03:59 | 00:04:02 | tiknique is later in the video but I |
| 00:04:00 | 00:04:04 | think it could be huge it could be |
| 00:04:02 | 00:04:06 | something that'll differentiate both of |
| 00:04:04 | 00:04:09 | us and make us stand out a little bit so |
| 00:04:06 | 00:04:12 | this is our hotel room it's not not the |
| 00:04:09 | 00:04:14 | nicest but it's a great location |
| 00:04:12 | 00:04:16 | so not only is it really close to the |
| 00:04:14 | 00:04:18 | shark tank auditions which is important |
| 00:04:16 | 00:04:21 | because tomorrow we're gonna be getting |
| 00:04:18 | 00:04:23 | up at 6:00 in the morning but it's also |
| 00:04:21 | 00:04:27 | over here let's see they got a great |
| 00:04:23 | 00:04:29 | view of the river over by Miami also as |
| 00:04:27 | 00:04:32 | you may have notiked they messed up they |
| 00:04:29 | 00:04:35 | gave us two separate beds and another |
| 00:04:32 | 00:04:37 | thing that kind of went wrong was the |
| 00:04:35 | 00:04:38 | alarm went off this morning at 6 a.m. |
| 00:04:37 | 00:04:41 | which for us is 3:00 in the morning |
| 00:04:38 | 00:04:43 | Pacific Standard Time but I just kind of |
| 00:04:41 | 00:04:45 | rolled with it I've been recently saying |
| 00:04:43 | 00:04:47 | over and over again that the entire |
| 00:04:45 | 00:04:49 | universe is conspiring to help me |
| 00:04:47 | 00:04:51 | achieve my goals this is a quote I got |
| 00:04:49 | 00:04:52 | from the book The Alchemist or basically |
| 00:04:51 | 00:04:54 | says when you set a goal the entire |
| 00:04:52 | 00:04:56 | universe conspires to help you achieve |
| 00:04:54 | 00:04:58 | it because to me the two separate beds |
| 00:04:56 | 00:05:00 | although it's a little you know weird |
| 00:04:58 | 00:05:01 | because we usually do sleep in the same |
| 00:05:00 | 00:05:04 | bed maybe it means they'll get a little |
| 00:05:01 | 00:05:06 | bit nicer of a sleep before before the |
| 00:05:04 | 00:05:07 | shark tank audition and then waking up |
| 00:05:06 | 00:05:09 | at 6:00 in the morning usually that |
| 00:05:07 | 00:05:10 | would really upset me but you know what |
| 00:05:09 | 00:05:12 | we're gonna have to wake up tomorrow at |
| 00:05:10 | 00:05:13 | 6:00 in the morning so maybe this is the |
| 00:05:12 | 00:05:15 | way of the universe kind of resetting my |
| 00:05:13 | 00:05:17 | biological clock anyways let's go get |
| 00:05:15 | 00:05:18 | breakfast and fill out the shark tank |
| 00:05:17 | 00:05:19 | application and then I'll share with you |
| 00:05:18 | 00:05:21 | all the different secrets for filling |
| 00:05:19 | 00:05:23 | out the application and how to make |
| 00:05:21 | 00:05:26 | yourself stand out and we'll start |
| 00:05:23 | 00:05:26 | getting into some of the action |
| 00:05:30 | 00:05:34 | on the application itself it asks a lot |
| 00:05:33 | 00:05:36 | of the questions you would expect |
| 00:05:34 | 00:05:37 | describe your product in detail what's |
| 00:05:36 | 00:05:39 | the valuation like how much are you |
| 00:05:37 | 00:05:40 | willing to give up for what percentage |
| 00:05:39 | 00:05:42 | is your company what the money would go |
| 00:05:40 | 00:05:44 | towards how much you made in the last |
| 00:05:42 | 00:05:46 | year how much you're planning on making |
| 00:05:44 | 00:05:47 | and then this upcoming year how much |
| 00:05:46 | 00:05:49 | you're planning in the next year I think |
| 00:05:47 | 00:05:50 | those two questions are probably two the |
| 00:05:49 | 00:05:51 | hardest now one key thing to keep in |
| 00:05:50 | 00:05:53 | mind when you're filling out this |
| 00:05:51 | 00:05:56 | application is this is a pitch this is a |
| 00:05:53 | 00:05:57 | sales pitch so try to phrase everything |
| 00:05:56 | 00:05:59 | in a way that makes your business sound |
| 00:05:57 | 00:06:02 | good it makes it sound like they want |
| 00:05:59 | 00:06:03 | you on Shark Tank for instance how much |
| 00:06:02 | 00:06:05 | money have you invested in your company |
| 00:06:03 | 00:06:07 | is one of the questions they ask and so |
| 00:06:05 | 00:06:09 | instead of just saying thirty thousand |
| 00:06:07 | 00:06:12 | dollars I say thirty thousand dollars I |
| 00:06:09 | 00:06:14 | cashed out my 401k I put all my savings |
| 00:06:12 | 00:06:15 | into this company and I say all that |
| 00:06:14 | 00:06:17 | just to kind of amp up the story just so |
| 00:06:15 | 00:06:20 | they know how serious I am how much I've |
| 00:06:17 | 00:06:21 | put into this company so you're filling |
| 00:06:20 | 00:06:23 | out an application like this you want to |
| 00:06:21 | 00:06:25 | make yourself stand out and make sure |
| 00:06:23 | 00:06:27 | every single answer gives them a reason |
| 00:06:25 | 00:06:29 | to put you on the show so another one of |
| 00:06:27 | 00:06:31 | the the tactiks we're gonna use to |
| 00:06:29 | 00:06:33 | hopefully stand out when we're applying |
| 00:06:31 | 00:06:35 | for Shark Tank is this is the shark tank |
| 00:06:33 | 00:06:38 | application packet we decided to print |
| 00:06:35 | 00:06:39 | it on resume paper which you know when |
| 00:06:38 | 00:06:41 | they have a stack full of white |
| 00:06:39 | 00:06:43 | applications hopefully this one will |
| 00:06:41 | 00:06:44 | stand out other than getting the |
| 00:06:43 | 00:06:46 | application the only thing I need to do |
| 00:06:44 | 00:06:48 | today is practike my speech and again |
| 00:06:46 | 00:06:50 | the speech is supposed to be a |
| 00:06:48 | 00:06:52 | one-minute pitch trying to get on the |
| 00:06:50 | 00:06:55 | show and there's some tips that I'll |
| 00:06:52 | 00:06:56 | share with you tomorrow on how to make a |
| 00:06:55 | 00:06:58 | good pitch and I did do a lot of |
| 00:06:56 | 00:07:00 | research on how to give a good pitch to |
| 00:06:58 | 00:07:02 | be on Shark Tank and there's two main |
| 00:07:00 | 00:07:04 | elements your pitch needs to have I'll |
| 00:07:02 | 00:07:06 | share what those two tips are tomorrow |
| 00:07:04 | 00:07:08 | but other than that today the only |
| 00:07:06 | 00:07:11 | things I have left to do is practike the |
| 00:07:08 | 00:07:13 | pitch over and over again and we're |
| 00:07:11 | 00:07:14 | gonna go to Miami Beach right now and |
| 00:07:13 | 00:07:17 | then later today we're gonna go to |
| 00:07:14 | 00:07:20 | Little Havana and enjoy the night before |
| 00:07:17 | 00:07:20 | the big day tomorrow |
| 00:08:14 | 00:08:16 | so we came over just to check out where |
| 00:08:16 | 00:08:18 | the shark tank |
| 00:08:16 | 00:08:20 | auditions are and there's already a line |
| 00:08:18 | 00:08:22 | in the you know the night before seven |
| 00:08:20 | 00:08:23 | o'clock so we're gonna have to get up |
| 00:08:22 | 00:08:26 | really early to make sure we get a spot |
| 00:08:23 | 00:08:29 | it's 4:30 in the morning the day of the |
| 00:08:26 | 00:08:31 | Shark Tank audition and we're gonna go |
| 00:08:29 | 00:08:33 | head over there in a second I actually |
| 00:08:31 | 00:08:35 | woke up at 3 in the morning and keep in |
| 00:08:33 | 00:08:38 | mind we're from the west coast were from |
| 00:08:35 | 00:08:40 | California so three in the morning Miami |
| 00:08:38 | 00:08:43 | time is actually midnight so I basically |
| 00:08:40 | 00:08:46 | woke up at midnight but I was so excited |
| 00:08:43 | 00:08:49 | I was just doing my speech my you know |
| 00:08:46 | 00:08:50 | audition one-minute speech over and over |
| 00:08:49 | 00:08:53 | again in my head and so we're gonna go |
| 00:08:50 | 00:08:56 | over and get in line for shark tank the |
| 00:08:53 | 00:08:58 | process is basically they start handing |
| 00:08:56 | 00:08:59 | out wristbands around 9:00 which means |
| 00:08:58 | 00:09:01 | you have to wait in line for four and a |
| 00:08:59 | 00:09:03 | half hours before they even start |
| 00:09:01 | 00:09:06 | handing out the wristbands once you get |
| 00:09:03 | 00:09:08 | a wristband you're allowed to go home go |
| 00:09:06 | 00:09:10 | get some breakfast if you want and then |
| 00:09:08 | 00:09:11 | you come back later for the pitch so I'm |
| 00:09:10 | 00:09:13 | very excited and I'm obviously gonna |
| 00:09:11 | 00:09:16 | show you step-by-step exactly what it's |
| 00:09:13 | 00:09:18 | like to audition for Shark Tank and |
| 00:09:16 | 00:09:20 | Ariana's right over here and she's gonna |
| 00:09:18 | 00:09:22 | be pitching Vino cards we were |
| 00:09:20 | 00:09:24 | practiking a lot last night so anyways |
| 00:09:22 | 00:09:26 | we got to get going so we can go wait in |
| 00:09:24 | 00:09:28 | the line luckily it's only a two minute |
| 00:09:26 | 00:09:30 | walk from our hotel to the line where |
| 00:09:28 | 00:09:32 | the shark tank is actually auditions are |
| 00:09:30 | 00:09:36 | taking place thanks to Ariana booking a |
| 00:09:32 | 00:09:36 | good hotel so let's head out |
| 00:09:53 | 00:09:57 | so it's 4:30 in the morning and there's |
| 00:09:56 | 00:09:59 | actually not that many people in line we |
| 00:09:57 | 00:10:01 | probably could have slept in a little |
| 00:09:59 | 00:10:03 | bit which is what some people told me |
| 00:10:01 | 00:10:05 | but I was too excited anyways and I |
| 00:10:03 | 00:10:06 | wanted to be one of the first people to |
| 00:10:05 | 00:10:08 | audition so that's another tip in |
| 00:10:06 | 00:10:11 | Hollywood they say you either want to be |
| 00:10:08 | 00:10:12 | the first to audition or the last |
| 00:10:11 | 00:10:15 | audition because the way the human mind |
| 00:10:12 | 00:10:16 | works is if you're somewhere in the |
| 00:10:15 | 00:10:18 | middle you get kind of clumped together |
| 00:10:16 | 00:10:20 | people remember oh yeah you were one of |
| 00:10:18 | 00:10:22 | the first people I auditioned and they |
| 00:10:20 | 00:10:24 | also remember oh yeah that was like the |
| 00:10:22 | 00:10:25 | last person I auditioned but if you're |
| 00:10:24 | 00:10:27 | in the middle it kind of gets clumped |
| 00:10:25 | 00:10:29 | another big thing is you don't want to |
| 00:10:27 | 00:10:31 | go right before lunch you don't want to |
| 00:10:29 | 00:10:32 | go early in the morning or you want to |
| 00:10:31 | 00:10:35 | go right after lunch there's a study |
| 00:10:32 | 00:10:37 | done and Israel about people about |
| 00:10:35 | 00:10:39 | prisoners getting paroled and they found |
| 00:10:37 | 00:10:41 | that judges were the least likely to |
| 00:10:39 | 00:10:43 | give parole least likely to prove |
| 00:10:41 | 00:10:44 | someone before lunch because they were |
| 00:10:43 | 00:10:46 | hungry they were annoyed they weren't |
| 00:10:44 | 00:10:47 | willing to take a chance I'm willing to |
| 00:10:46 | 00:10:49 | bet the same thing is true with shark |
| 00:10:47 | 00:10:50 | tank so let me go show you what the line |
| 00:10:49 | 00:10:54 | looks like right now once again it's not |
| 00:10:50 | 00:10:57 | that long and the waiting will begin |
| 00:10:59 | 00:11:04 | so it's 8:30 the lines gotten a lot |
| 00:11:02 | 00:11:06 | longer I'm going to show you about how |
| 00:11:04 | 00:11:08 | long the lines getting some of the |
| 00:11:06 | 00:11:09 | people at the end may not end up being |
| 00:11:08 | 00:11:12 | able to get in may not end up being able |
| 00:11:09 | 00:11:12 | to pitch but I guess we'll see |
| 00:11:35 | 00:11:39 | so we both just finished our pitch and I |
| 00:11:38 | 00:11:41 | know I made some mistakes there's some |
| 00:11:39 | 00:11:43 | things that I would do differently if I |
| 00:11:41 | 00:11:44 | would do it over again but babe what |
| 00:11:43 | 00:11:46 | things would you do differently if you |
| 00:11:44 | 00:11:47 | were to pitch again you were to do this |
| 00:11:46 | 00:11:49 | whole process again I thought it was |
| 00:11:47 | 00:11:51 | really well I am one thing that I would |
| 00:11:49 | 00:11:55 | maybe do differently if I had to go |
| 00:11:51 | 00:12:00 | through it again that I would maybe tok |
| 00:11:55 | 00:12:13 | more about the questions maybe tell them |
| 00:12:00 | 00:12:15 | a little bit more right |
| 00:12:13 | 00:12:17 | so that's something I did but I could |
| 00:12:15 | 00:12:18 | have done a better job at I had some |
| 00:12:17 | 00:12:20 | bullet points I wanted to hit for |
| 00:12:18 | 00:12:21 | instance I wanted to hit the fact it |
| 00:12:20 | 00:12:22 | didn't really fit into my speech but I |
| 00:12:21 | 00:12:24 | wanted to hit the fact that I have a |
| 00:12:22 | 00:12:26 | youtube channel full of entrepreneurs |
| 00:12:24 | 00:12:28 | that I want to help inspire and that |
| 00:12:26 | 00:12:30 | didn't fit into my speech but when later |
| 00:12:28 | 00:12:32 | he was asking me some random question I |
| 00:12:30 | 00:12:34 | said I think he asked me do you do this |
| 00:12:32 | 00:12:35 | full-time I'm like yeah well I also have |
| 00:12:34 | 00:12:37 | a YouTube channel and he was like whoa |
| 00:12:35 | 00:12:40 | you have a YouTube channel too you found |
| 00:12:37 | 00:12:41 | that really interesting yeah I don't |
| 00:12:40 | 00:12:46 | know what else is there anything else |
| 00:12:41 | 00:12:48 | you would do differently I'm just trying |
| 00:12:46 | 00:12:55 | to like break apart every little part of |
| 00:12:48 | 00:12:56 | it now I don't I'm really glad that we |
| 00:12:55 | 00:12:57 | got to be one of the first people to |
| 00:12:56 | 00:12:59 | audition and now we have the rest of the |
| 00:12:57 | 00:13:01 | day to enjoy so let's go enjoy the rest |
| 00:12:59 | 00:13:03 | of the day the plan for the rest of the |
| 00:13:01 | 00:13:05 | day is first we're gonna go to Kate chop |
| 00:13:03 | 00:13:07 | us which is this place when I lived here |
| 00:13:05 | 00:13:10 | I absolutely loved they actually moved |
| 00:13:07 | 00:13:12 | locations but it's the best Venezuelans |
| 00:13:10 | 00:13:13 | South American food I've ever had super |
| 00:13:12 | 00:13:15 | good |
| 00:13:13 | 00:13:18 | after we do that probably gonna take a |
| 00:13:15 | 00:13:19 | nap at some point and then plan is we're |
| 00:13:18 | 00:13:21 | probably gonna celebrate Valentine's Day |
| 00:13:19 | 00:13:23 | today because we'll be flying tomorrow |
| 00:13:21 | 00:13:25 | during Valentine's Day so probably |
| 00:13:23 | 00:13:26 | looking at don't--i some nice restaurant |
| 00:13:25 | 00:13:27 | maybe a Cuban restaurant baby get some |
| 00:13:26 | 00:13:29 | mojitos |
| 00:13:27 | 00:13:31 | salsa dancing hopefully or who knows we |
| 00:13:29 | 00:13:32 | might be too tired to do any of that so |
| 00:13:31 | 00:13:34 | we're gonna do our best to make it a fun |
| 00:13:32 | 00:13:36 | night go somewhere cool for some drinks |
| 00:13:34 | 00:13:38 | something let's explore some more of |
| 00:13:36 | 00:13:40 | Miami there's two important parts to |
| 00:13:38 | 00:13:42 | your pitch the first thing that every |
| 00:13:40 | 00:13:44 | pitch needs to have is a good product |
| 00:13:42 | 00:13:47 | and obviously Shark Tank only accepts |
| 00:13:44 | 00:13:47 | companies with good products but the |
| 00:13:47 | 00:13:49 | second half |
| 00:13:47 | 00:13:51 | can secret to a really good pitch and |
| 00:13:49 | 00:13:54 | Mindy which is the head casting director |
| 00:13:51 | 00:13:57 | toks about this is a secret that I'll |
| 00:13:54 | 00:13:59 | tell you tomorrow but first today we're |
| 00:13:57 | 00:14:00 | gonna go spend some time exploring Miami |
| 00:13:59 | 00:14:01 | I'm some Cuban food |
| 00:14:00 | 00:14:03 | I'll see you tomorrow to explain that |
| 00:14:01 | 00:14:05 | big secret that really makes a good |
| 00:14:03 | 00:14:07 | pitch what shark tank is really looking |
| 00:14:05 | 00:14:09 | for but first a little bit of time in |
| 00:14:07 | 00:14:09 | Miami |
| 00:14:42 | 00:14:47 | the second secret to pitching to be on |
| 00:14:45 | 00:14:49 | shark tank is the story so it's half |
| 00:14:47 | 00:14:51 | about the product but it's half about |
| 00:14:49 | 00:14:53 | the story in fact the story might be |
| 00:14:51 | 00:14:55 | even more important you have to remember |
| 00:14:53 | 00:14:57 | shark tank is a TV show it's all about |
| 00:14:55 | 00:14:58 | the story when it comes to television |
| 00:14:57 | 00:15:00 | shows it's all about hooking the |
| 00:14:58 | 00:15:02 | audience in so when you're pitching to |
| 00:15:00 | 00:15:04 | be on shark tank you need to tell your |
| 00:15:02 | 00:15:06 | story so to explain why a story is so |
| 00:15:04 | 00:15:08 | important I'm actually at the first |
| 00:15:06 | 00:15:09 | apartment I moved into after I quit my |
| 00:15:08 | 00:15:11 | corporate job so for anyone that's into |
| 00:15:09 | 00:15:14 | the channel you might not know but I had |
| 00:15:11 | 00:15:16 | a corporate job and I ended up getting |
| 00:15:14 | 00:15:18 | going to a pretty deep depression it was |
| 00:15:16 | 00:15:20 | basically I knew I wasn't being who I |
| 00:15:18 | 00:15:22 | was supposed to be I knew I wasn't doing |
| 00:15:20 | 00:15:24 | what I was supposed to be doing in this |
| 00:15:22 | 00:15:26 | world in this universe and I think the |
| 00:15:24 | 00:15:28 | universe kind of rewarded me with some |
| 00:15:26 | 00:15:30 | depression so I ended up quitting my job |
| 00:15:28 | 00:15:33 | cold turkey basically saying I'm gonna |
| 00:15:30 | 00:15:35 | start an e-commerce company and I moved |
| 00:15:33 | 00:15:37 | I was living in Chicago at the time I |
| 00:15:35 | 00:15:39 | moved to Miami and I actually moved to |
| 00:15:37 | 00:15:41 | this apartment right here so it's kind |
| 00:15:39 | 00:15:43 | of cool to be back in Miami this is my |
| 00:15:41 | 00:15:46 | first time being back since I lived here |
| 00:15:43 | 00:15:48 | so living in Chicago middle winner quit |
| 00:15:46 | 00:15:49 | my job super depressed moved to Miami |
| 00:15:48 | 00:15:51 | thinking that was gonna fix all my |
| 00:15:49 | 00:15:52 | problems but when I moved here I didn't |
| 00:15:51 | 00:15:54 | have any friends here I didn't really |
| 00:15:52 | 00:15:56 | have any way of meeting people here and |
| 00:15:54 | 00:15:57 | it was tough it was probably the |
| 00:15:56 | 00:16:00 | toughest three months of my life while I |
| 00:15:57 | 00:16:01 | was living in Miami trying to start a |
| 00:16:00 | 00:16:03 | business and at the same time I was |
| 00:16:01 | 00:16:05 | trying to start a business trying to |
| 00:16:03 | 00:16:07 | meet people doing all this stuff I ended |
| 00:16:05 | 00:16:09 | up struggling for a few years trying to |
| 00:16:07 | 00:16:11 | make money online my first company I |
| 00:16:09 | 00:16:13 | started was an online dance clothing |
| 00:16:11 | 00:16:14 | company I was helping my mom started an |
| 00:16:13 | 00:16:16 | online dance clothing company I |
| 00:16:14 | 00:16:17 | struggled for a lot of years we were |
| 00:16:16 | 00:16:19 | able to make some revenue we were able |
| 00:16:17 | 00:16:21 | to make it somewhat profitable but |
| 00:16:19 | 00:16:22 | ultimately it wasn't profitable enough |
| 00:16:21 | 00:16:24 | and I had to move back in with my |
| 00:16:22 | 00:16:26 | parents I was ready to throw in the |
| 00:16:24 | 00:16:28 | towel on entrepreneurship when I decided |
| 00:16:26 | 00:16:29 | to give it one more shot and launch a |
| 00:16:28 | 00:16:32 | product I was passionate about |
| 00:16:29 | 00:16:34 | performance nut butter in a few months |
| 00:16:32 | 00:16:36 | after launching performance nut butter I |
| 00:16:34 | 00:16:38 | started hitting my goal my goal since I |
| 00:16:36 | 00:16:41 | quit my job was to do six figures |
| 00:16:38 | 00:16:43 | passive income I started hitting $300 |
| 00:16:41 | 00:16:45 | passive income and that's why on this |
| 00:16:43 | 00:16:47 | channel I'm such a big proponent of |
| 00:16:45 | 00:16:48 | creating what I call a passion product |
| 00:16:47 | 00:16:49 | creating a product that you're |
| 00:16:48 | 00:16:52 | passionate about putting it on |
| 00:16:49 | 00:16:53 | Kickstarter putting it on Amazon and I |
| 00:16:52 | 00:16:55 | think that's the best way to make money |
| 00:16:53 | 00:16:58 | online so again this is the first |
| 00:16:55 | 00:16:59 | apartment I moved into it's got a lot of |
| 00:16:58 | 00:17:00 | history to me |
| 00:16:59 | 00:17:02 | Miami in general is got a lot of |
| 00:17:00 | 00:17:04 | significance to me so it's nice to be |
| 00:17:02 | 00:17:06 | back here so in some ways this is kind |
| 00:17:04 | 00:17:08 | of a good benchmark of what I've done in |
| 00:17:06 | 00:17:10 | the last six years like how much my life |
| 00:17:08 | 00:17:13 | has changed the last time I was here I |
| 00:17:10 | 00:17:15 | was anxious I was depressed and now |
| 00:17:13 | 00:17:17 | things are going really well like I'm |
| 00:17:15 | 00:17:19 | really happy with the progress anyways |
| 00:17:17 | 00:17:20 | Arianna and I are gonna go enjoy the |
| 00:17:19 | 00:17:22 | rest of Miami we're gonna go to a |
| 00:17:20 | 00:17:25 | restaurant called Yardbird which is |
| 00:17:22 | 00:17:27 | super delicious amazing food |
| 00:17:25 | 00:17:29 | it's got ridiculous reviews and it's |
| 00:17:27 | 00:17:30 | right down the street it's a it actually |
| 00:17:29 | 00:17:32 | holds a lot of significant for me it's a |
| 00:17:30 | 00:17:34 | restaurant I went to when I was here it |
| 00:17:32 | 00:17:35 | was kind of probably the nicest |
| 00:17:34 | 00:17:37 | restaurant I could afford while I was |
| 00:17:35 | 00:17:39 | here and then after that we're gonna go |
| 00:17:37 | 00:17:42 | to the beach and enjoy Joe's stone crab |
| 00:17:39 | 00:17:43 | which I never went to while I was here |
| 00:17:42 | 00:17:44 | that's another one of those things just |
| 00:17:43 | 00:17:47 | to check off that I never had the chance |
| 00:17:44 | 00:17:48 | to enjoy while I was living in Miami so |
| 00:17:47 | 00:18:10 | this is a chance for me to actually go |
| 00:17:48 | 00:18:12 | and enjoy it and we're actually flying |
| 00:18:10 | 00:18:14 | back to LA tonight tomorrow when we get |
| 00:18:12 | 00:18:18 | back in LA I'll tell you what the |
| 00:18:14 | 00:18:18 | biggest lesson I learned this week was |
| 00:18:20 | 00:18:29 | I learned a lot this last week but by |
| 00:18:26 | 00:18:31 | far the biggest thing I learned has to |
| 00:18:29 | 00:18:31 | do with the way that I interacted with |
| 00:18:31 | 00:18:34 | Arianna |
| 00:18:31 | 00:18:36 | now Arianna has an amazing product we |
| 00:18:34 | 00:18:39 | know cars is an amazing product but to |
| 00:18:36 | 00:18:40 | be honest all last week I didn't think |
| 00:18:39 | 00:18:43 | that she was ready to get on Shark Tank |
| 00:18:40 | 00:18:45 | yet and I made this very clear to her |
| 00:18:43 | 00:18:47 | and that's a problem because she was |
| 00:18:45 | 00:18:49 | really excited to get on Shark Tank she |
| 00:18:47 | 00:18:51 | really wanted to get on the show and she |
| 00:18:49 | 00:18:53 | was excited to audition and I was |
| 00:18:51 | 00:18:55 | sitting there kind of being debbie |
| 00:18:53 | 00:18:56 | downer telling her that you know what I |
| 00:18:55 | 00:18:59 | don't think your business is ready |
| 00:18:56 | 00:19:02 | there's not very good odds but the truth |
| 00:18:59 | 00:19:04 | is why why should I say that to her why |
| 00:19:02 | 00:19:06 | should I even think that there's been |
| 00:19:04 | 00:19:09 | people in the show that have been less |
| 00:19:06 | 00:19:10 | qualified than her business or her to be |
| 00:19:09 | 00:19:13 | on the show so it's definitely possible |
| 00:19:10 | 00:19:15 | that she can get on but yet I kind of |
| 00:19:13 | 00:19:17 | was down on it this whole time this made |
| 00:19:15 | 00:19:19 | me start thinking about a lot of things |
| 00:19:17 | 00:19:21 | including my own self-tok in my head a |
| 00:19:19 | 00:19:23 | lot of times I'll say you know you don't |
| 00:19:21 | 00:19:26 | deserve it yet you don't deserve it yet |
| 00:19:23 | 00:19:29 | even when maybe I do maybe I do deserve |
| 00:19:26 | 00:19:32 | and maybe she does deserve at least the |
| 00:19:29 | 00:19:34 | opportunity to get on Shark Tank but the |
| 00:19:32 | 00:19:37 | big thing I learned from this is to |
| 00:19:34 | 00:19:40 | enjoy the journey and the first few |
| 00:19:37 | 00:19:42 | years of my entrepreneurial career I did |
| 00:19:40 | 00:19:43 | not enjoy the journey and this phrase |
| 00:19:42 | 00:19:46 | enjoy the journey |
| 00:19:43 | 00:19:48 | has a lot of different meanings to me |
| 00:19:46 | 00:19:49 | and one of the big things was when I was |
| 00:19:48 | 00:19:51 | quitting my job |
| 00:19:49 | 00:19:53 | when I was quitting my corporate job a |
| 00:19:51 | 00:19:55 | lot of people told me to enjoy the |
| 00:19:53 | 00:19:58 | journey I even got a handwritten like |
| 00:19:55 | 00:20:00 | goodbye note basically saying to enjoy |
| 00:19:58 | 00:20:03 | the journey and this phrase enjoy the |
| 00:20:00 | 00:20:04 | journey was just so beautiful there was |
| 00:20:03 | 00:20:06 | like a glow every time I'd hear it |
| 00:20:04 | 00:20:08 | there's like a glow around this phrase |
| 00:20:06 | 00:20:11 | and this phrase reminds me of the hero's |
| 00:20:08 | 00:20:13 | journey in Joseph Campbell toks about |
| 00:20:11 | 00:20:16 | this this is the monomyth this is |
| 00:20:13 | 00:20:18 | basically what every story every movie |
| 00:20:16 | 00:20:21 | you watch is based around if the hero |
| 00:20:18 | 00:20:23 | goes out a gets called to an adventure |
| 00:20:21 | 00:20:25 | doesn't want to go initially eventually |
| 00:20:23 | 00:20:26 | goes on this adventure this |
| 00:20:25 | 00:20:29 | what the painting I painted that |
| 00:20:26 | 00:20:31 | painting as a reminder of this phrase |
| 00:20:29 | 00:20:33 | enjoy the journey and when you're |
| 00:20:31 | 00:20:35 | watching a movie you know that the hero |
| 00:20:33 | 00:20:37 | you know that the main character wants |
| 00:20:35 | 00:20:39 | to achieve some goal but you don't think |
| 00:20:37 | 00:20:41 | to yourself well I'm gonna wait till he |
| 00:20:39 | 00:20:43 | achieves that goal or she achieves that |
| 00:20:41 | 00:20:46 | goal before I'm gonna enjoy the movie |
| 00:20:43 | 00:20:48 | no you enjoy the entire movie you enjoy |
| 00:20:46 | 00:20:50 | every scene every aspect and when |
| 00:20:48 | 00:20:53 | there's a challenge when there's |
| 00:20:50 | 00:20:55 | conflict in the movie you're excited so |
| 00:20:53 | 00:20:57 | this idea of getting on shark tank the |
| 00:20:55 | 00:21:00 | odds of me getting on Shark Tank are |
| 00:20:57 | 00:21:02 | very small 35,000 people apply every |
| 00:21:00 | 00:21:05 | year 100 people are accepted that's one |
| 00:21:02 | 00:21:08 | in 350 people that's like if you rolled |
| 00:21:05 | 00:21:10 | three dice that each had seven sides |
| 00:21:08 | 00:21:12 | hypothetikally getting a seven seven |
| 00:21:10 | 00:21:14 | seven that's you have to be very lucky |
| 00:21:12 | 00:21:16 | to get on Shark Tank does that mean you |
| 00:21:14 | 00:21:18 | shouldn't apply no not at all |
| 00:21:16 | 00:21:20 | you should definitely apply and on this |
| 00:21:18 | 00:21:22 | channel every week I'm trying out |
| 00:21:20 | 00:21:24 | something new to grow my business |
| 00:21:22 | 00:21:27 | sometimes it's things that are very easy |
| 00:21:24 | 00:21:28 | and very achievable and sometimes it's |
| 00:21:27 | 00:21:30 | things like this where I take a big |
| 00:21:28 | 00:21:31 | swing and try to hit it out of the park |
| 00:21:30 | 00:21:33 | and the truth is you can't control the |
| 00:21:31 | 00:21:35 | outcome you can only control how you |
| 00:21:33 | 00:21:37 | perceive it how you feel about it and |
| 00:21:35 | 00:21:40 | that's where this phrase enjoy the |
| 00:21:37 | 00:21:42 | journey comes from if you are interested |
| 00:21:40 | 00:21:45 | in going out for Shark Tank try it out |
| 00:21:42 | 00:21:48 | enjoy the experience I had an amazing |
| 00:21:45 | 00:21:50 | time in Miami so make sure to LIKE |
| 00:21:48 | 00:21:52 | comment and subscribe to follow my |
| 00:21:50 | 00:21:54 | journey to learn what I do to try to |
| 00:21:52 | 00:21:56 | grow my business and you know how it |
| 00:21:54 | 00:21:57 | goes and what you should do maybe to try |
| 00:21:56 | 00:21:59 | to grow your business and we can you |
| 00:21:57 | 00:22:01 | know comment down below what what you've |
| 00:21:59 | 00:22:03 | done to grow your business and most |
| 00:22:01 | 00:22:05 | importantly remember to enjoy the |
| 00:22:03 | 00:22:05 | journey |
| 00:22:11 | 00:22:13 | you |
