UpstartToday: Former Shark Tank panelist hasn't lost his teeth

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August 7, 2013

Shark Tank's Kevin Harrington on why products pop (Video) Former Shark Tank judge and current marketer extraordinaire Kevin Harrington says that one of the best ways to make a product pop is to get it out on the street, and these days that means everything from samples to social media. Forget Shark Week: 3 shark-friendly startups Shark Week is here, thanks to the Discovery Channel, and sharks are big business. But a recent report indicates that startups like these three that make cash off sharks without actually eating them may be the future of shark-generated revenue. A startup born on a 12,000 mile road trip Think you do your best thinking in the car? Agogo founder J.D. Heilprin took it to the extreme in coming up with his satellite radio competitor. "Sexist" math t-shirt schools retailer on social The Children's Place, accused of selling a "sexist" T-shirt that suggested girls couldn't do math, quickly pulled the item. But the lesson for other retailers remains clear: monitor your social media, and be aware of how quickly a merchandise misstep can blow up. MORE ON ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATION AOL grabs Adap.tv in $405M deal—hotter than HuffPo A professional's picks to map out a productivity plan Waiting for Citizen Kane: Can Jeff Bezos succeed where AOL and others have failed? Bezos' growing posse out to make old media new again The do's and don'ts of delegation Adventures in...software? Zozi acquires TripFlavor Hunter Walk's movie theater-of-the-future enrages loyalists Back 9 links: Toilet hackers could cause pandemonium on the potty

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