Top 10 Worst Shark Tank Pitches

mark how long are you visiting earth any aspiring entrepreneurs out there here are a few pointers on what not to do I see it as a novelty product I can't see you ever making money with this so I'm out welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 worst Shark Tank pitches well you know there's the easy big oven out there next to somebody's bed at 2 o'clock in the morning you don't know where it kids gonna put the Easy Bake Oven for this list we're looking at the absolute worst products or services pitched on the US version of shark tank but we're also taking into consideration the quality of the pitches themselves if you see a squirrel on your feeder welcome just press the remote control and delivering harmless static shock correction number 10 sticky note holder I have created a product that would keep your sticky notes in place and organized while working at checking for you have you ever thought to yourself man I really wish I had a device that could attach post-it notes to my laptop no you probably haven't because well post-its are already perfectly capable of sticking to things this example here is an example of what we're all used to seeing there's been no change in it if there's been no solution to it until today it's kind of a big part of their job description Mary Ellen Simonson the woman pitching this wonderfully useless product was asking the Sharks for half a million dollars in funding can you say delusional for you off the madness are you out of here mine yes are you crazy yes who would give you ten bucks for that a lot of people to top it all off she had made zero sales and didn't even have a patent on her invention which if you're a regular Shark Tank viewer you'll know is a recipe for a quick rejection however inexplicably the flippin notes are still available online I don't think your product is worth what you're asking but I do think you have a product there and I think but ten dollars a pop on a UVC type stationwide it did you come from you know let me tell you I think you could sell it number nine no-fly cone well you see the Flies that they accumulate well this you don't see the Flies until you actually look to see what you've caught you know you're off to a bad start when your pitch involves feces entrepreneur Bruce Gaither had an idea that involved using dog poop to attract flies to his trap so I designed an all-natural fly trap and right away we were successful catching them where they feed and breathe to bring his idea to life he asked for twenty five thousand dollars for a 15% stake shirt he gets points for bringing his adorable golden retriever onto the show with him but a cute pup isn't enough to change the Sharks minds your your kind of creating the problem by leaving the poop outside aren't you aside from the fact that this product can only be marketed to dog owners the Sharks made the legitimate point that no one would want to use this device in their homes because you know who even Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's endorsement couldn't save this doomed pitch he's your spokesman he doesn't even have a dog if I did I'd be the first guy in line number eight squirrel boss now we know squirrels are extremely cute and they need to eat too but they are five pound gorillas and they are harmed any pitch that involves electrocuting harmless woodland creatures deserves a great big no and that's exactly what this one got Michel de Santi markets his product as the world's first interactive squirrel-proof birdfeeder the interactive bit is what's key here so Mike Mike D just to be clear I'm sitting in my house I see the little squirrel eating yes I think he's had too much ice happen you see the bird feeder is an exactly squirrel-proof so much as it's an opportunity for sadists to torture the small fluffy tailed animals animal cruelty aside the obvious problem here is that you'd need to be sitting around all day holding your zapper at the ready for this product to work but that means I have to be watching sorry second biggest objection that I get all of the time in public the fur day you have to be watchful expensive and that's why I'm here unless this is a pitch exclusively for the unemployed or infirm it didn't really make a whole lot of sense anyone don't worry no squirrels were hurt in the making of this episode for Mike when the animal rights people get all over this year you're electrocuting the animals number seven rocks hello hello hello I'm Edwin heaven I'm the Creator Thrax the cure for the missing sock there's something about the idea of selling packs of three socks that seems more creepy than practical so when you lose one you still have a pair what do you do with the extra sock until you need it we're kind of torn on this one because on the one hand the mysterious loss of individual socks is a real problem in our contemporary society on the other hand though a simple solution to this problem would be to man up and buy your socks in bulk at Costco so that they all look the same and the concept of pairs becomes irrelevant while Edwin heavens presentation is certainly magical somehow this product seems like it would cause more problems than it would solve have you patented this you cannot patent a package of three socks right number six trackdays we're seeking five million dollars whoa a lot of money in exchange for thirty four percent equity in our production pitching a feature-length film to the Sharks seems ambitious to begin with but when it sounds as bad as this the creator's are bound to get eaten alive so boys you want five million bucks to make a movie I know how you feel that you know you think that filmmaking is a crapshoot which we completely understand making up the pitch team are a former stuntman a writer and a producer when they make their pitch they have no script no actors and no financial backing essentially what we'll be doing is we'll be putting a script together which is in the process of being rewritten to have a perfect the guys make sure to stress that this is not a movie about the popular sport of motocross since they were told there's no viable US market for a motocross movie nope this is a film about MotoGP a lesser-known sport that's given little to no attention in the United States they also mentioned that there's never been a movie made about the sport but maybe there's a reason for that I'm a huge motorcycle fan and there's been such a lack of movies made about them number five Sullivan generator with your help and your business acumen together we can develop this new technology and leave a lasting legacy of goodness if we're being completely honest we're just as baffled by this guy's pitch as the Sharks were he claims to have invented an electric generator that harnesses the spin of the earth to create electricity conveniently enough the waste this machine supposedly produces is gold the waste products are the mineral precipitates manganese and gold what gold entrepreneur Mark Sullivan who also markets himself as a songwriter and ladies clothing designer among other things says he's invented over a thousand products that make over a billion dollars a year in profits and I'm an inventor with over 1,000 inventions the technology I'm offering you today is the Sullivan generator even so it looks like the Sharks have a hard time believing anything this guy says because it all sounds straight-up crazy especially if you know even a little bit about science the gold is left in the ocean number four couger limited the cooter modern mmm sexy because what the world really needs is another energy drink especially one with such a small and kind of derogatory target market introducing Cougar energy drink for women not to mention women between the ages of 35 and 55 hardly seem like the prime demographic of energy drink consumers also how many women can there possibly be out there who self-identify as Cougars okay in case you're unclear on the concept this is an energy drink for women of a certain age who like to date younger men isn't a cougar typically older because she looks younger than you are she's been drinking the Cougar I'm 35 35 wow you look great it's not too young to be a cougar the inventor Ryan Custer claims this is quote the industry's first gender specific functional beverage but that doesn't even seem to be true this product pretty much has nothing going for it and it really doesn't help that according to Barbara Corcoran the drink tastes like chalk there's no good taste I have on my tongue now could be maybe the niacin number three waken Baken my product takes a unique approach on waking up in the morning it's pretty much the only one of its kind didn't Michael Scott have this one covered when I wake up I plug in the grill I go back to sleep again then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon when you want to wake up to freshly made bacon you just set up a George Foreman grill at the foot of your bed right clearly this inventor isn't a fan of the office because he came up with a pig shaped device with the exclusive purpose of bedside bacon making and so inspired I went home and I built the world's first alarm clock that actually wakes you up with bacon this is the first idea on our list that actually seems kind of appealing until you think about the logistics of it you have to put the bacon in before you go to sleep and leaving raw meat unrefrigerated overnight seems like a recipe for disaster not to mention the whole thing seems like a serious fire hazard you got no projections whatsoever you got a big box it's gonna catch on fire and kill somebody I'm gonna be sued in the Stone Age but those problems not withstanding mattiece Allen should keep working on this one we are intrigued hey Mattie oh I love the face of the pig you have a slogan for this or anything Rison swine number two Rolo doc and what we've realized is that when it comes to communication medicine is not in the 21st century our doctor is supposed to be smart well brothers and doctors Albert and Richard emini managed to give a bad name to a well respected profession at least in the eyes of Mark Cuban you're not gonna let him tell me how I make money sure there's no chance of you making money on this their idea for a mobile app that connects doctors and patients isn't fundamentally stupid in theory but their pitch was so bad that there's no way anyone would trust their business sense sharks with your investment we will revolutionize the way we communicate in medicine but most importantly you'll help us get rid of these pagers and make some money doing it they keep throwing in buzzwords like social media without an actual plan to back any of it up it sounds like what they want to do is create a LinkedIn for physicians but they have no idea how to get doctors to use their app or how to monetize it the Sharks are understandably a bit harsh with their criticism there's a valid concern because you don't want to be reading about somebody that actually isn't a surgeon we're offering heart surgery that would be a bad outcome don't think they'll be able to get anybody talking be dangerous if you can't get any doctors before we unveil our number one pick here are some honorable mentions let me introduce to you what has been called the greatest invention of all time Oh Lord I don't want you to move one muscle oh really that's hard to do hope it's starting to hurt let me have it hey Beast this is killing me remember I told you you can get a workout by not moving now where you feeling that yeah it's starting to burn can you walk with this walk run jog number one the ionic ear my name is Darren Johnson and I'm here today to explain the ionic ear investment opportunity the worst of the worst comes from shark tanks very first episode all the way back in 2009 you guys are so close-minded please let him finish okay okay thank you apparently back in the old days Bluetooth earpieces were the must-have tech gadget but this guy took it one step further so that you and your Bluetooth would never have to be a part I'm sorry where are you implanting this into it into another device what are you implying - no it's actually going into your ear pitching a surgically implanted Bluetooth device that's inserted into the wearer's ear canal Darren Johnson manages to creep the Sharks out and get some of the fastest time outs in the show's history don't call me I'll call you I'm out okay the fact that the device has to be charged nightly by inserting a large needle into one's ear definitely doesn't help his cause and neither does the fact that he didn't actually get any doctors to approve his product surprise surprise the ionic ear never took off Darren here's here's insanity here's genius you're somewhere do you agree with our list this one not here today that's not gonna happen I know what's the worst Shark Tank pitch you've ever seen at one point there was a fly crawling down the side of mr. Wonderful's face as he was talking and it just kind of made its way into his mouth for more inventive top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com in this is the land of opportunity and innovation and inventors like me are what will save America you

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Keywords: television, worst shark tank pitches, shark tank, inventors, wake n bacon, cougar limited, the sullivan generator, track days, throx, squirrel boss, no fly cone, sticky note holder, ionic ear, rolo doc, top 10, watchmojo

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Length: 13min 54sec (834 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 05 2016