MGT330 Ashford Shark Tank Paper Meal Enders & Scrub Daddy Business

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3 pages, double-spaced, 12pt, Times font.

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You will view episodes of ‘Shark Tank’ and select two businesses (one that was financed and one that wasn’t financed) and share your thoughts with your peers about the following: 1) what types of businesses were requesting financing, 2) how did they arrive at their valuation (make sure to calculate the value of the business based on how much the owners are willing to give up of the company in relation to the amount of cash the business is expected to generate), 3) did you notice any recurring questions asked by the sharks, 4) what were the primary reasons for rejecting a business and what were the reasons given to finance a business, 5) offer some other insights (what did you find interesting, shocking, intriguing....) about what you learned from listening to multiple pitches from the participants and comments from the sharks. No more than 3 pages.

Here are the two businesses one is bad and the other one is a success

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https://www.business2community.com/social-buzz/shark-tank-mealenders-fails-get-deal-01792118

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Scrub daddy

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Introduction
Currently, businesses strive not only to attract customers but also investors. This is the
case for both startups and well-established business. This is majorly attributed to the fact that
investors provide much-needed equity to be able to take a given business to the next level
(Khawsaad, 2014). A real-life depiction of how businesses seek out investment from investors is
the television show Shark Tank. In this paper two businesses i.e. one that was financed by
investors on Shark Tank and one that wasn't financed will be analyzed.
Meal Enders business
The Meal Enders business is a manufacturing business which was started by Mark
Bernstein. Meal Enders which is a food product intended at curbing a person’s craving in an
effort to prevent over-eating that results in weight gain is the business’s only prod uct. This is
achieved simply by using sensory and behavioral science.
Mark was seeking $350, 000 for eight percent equity from investors on Shark tank
(Rodney, 2017). This figure was arrived by Mark based on the fact that the business had
managed to generate $1.4 million in sales in just a year and a half with all the sales bein...

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