Season 1
Episodes
S1 · E1 · 9 Aug 2009 · 42 min
Shark Tank: Series Premiere
Budding entrepreneurs work to persuade a panel of tycoons to invest in their business proposals in return for a percentage of equity in the company.
S1 · E2 · 16 Aug 2009 · 42 min
Inner-city teacher pitches proposal
An inner-city teacher tries to sell the Sharks on his unique way to get children to learn; the owner of a gourmet food business watches the Sharks fight for a piece of the action; an astonishing offer is made for one life-saving idea.
S1 · E3 · 23 Aug 2009 · 42 min
Entrepreneurial novice
An entrepreneurial novice makes a less-than-stellar presentation to the sharks; a father-son duo pitches a proposal for a revolutionary new musical product.
S1 · E4 · 30 Aug 2009 · 42 min
Graffiti-removal business
An entrepreneur originally from Ghana wants an investment for an Internet business; a man from California wants to franchise his graffiti-removal business.
S1 · E5 · 6 Sept 2009 · 42 min
Body Jac
Three of the sharks make a deal for an innovative Internet company, but before the deal can be sealed, a battle ensues and one of the sharks is ousted.
S1 · E6 · 13 Sept 2009 · 42 min
Chicago entrepreneur plays hardball
A young Chicago entrepreneur plays hardball with the sharks while seeking funding for an innovative Internet business.
S1 · E7 · 29 Sept 2009 · 42 min
A housewife charms the male sharks
A housewife from Charleston, S.C., charms the male sharks; a college student pitches a product made from soy that he creates in his mother's kitchen.
S1 · E8 · 6 Oct 2009 · 42 min
Overconfidence could blow a deal
A young entrepreneur's overconfidence could blow a deal with the sharks; Kevin O'Leary follows an entrepreneur out of the Shark Tank to get the last word after being outbid by another shark.
S1 · E9 · 13 Oct 2009 · 42 min
Preventing cancer in pets
A veterinarian's product claims to prevent cancer in pets; virtual arcade; a Texas designer pitches a line of fashionable clothing for women.
S1 · E10 · 20 Oct 2009 · 42 min
Unusual business proposal
A man wants an investment from the sharks to create an extension of his already successful business; a urologist has an unusual business proposal.
S1 · E11 · 8 Jan 2010 · 42 min
Salad dressing mix; golf ball cleaner
Things get heated when the sharks ask a husband-and-wife team to clarify the actual value of a childcare business; a chef's salad dressing mix is removed from store shelves because of offensive packaging; a golf ball cleaner.
S1 · E12 · 15 Jan 2010 · 42 min
An idea for a portable hand degreaser
Two Texas bicyclists have an idea for a portable hand degreaser; a college student is passionate about his environmentally friendly clothing line; the sharks find out if lifelong entrepreneur Cactus Jack lost at least 35 pounds to seal a deal.
S1 · E13 · 29 Jan 2010 · 42 min
Old-fashioned ice cream men
A California entrepreneur wants to bring back old-fashioned ice cream men; a couple's pitch is about providing legal services at a coffee house; an update on the sharks' venture with an Arizona woman and her unique plush toys.
S1 · E14 · 5 Feb 2010 · 42 min
A man reinvents the umbrella
A woman begins her presentation with shoe fashions; sisters from Chicago present a hilarious pitch; a man from Florida reinvents the umbrella.
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