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theCHIVE · Business & Culture · 5 min read
Rejected by Shark Tank, Adopted by Capitalism
Businesses that heard no in the tank, then found a much bigger yes in the market beyond it.
A lively look at founders whose televised rejection became only one scene in a much longer business story.
Life after the pitch
Melissa revisits ideas that did not secure a deal, then traces the market response that changed their fortunes.
“A public no can still be the beginning of a private breakthrough.”
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