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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Kevin O’Leary and Barbara Concoran: best known from ABC’s TV show “Shark Tank”


Kevin O’Leary is a successful businessman who is currently the chairman of his company name: O’Leary’s Funds. He started his career in the same way many successful businessmen do: a great idea and zero cash. He launched his first business Soft key Software Products, managed from his basement. With time, he ended buying almost all of his competitors, making his company valuable for 3.7 billion dollars to Mattel Toy Company (ABC Network).

The key factor that makes O’Leary’s Funds so successful is its limits to risky bets. Their focus is on value and in capital preservations. One of the things Kevin O’Leary and his company’s methods to analyze of tan investment is worthy consists in determine how global the idea is (Alex Kenjeev, President, O’Leary Ventures). O’Leary’s company looks always to make deal in both sides of the frontier; this means that there are looking principally for safe methods to expand.

In the case of Barbara Concoran, she started her company The Concoran Group when she was 23 thanks to a loan of 1000$. In 2001 she sold her company for 66 million, and nowadays, she is considered one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country (official website: barbarocorcoran.com). She currently owns 11 new businesses on the top of being an investor of the TV shoe Shark Tank (already in its third season).

Some of the factors she thinks are key for the success of a business and a business plan is the correct branding. Branding is vital to a business because it will affect in how the business is perceived and how many investors decide to support the project: “The right branding is the 75 percent of it;” she said in an interview with 2012 Lendio. Another important aspect to take in consideration is mentality. Concoran talks even in her books about the necessity of being positive and overcome negative views. She believes the key to success is not being afraid of risks; one of the ideas will always bring you money (Lendio 2012).

Alex Kenjeev, President, O’Leary Ventures. http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/kevin-o'leary
Barbara Corcoran Inc. 2012. < http://barbaracorcoran.com/>
Dan Bischoff, 2011. Lendio; Interview with a shark: Barbara Concoran. < http://www.lendio.com/author/dan>

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