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Kevin O'Leary

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1515 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

You get eight minutes on network TV and 110 million eyeballs on syndication in 54 countries.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

I mean, come on.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

You just need to find some product that beyond just your grandmother and your uncle buy.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

You gotta find something that really people need.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

And it's all kinds of crazy stuff.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

I mean, think about, you know, pet DNA tests.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

stuff that you would think would never work makes hundreds of millions of dollars.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

part of the intrigue i mean the first million's easy uh because you do it yourself but getting like when you hit five million you gotta start hiring people you have to find out if you're a manager a lot of people shit the bed when that happens they blow up um but if you can get to five you can get to 50. if you get to 50 million in sales you get to 500 million we've had that happen lots and lots of times because basically you've proven that you know the product works and people want it now you have to scale it that's a different

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

skill set often, and you have to find other people that can help you do it.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

But it generally takes three to five years to prove out a company, but it happens quickly.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

When it's a hit, it's a hit.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

I think what happens is to the big ones is they find some pain point that they look around them and everybody has that pain point.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

Now, I mentioned it earlier, but I'll give you an example.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

Most cats die at around 12 to 13 years.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

I'm not a cat guy, but I'm giving you data I know because I invested in this company called Base Paws.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

However, cats in ancient Egypt, chocolate point Siamese, lasted past 30 years.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

How'd they do that?

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

Because the ancient Egyptians knew what to feed them.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

And so they'd give them food that they would not abscess their teeth.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Mr. Wonderful aka Kevin O’Leary: Shark Tank Meets Marty Supreme

So we give them shit food and they die really quickly.