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Mark Cuban, left, on an episode of "Shark Tank" in an undated handout photo. The show is one of two shows networks are betting on based the premise of entrepreneurs competing for seed money. (Craig Sjodin/ABC via The New York Times)
Count me among those who enjoy the television show Shark Tank.
It's sheer entertainment, watching the common man pitch his idea to billionaires with hopes of securing an investment. It can be amusing and, at times, dramatic. You can feel the salesman's anxiety when he comes to the realization that no one is buying his pitch.