Your team building assignment is to add a Shark Tank Member to your team. Your job is to evaluate the cast and most specifically to recruit the chosen member to help you in your industry. You need to take a business marketing product or business marketing position. You may also take the position that your group would be better members of the cast since they seem to concentrate more on consumer marketing and there are numerous B2B starts that could use their expertise. In this case identify the weak link in the Shark Tank Cast to be replaced (remember to give your justification)
Link to show: http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank
Shark Tank Bios Link: http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/cast
Mark Cuban
Barbara Corcoran
Daymond John
Lori Greiner
Robert Herjavec
Kevin O’Leary
Rating:
Overall Choice and relating his or her expertise to B2B (5)
Creativity (5)
Product or Industry Position (5)
Pitch Preparation/outline/goal (5)
Group (team) Members:
1. Lauren Grubb
2. Adam Simpson
3. Josh Babb
4. Mark Cuban
Choice and Justification Although Shark Tank has many experienced and expert cast members, if I had to choose one to add to my team, I would choose Mark Cuban. With Mark’s expertise and experience he would get our team going in the right direction and help us to stay motivated. In my opinion, he is the most successful investor on the show. With many years of expertise in investments, his advice and guidance would be perfect for our team to generate profits and help advertise our products. He has many connections and clients in our industry that would be very beneficial to our team also. I feel that Mark Cuban is more than just someone handing over a check, he is a mentor and role model to his clients. Our team needs someone that is willing to work with us around the clock, year-long and Mark is the perfect example of this type of person. Although there are other cast members such as Lori and Barbra, I do not