Well, this is a story that might disappoint you if you are big fan of Shark Tank, we hate to break it to you, but according to this contestant, the show is scripted, or is it?
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A contestant by the name of Akshay Shah who is an entrepreneur and founder CEO of iWeb has his story to tell and it might not be as you assume.
The Channel will try to make your pitch as simple as possible and in chaste Hindi for the viewers to Understand. Multiple rehearsals will be done for 2 days till late nights till the Channel is sure you are good to go and some guys are given more practice and attention from the
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
Primarily, he hints that it is pretty scripted, also the channel actually recommends candidates for the judges to invest money on.
taken up last on both the days and for not more than 10 mins with no focus given to us so we thought we are really good so the channel is not worried on us and our pitch which was totally wrong in hindsight.
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
Shah also tears into the judges not understanding the pitch and coming up with asinine replies. This is what Shah claimed Ashneer Grover said about his pitch.
So when we said we have 700k students with us, his exact was "Data to Kilo ke Bhaav main Chandni Chowk pe bikta hai!!" My reply to Mr Grover is, sir, this is not a name place animal thing data like you might be capturing in BharatPe to show GMV and gain valuation & funding.
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
Hindi only!
when I explained him in Hindi as English was not permitted on the show that my application is responsive and a web app so I need not have individual mobile app as my primary customer is the University stakeholder
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
His take on Namita Thapar
I want to point #ashneergrover financials to him at this point in time, 256 crores sunk in vs 6 crores revenue alive on investors and cashbags, Need I say more??
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
space. Why do we waste one Shark's seat due to some tech incapability, right?
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
His take on Aman Gupta
our Less code tech name 'Agilewiz' all was a big big problem. So my reply to Aman is, Sirjee! yeh koi USB headset nai, that aasani se samaj aa jayega, thoda vakt lagega this is hightech 🙂
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
His take on Anupam Mittal
we had rehearsed this time and again with the channel creative and they had even advised me to use a few more gujju words just to keep the pitch light but alas it seems the Sharks were not as well trained as we were and hence twice I was asked by Mr Mittal
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
followed by which he said tech and scale is not my worry but my issue is that you doing a B2B2C which is second to none and since you are neither a B2B nor a B2C you maybe innovated this model seeing and reading a lot of newspapers but I do not find it focussed.
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
This has gone viral, people on Twitter react
I've said it before. The right name for the show is Shark Tank Hindi, not Shark Tank India. @sharktankindia https://t.co/DDIriTMx1J
— Prapthi (@prapthi_m) February 6, 2022
Please go through this thread to understand the realities of the particular show and how the supposed business minds interact with fellow entrepreneurs. An eye opener.@HeyNikhila https://t.co/gymkDb3lHJ
— Amit Kar (@AmitKar1990) February 6, 2022
What I love about Sharktank India is the array of cool businesses that the people of our country have learnt of. But I'm actually not surprised about what happens in the backend, reading this thread. I felt some of the sharks were either way too arrogant, or lacked knowledge. https://t.co/sq0WpfrRRm
— Vid (@notsmartiyerboy) February 6, 2022
What is your take on this?
