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This Shark Tank India Contestant Claims About Unfair Treatment By Judges Behind The Scenes
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Shark Tank India, the country’s first business reality programme, was a smash hit in its inaugural season. The show has been a massive success, both in terms of viewership and in terms of inspiring the startup community. In the first season, which spanned 30 episodes, 67 businesses received investment totalling Rs 41.98 crore.
Ashneer Grover, MD and Co-founder, Bharat Pe, Anupam Mittal, Founder & CEO, Shaadi.com, Aman Gupta, Co-founder & CMO, boAt, Vineeta Singh, CEO & Co-founder, SUGAR Cosmetics, and Namita Thapar, Executive Director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals were among the five sharks on the judging panel.
The Shark Tank India judges, who are all successful entrepreneurs, have now become cultural superstars in their own right. The show was about ‘sharks,’ training and mentoring young brains, rather than other successful entrepreneurs who are just providing money.
Everyone on the judging panel had one goal in mind: to motivate, correct, and provide a reality check to the fledgling and aspiring entrepreneurs. While Ashneer Grover didn’t mince words, Sharks like Namita Thapar and Aman Gupta kept things light-hearted while teaching important lessons.
Although not every pitch received funding from the Sharks, they all left with useful lessons, suggestions, and alternate company models. Furthermore, the level of exposure that each concept and business received on Shark Tank India had to have boosted sales, social media fan following, and popularity.
After only a few weeks on the air, social media was swamped with memes, tweets, and videos proclaiming how it had captured the attention of people of all ages, genders, and professions.
Despite its enormous popularity for promoting entrepreneurs, Shark Tank India is, at its core, a reality programme
We may enjoy what we see on television because it is customized according to our interests. What occurs behind the scenes, on the other hand, may be a very different tale.
Take, for example, Akshay Shah, a businessman who appeared on the show and offered his idea to the Sharks. His experience, however, was not what you might expect. He shared his whole experience on Twitter in the Twitter thread spanning 32 tweets.
Akshay claims that despite the fact that he and his team participated in the show, his episode was not telecasted.
So we had featured in #sharktankindia too but our episode has not been telecast due to reasons best known to the Channel & Sharks however I am putting down a thread for the benefit of all my entrepreneurial brethren and the public in general on Shark Tank India.
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
He also points out that knowing Hindi might be advantageous because their pitch was created by channel creatives. As a result, non-Hindi speakers’ USPs may get weakened.
The show comprises of a 3 minute pitch followed by a Q&A with the sharks. Your pitch is designed by the Channel creatives and mostly you need to stick to it and speak Hindi, at times your USP can get diluted but that’s how the scheme of things is.
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
He also talks about how certain people get more attention than others. He also discusses how the channel selects candidates for the judges to put their money in.
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
the 1st day and if I can connect the dots I feel they are the channel’s so called recommendation to the Sharks to invest, with whom they spend less time are maybe the backups or wild cards who are left in the tank to test their luck, we were one of them as all our rehearsals were
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
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 slams the judges for not grasping the pitch and responding with ridiculous responses. This is what Ashneer Grover allegedly stated regarding Shah’s proposal.
We Digitize Universities & Colleges on a unique FREEMIUM Model and monetize on a B2B2C SaaS Enabled Marketplace play. We have 700k students and we monetize when the Students transact / pay fees via the MDR which is directly against #ashneergrover business of Zero MDR.
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
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
Our data is qualified student data on which we run intelligent AI for our marketplace partners. If you applied a little bit of mind and shown a little more patience you could have got that. Anyways, his whimsical reason to pass on us was that we do not have a Mobile app,
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
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
#namitathapar was kind to us and debated with Ashneer to respect the grit which we have put in our business through thick and think but for Ashneer a pivot means a loss making product cover up, for him to pivot is to sin.
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
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
Another judge, Aman Gupta, was evidently unhappy with Shah’s firm name and logo, and he adhered to that line of logic throughout the competition.
Before Ashneer the Shark who had a problem with us was boAt promoter #amangupta . To him our company name iWeb, its logo, our brand name IUMS – Integrated University Management System
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
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
Secondly, trust me, till date I have not understood why is boAt called boAt and your company called Imagine Marketing Limited, but I can’t ask, right!!!
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
If someday tables turn, I will ask him the same question in the same arrogant tone and with the same expression he did that to us. I mean, we are in SharkTank, selected from over thousands of applicants so the channel and their team would have done some due diligence, right?
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
The judges’ lack of technical skill is further highlighted by Shah.
My only request to Namita was since she liked us but opted out from the fund raise due to her non understanding our tech business, she could have either opted out of all tech pitches totally since she said that to many other tech pitches OR she should have tried to understand our
— 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
Peyush Bansal, according to Shah, could not trust the idea could scale-out since his own student finding platform failed miserably.
Next came in was LensKart #PeeyushBansal who had startedup an Education discovery platform before he started LensKart and since he could not monetize nor run it nor earn via its marketplace his fixation was that this can’t scale up!
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
although i retorted back to him that sir, we are not a college discovery platform, we have over 250 modules and we digitize processes of a university end to end and its workflow, we are an enterprise app on a B2B2C revenue model but sir had made up his mind
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
Then there was Anupam Mittal, who wasn’t delighted with Shah’s use of Gujarati, his mother tongue.
Last came in the https://t.co/2OnTzFdzEF hero Mr #anupammittal who also had a serious problem with me pitching 1 line in gujarati which is my native language which I had done only and only at the behest of the channel to make the pitch a bit entertaining,
— Akshay Shah – Founder CEO, iWeb (@AkshayiWeb) February 5, 2022
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
why did I say 1 line in Gujarati as if that pierced him like a bullet – to which I had to retort that I am a gujju so it came naturally (although I wanted to say go and ask the channel creative sirjee if this hurts u so much as its they who told me to speak this line in Gujarati!
— 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
Since then, the thread has gone viral. People are tweeting in support of Shah and accusing the show of discrimination.
Worth reading your thread. I just started watching old episode this weekend. Who the f**k are these 4-5 guys to decide your business model will perform better or not. Most of the time i felt this #SharkTankIndia is a joke like one pre-recorded film script 😂 https://t.co/d5LoZTryCr
— Usmangani Patel (@usmanganipatel) February 6, 2022
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
This Is very brave yet a humble request. After binge watching shark tank over the weekend I also feel the same. Way to go @AkshayiWeb . #SharkTankIndia https://t.co/cgzCR2bfiJ
— Yogesh (@yogik197) 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
Very important thread on a show that made me sick to my stomach with the amount of arrogance and attitude on display. It’s amazing how we don’t seem to demand humility and compassion from successful entrepreneurs. Culture is more important than most things in organisations https://t.co/5EyrvL61cz
— Vishwanath (@vishwanath1211) 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
However, the makers of the show and judges haven’t responded yet to these allegations. We will have to wait to see what will happen next. Do the makers and judges take any action against these allegations or do they trying to suppress this matter by accepting their mistakes? What do you think about it?
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Daylight robbery is not quite usual but it does not strike out the fact that it is highly possible. Many a time cases as such have surfaced online where normal people were robbed in broad daylight. Recently, the passengers in a taxi got robbed inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel in Delhi on Saturday afternoon.
Four men rob taxi passengers at gunpoint in broad daylight and here is what Delhi Police have to say
On Saturday, a delivery agent and his associate were robbed at gunpoint by a group of unknown assailants, stealing around Rs 1.5 to Rs 2 lakh cash from them. In spite of having 16 security guards in the Pragati Tunnel, there were no CCTV cameras installed. Although the Public Works Department assured that cameras are installed, they did not confirm their operational conditions.
The victims made a complaint at Tilak Marg police station later in the evening. The Pragati tunnel is a 1.5 km tunnel that connects New Delhi with Sarai Kale Khan and Noida. The police said that following the complaint made by the victims, a case has been filed under Sections 397 IPC which covers robbery, or dacoity with an attempt to cause death or grievous hurt and 34 (common intention).
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Pranav Tayal, has shared that the complainant can be identified as Patel Sajan Kumar and his associate Jigar Patel. Patel Sajan works as a delivery agent for a private firm in Chandni Chow and has informed the police that he and Jigar were going to Gurugram to deliver the cash to a client.
As per the registered complaint, the two of them hired an Ola cab from near Red Fort. As soon as the cab entered the Pragati Maidan tunnel from Ring Road, four assailants on two motorcycles surrounded their cab and robbed the cash off them keeping them at gunpoint.
While the police are looking into the matter, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is not satisfied with the deterioration of public safety needs
As soon as the CCTV footage surfaced, Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and demanded his resignation from the post.
Kejriwal took to Twitter to share the footage and wrote,
“If Central govt is unable to make Delhi safe, hand it over to us. We will show u how to make a city safe for its citizens”
LG shud resign. Make way for someone who can provide safety n security to the people of Delhi.
If Central govt is unable to make Delhi safe, hand it over to us. We will show u how to make a city safe for its citizens. https://t.co/oPtqnAWlgJ
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 26, 2023
Delhi Minister Atishi also took to Twitter and slammed the incompetency of the Lieutenant Governor. She tweeted,
LG साहब: अगर आपको @ArvindKejriwal के कामों का क्रेडिट लेने से फ़ुरसत मिले तो कभी अपनी संवैधानिक ज़िम्मेदारी पर भी ध्यान दीजिए। दिल्ली वालों को सुरक्षा देना आपका काम है। और अब दिन दहाड़े दिल्ली में चोरी, डकैती और क़त्ल की वारदातें हो रही हैं। या तो आप सुरक्षा की ज़िम्मेदारी लीजिए,… https://t.co/RG4c9ozWnW
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) June 26, 2023
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Coming across train service complaints on social media is nothing new. Very often than not we find passengers complaining about bland food or bugs in the cooked food provided to them. Quite recently someone took to Twitter regarding a complaint where they found plastic in the railway food. But the latest thing that happened has actually stunned everyone when a video of the roof of a passenger coach train surfaced online.
Indian Railways slammed over water leakage in AC coach
Netizens have harshly criticized the poor management and maintenance of the train coaches after a surprising video surfaced online. Recently, a video went viral on social media platforms in which it can be clearly seen rainwater seeping in through the roof of the 2-tier AC coach of the Avantika Express. The Congress party also reshared the video uploaded by a passenger and took to Twitter to play the blame game immediately.
The tweet said,
“काश खोखले प्रचार की जगह रेलवे के लिए कुछ काम किया होता। झंडी दिखाने वाले रेल मंत्री अभी विदेश में हैं, नाम वाले रेल मंत्री ध्यान दें। (Wish some actual work would have been done for the Railways in place of empty propaganda. The railway minister who shows the flag is currently abroad, the named railway minister should pay attention)”
काश खोखले प्रचार की जगह रेलवे के लिए कुछ काम किया होता।
झंडी दिखाने वाले रेल मंत्री अभी विदेश में हैं, नाम वाले रेल मंत्री ध्यान दें। pic.twitter.com/FNLvQL1Ihu
— Congress (@INCIndia) June 25, 2023
It was a jab at the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who recently flagged off 11 Vande Bharat Express, the Railways’ newest hi-tech train.
Railways response to the above-mentioned tweet
The Western Railway took to Twitter to respond to that tweet hours later and stated that all the coaches of the Avantika Express train were properly checked.
The tweet read,
“All coaches of Avantika Exp have been checked thoroughly & issue has been attended to promptly. The train has commenced its return journey & there are no such issues now. Passenger convenience is of utmost priority & WR leaves no stone unturned to resolve passengers’ grievances”
All coaches of Avantika Exp have been checked thoroughly & issue has been attended promptly.
The train has commenced its return journey & there are no such issues now.
Passenger convenience is of utmost priority & WR leaves no stone unturned to resolve passengers’ grievances. pic.twitter.com/V9QyKiIowJ
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) June 25, 2023
Netizens have strongly reacted to this video
Many Twitter users have either chosen sarcasm or disappointing words to slam the Railways.
Second ac coach ka ye hal bahut दुखद है
Unacceptable— Piyush Pandey (@Pandey4443) June 25, 2023
Its Romantic- Bed and Shower !
— राहुल गांधी (@BroRahulGandhi) June 25, 2023
Thandi hawa ke sath sath sarkar ne barish ke pani ka bhi anand lene ke liye ye nayab tarikib lagai hai isme bhrastachar bilkul nhi hai aur haa jine murko ke ye lgta hai isme amir log travel krte hai to unko ye bta du amir log plan me jate hai aur dikhave wale amir train me….🤐
— subodh Navik (@navik_subodh) June 25, 2023
Indian Railway has launched NEW SUITE COACH with open shower facility.
Indian railways are also discussing to provide shower gel, Shampoo & Bathrobe to the passengers in these trains.
Modi !! Modi !! Modi 🙏🏻🙏🏻#AvantikaExpress #Mumbai #Indore #IndianRailways @AshwiniVaishnaw pic.twitter.com/TB2GevjYKl
— Mahua Moitra Fans (@MahuaMoitraFans) June 25, 2023
This is probably not the first time that something has happened as per the claims of this Twitter user,
Recently travelled from 12424 Rajdhani Express to #Guwahati , had a very bad experience.
As it was raining the rainwater was leaking in every coach and also there was no water in most of the dirty toilets. TTE ignored the complaint and asked to register complaint via phone.— KHATI AXOMIYA (@AxomiyaKhati) June 21, 2023
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On Sunday, Shah Rukh Khan aka the King Khan, completed 31 years in Bollywood industry. It was in 1992, when he made his debut in the industry with the movie Deewana opposite late actress Divya Bharti. As the fans celebrated the big day on social media with amazing messages and tributes for the actor, SRK also decided to celebrate the occasion with his fans in his own style.
Shah Rukh Khan completed 31 years in Bollywood
He took some time out of his busy schedule and held an #AskSRK session on Twitter. Starting the question and answer session on Twitter, SRK wrote:
“Wow just realised it’s 31 yrs to the day when Deewana hit the screens. It’s been quite a ride mostly a good one. Thanks all and we can do 31minutes of #AskSRK ??”
In no time, his Tweet was flooded with a variety of questions from fans for their favorite actor. SRK, who is known for his hilarious sense of humor, gave amazing replies to his fans with wit and humor.
Wow just realised it’s 31 yrs to the day when Deewana hit the screens. It’s been quite a ride mostly a good one. Thanks all and we can do 31minutes of #AskSRK ??
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) June 25, 2023
SRK celebrated the big occasion with the fans
While interacting with the fans, King Khan stumbled upon a question that was asked by a female fan, who is currently pregnant with twins. The fan came up with an epic Tweet for the Pathaan actor. She asked:
“sir i am pregnant with twin babies..wish me luck i will name them pathaan and jawan.”
sir i am pregnant with twin babies..wish me luck i will name them pathaan and jawan ❤️ #AskSRK 5
— S 🐺 (@larkemaidumhai) June 25, 2023
SRK was quick to notice the Tweet and come up with a reply to it
He replied,
“All the best but please name them something better!!”
All the best but please name them something better!! https://t.co/4cdYLSAz7w
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) June 25, 2023
Besides all the funny and hilarious answers, SRK was also seen giving some serious answers. A fan asked him if he would do a movie like Swades again, a role that was loved by one and all
Talking about his work front, SRK made a comeback after a hiatus of 4 years with Siddharth Anand’s blockbuster action-thriller Pathaan, which hit the theatres in January this year. SRK will be next seen in the upcoming action-thriller Jawan, which will be released on September 7th.
Jawan is directed by South filmmaker Atlee. Produced under SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment, the movie also stars Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi in lead roles.
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