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Shark Tank: Season 1

14 episodes Premiered Aug 9, 2009 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Shark Tank: Series Premiere

Aug 9, 2009 · 42 min

Budding entrepreneurs work to persuade a panel of tycoons to invest in their business proposals in return for a percentage of equity in the company.

S1·E2 Core

Inner-city teacher pitches proposal

Aug 16, 2009 · 42 min

An inner-city teacher tries to sell the Sharks on his unique way to get children to learn; the owner of a gourmet food business watches the Sharks fight for a piece of the action;

S1·E3 Core

Entrepreneurial novice

Aug 23, 2009 · 42 min

An entrepreneurial novice makes a less-than-stellar presentation to the sharks; a father-son duo pitches a proposal for a revolutionary new musical product.

S1·E4 Core

Graffiti-removal business

Aug 30, 2009 · 42 min

An entrepreneur originally from Ghana wants an investment for an Internet business; a man from California wants to franchise his graffiti-removal business.

S1·E5 Core

Body Jac

Sep 6, 2009 · 42 min

Three of the sharks make a deal for an innovative Internet company, but before the deal can be sealed, a battle ensues and one of the sharks is ousted.

S1·E6 Core

Chicago entrepreneur plays hardball

Sep 13, 2009 · 42 min

A young Chicago entrepreneur plays hardball with the sharks while seeking funding for an innovative Internet business.

S1·E7 Core

A housewife charms the male sharks

Sep 29, 2009 · 42 min

A housewife from Charleston, S.C., charms the male sharks; a college student pitches a product made from soy that he creates in his mother's kitchen.

S1·E8 Core

Overconfidence could blow a deal

Oct 6, 2009 · 42 min

A young entrepreneur's overconfidence could blow a deal with the sharks; Kevin O'Leary follows an entrepreneur out of the Shark Tank to get the last word after being outbid by anot

S1·E9 Core

Preventing cancer in pets

Oct 13, 2009 · 42 min

A veterinarian's product claims to prevent cancer in pets; virtual arcade; a Texas designer pitches a line of fashionable clothing for women.

S1·E10 Core

Unusual business proposal

Oct 20, 2009 · 42 min

A man wants an investment from the sharks to create an extension of his already successful business; a urologist has an unusual business proposal.

S1·E11 Core

Salad dressing mix; golf ball cleaner

Jan 8, 2010 · 42 min

Things get heated when the sharks ask a husband-and-wife team to clarify the actual value of a childcare business; a chef's salad dressing mix is removed from store shelves because

S1·E12 Core

An idea for a portable hand degreaser

Jan 15, 2010 · 42 min

Two Texas bicyclists have an idea for a portable hand degreaser; a college student is passionate about his environmentally friendly clothing line; the sharks find out if lifelong e

S1·E13 Mytharc

Old-fashioned ice cream men

Jan 29, 2010 · 42 min

A California entrepreneur wants to bring back old-fashioned ice cream men; a couple's pitch is about providing legal services at a coffee house; an update on the sharks' venture wi

S1·E14 Mytharc

A man reinvents the umbrella

Feb 5, 2010 · 42 min

A woman begins her presentation with shoe fashions; sisters from Chicago present a hilarious pitch; a man from Florida reinvents the umbrella.

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