Joe Bartolozzi's Shark Tank test: why not just do pushups?

Exercise equipment, rental toys and wood-grain power strips face a practical question: does anyone need them?

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0:24Bartolozzi argues that older Shark Tank episodes benefited from harsher judges and more direct criticism.
9:50He describes the show as a marketing platform and notes that televised deals may not survive negotiations.
20:13Invisiplug's wood-grain finish seems unnecessary to him because power strips usually sit behind furniture.
29:13He performs pushups, arguing that ordinary bodyweight variations remove the need for Body Jac.
31:13Toygaroo's rental model raises his concerns about cleaning, broken toys and shipping costs.
39:02Breathometer leads him to question why simple gadgets need smartphone apps.

Renting toys sounds less appealing once Joe Bartolozzi starts thinking about who has to clean them, what happens when they break and how much shipping them around will cost. His Shark Tank watch-along keeps returning to that gap between a pitch that sounds promising and a product he would actually use.

In "The Worst Shark Tank Investments Ever.", Bartolozzi reacts to Internet Anarchist's documentary "Shark Tank Pitches That Turned Into Disasters," pausing its archive footage to challenge both the entrepreneurs' ideas and the investors' enthusiasm. The upload has drawn about 2.4 million views in five days, though its appeal here is the running product interrogation, not an unusual viewing surge.

His simplest rebuttal involves getting out of his chair. During the Body Jac segment, he performs pushups himself, arguing that ordinary variations, including incline pushups, make the exercise device unnecessary. The wood-grain Invisiplug gets a similarly domestic objection: power strips generally live behind furniture, so why camouflage one to match the floor?

The smartphone breathalyzer Breathometer prompts a broader complaint about making dedicated gadgets depend on apps. For Bartolozzi, adding a phone isn't automatically an improvement; sometimes it just inserts another step.

He also has a preference about the show surrounding these products. "I think that old Shark Tank was better," he says, arguing for blunt judges and entrepreneurs willing to push back. "You should defend your product like it's your kid." He wants the pitch challenged, but he wants the person making it to have an answer.

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