Season 1

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  7.0/10117 votes

  Shark Tank: Series Premiere

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/9/2009

  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.

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  7.3/1095 votes

  Inner-city teacher pitches proposal

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/16/2009

  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; an astonishing offer is made for one life-saving idea.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.3/1091 votes

  Entrepreneurial novice

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/23/2009

  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.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.2/1091 votes

  Graffiti-removal business

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/30/2009

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.1/1082 votes

  Body Jac

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2009

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.4/1088 votes

  Chicago entrepreneur plays hardball

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/13/2009

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.5/1084 votes

  A housewife charms the male sharks

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/29/2009

  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.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.2/1086 votes

  Overconfidence could blow a deal

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/6/2009

  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 another shark.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.5/1084 votes

  Preventing cancer in pets

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/13/2009

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

  Director: Unknown

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  7.3/1079 votes

  Unusual business proposal

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/20/2009

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.2/1075 votes

  Salad dressing mix; golf ball cleaner

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2010

  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 of offensive packaging; a golf ball cleaner.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.3/1075 votes

  An idea for a portable hand degreaser

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2010

  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 entrepreneur Cactus Jack lost at least 35 pounds to seal a deal.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.1/1075 votes

  Old-fashioned ice cream men

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2010

  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 with an Arizona woman and her unique plush toys.

  Director: Unknown

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  7.3/1075 votes

  A man reinvents the umbrella

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2010

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown