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Barbara Corcoran asks a simple question on 'Shark Tank' to quickly understand if a business partnership will succeed
Real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran says the best partnerships combine opposite skill sets.
Real-estate mogul, investor, and "Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran.
Barbara Corcoran is known for her extroverted persona and sometimes edgy advice — but one of her most successful business partnerships was with a particularly quiet woman named Esther Kaplan.
Opposites attract, and in Corcoran's case, they helped make for excellent business partnerships. Corcoran has taken that lesson from her real estate mogul days as the founder of The "Shark Tank."
To figure out if potential investors have that ideal mix of talents, Corcoran simply asks, "What do you do?"
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When she asks that deceptively simple question, Corcoran is trying to figure out whether or not the contestants contribute different yet complementary talents to the business.
Ultimately, as she's noted previously, Corcoran said her most successful Shark Tank investments have been partnerships — like Cousins Maine Lobster, in which Corcoran invested $15,000 in 2012. Today, the food truck business has restaurants and locales nationwide.
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