""When you read stuff from today, it's almost too corollary to what you're doing," Siminoff said. "The cool thing is seeing how Walt Disney, one of the greatest product people of all time, how he struggled with all this stuff and then what it became.""
""If you want to go pitch VCs, when you go on 'Shark Tank,' you're training," Siminoff said. "When you go to pitch people, you've trained at a pro level versus an amateur level.""
A founder transformed a video doorbell into a $1 billion sale to Amazon. Founders should read Neal Gabler's "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination" to learn how a great product person struggled and built enduring products. The book's length is substantial at 912 pages. Founders should be certain of their company's mission before raising money. Consider appearing on Shark Tank as practical training for pitching venture capitalists because it develops professional-level pitching skills. The product originally called DoorBot received and declined a Kevin O'Leary offer and the founder later returned to the show as an investor.
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