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In today's listener call, we're going to hear from two business partners. We're going

to hear from one of the two business partners, I believe. But these partners together have

the chance to go on Shark Tank, which is really cool. But they're also having second thoughts.

Interesting, right? Should they refuse Mark Cuban's money?

Welcome to Citadel School. My name is Chris Gellibot. I'm not Shark Tank. I'm not Mark Cuban.

But in my answer, I'm going to tell you a bit about the behind the scenes of shows like

Shark Tank. Just right up front here, fun fact, most deals are never actually closed.

What you see on the show, well, I'll tell you a bit more about it in my answer, but really

it's all about providing entertainment. Not to say you can't learn something, but it is

mostly about entertainment. For our callers who are growing a real business, what should

they do? They're thinking about turning down this opportunity because they want to self

fund, which I really respect. So we'll look at multiple angles of that in their question

and my answer. It's coming right up.

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some eggnog. That's right. It is the holidays, the most wonderful time of the year, also known

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