35 “Shark Tank” Secrets That’ll Make You Never Want To Pitch A Product…Ever

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But according to Mark Cuban, it’s usually the contestants who back out of the deals: “I’d say 90 percent of the time, the entrepreneur changed the deal. It was not us backing out.”

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The Sharks wear hidden earpieces while filming. If a contestant has a particularly emotional or unusual backstory, producers will secretly prompt a Shark to ask them about it.

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But Mark Cuban says he doesn’t particularly enjoy the backstories: “I hate the backstory…because it’s usually a way to hide the realities of the business.”